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News Stories of Interest

New York Times: New Worries About Sleeping Pills - March 2012

Chronic Insomnia Leads to Increase in Mortality

Sleep Locks In Bad Memories, Emotions - ABC News

Sleep apnea may make people more prone to silent strokes - LA Times

Scientists ID ‘Morning Person’ Gene - ABC News

REM sleep could prompt life-saving decisions

Breakthrough Could Enable Others to Watch Your Dreams and Memories

Sleep-deprived teens take more risks

Technology Review - The Secrets of Sleep

Sleep Disturbances and Cancer - Oncolink

Salary vs sleep: Which would you pick?

Autism and the Circadian Cycle

Adenosine receptors help sleep-deprived people rebound

Impaired breathing during sleep can disrupt memory and thinking

Sleep problems can hamper cancer treatments

Psychological and environmental factors more important than medical ones in keeping patients using CPAP

Study shows sleep apnea may cause memory loss

A Televised, Web-Based Randomised Trial of an Herbal Remedy (Valerian) for Insomnia

College students who wake up early get better grades

Study makes connection between migraine headaches and sleep disorders in children

Study finds that restriction of sleep leads to greater consumption of food

New clues to relationship between sleep duration and brain size among animals.

Research finds abnormal sleep patterns particularly dangerous for older men

Green tea may help sleep apnea sufferers.

Sleep Duration Varies, Depending on Lifestyle and Gender

New Discovery May Allow People to Hit “Snooze” Button on Internal Clock

GBAT is an Innovative Surgery for Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea

The road to danger: the comparative risks of driving while sleepy

Mars experiment might help insomniacs on Earth

Jet-lag - a review - Lancet

Researchers reverse effects of sleep deprivation in monkeys

Ramelteon - new type of insomnia medication

Gaboxadol - a GABA-A receptor agonist

Study Finds Possible Mechanism for Link Between Sleep Disturbances and Metabolic Syndrome

Alcohol and Sleep

Brain stimulation for sleep deprivation

Too much sleep may double risk of Parkinson's Disease - July 2006

Sleep deprivation doubles risks of obesity in both children and adults - July 2006

 

Lack of sleep may impact on moral judgement

Stars and Stripes: Dreaming of Sleep - story about sleep deprivation among U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

 

 

 

 

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Women and Sleep Disorders

Sleep and Athletes

Insomnia in old people

Sleep and alcohol

Learning and Sleep

 

Epidemiology of Apnea

Hypnogogia

Debunking mattress hype

Orexin Antagonists in the Spotlight

 

 

"O Sleep, rest of all things, mildest of the gods, balm of the soul..."

(Iris to Hypnos. Ovid, Metamorphoses)