9 September 2010, 6:27 am
Close to midnight, when I probably should have been sleeping, I was instead trying to figure out my heart-rate zones.... Read More »
9 September 2010, 6:26 am
Canadians using sleeping pills and other medications to treat insomnia and anxiety may significantly increase their risk of death, Quebec researchers report in a study released Thursday.... Read More »
9 September 2010, 6:12 am
Taking medications to treat insomnia and anxiety increases mortality risk by 36 percent, according to a new study.... Read More »
9 September 2010, 5:25 am
The New York State Society of Sleep Medicine (NYSSSM) will hold its first annual meeting and sleep conference, featuring speakers who are nationally recognized experts in clinical sleep medicine, on October 1-2, 2010 in Albany, NY. Among the topics at the two-day conference for physicians, psycholog... Read More »
9 September 2010, 1:37 am
Taking medications to treat insomnia and anxiety increases mortality risk by 36%, according to a study conducted by Genevi-ve Belleville, a professor at Universit- Laval's School of Psychology. The details of this study are published in the latest edition of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.... Read More »
8 September 2010, 10:27 pm
( Université Laval ) Taking medications to treat insomnia and anxiety increases mortality risk by 36 percent, according to a study conducted by Geneviève Belleville, a professor at Université Laval's School of Psychology. The details of this study are published in the latest edition of the Canadi... Read More »
8 September 2010, 8:27 am
NPR: "[A] new study finds that even for infants and preschoolers, a good, long night's sleep may be just as important as diet and physical activity. Over the past three decades, obesity rates have doubled among children age 2 to 5, and tripled among 6- to 11-year-olds. So University of Washington ma... Read More »
7 September 2010, 7:54 am
Shares of Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Inc. rose Tuesday after the company said it launched its new insomnia drug. Silenor was approved in March by the Food and Drug Administration to treat short-term and long-term insomnia.... Read More »
5 September 2010, 6:50 pm
Insomnia Revealed, an informational website on the sleep disorder of insomnia, has expanded its information base, and added new information about insomnia causes .There are over five hundred different causes of insomnia which makes this sleep disorder so common. Insomnia Revealed has articles on the... Read More »
3 September 2010, 10:45 am
A new study says men who reported having insomnia and who slept less than 6 hours a night were four times more likely to die over a 14-year period when compared to men who reported sleeping well. Sleep researcher and psychiatrist Alexandros Vgontzas explains the finding.... Read More »