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Sleeping Easier After Retirement

Nov. 2, 2009 -- Retirement may lead to better sleep for those who don't retire due to health reasons, a new study indicates. Reporting in the Nov. 1 issue of the journal Sleep, Finnish scientists say the prevalence of sleep disturbances drops sharply after retirement. This suggests that tossing and
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Sleep Apnea Treatment Helps Your Golf Game

Nov. 2, 2009 -- Men and women who undergo treatment for sleep apnea not only can improve their general health, but their golf games as well, new research indicates. A study presented at CHEST 2009, the 75th annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, finds t
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Most Sleepy, Best Rested States

Oct. 29, 2009 -- Who are the sleepiest Americans? The results of a 2008 CDC poll are in. The dubious honor goes to West Virginia, where nearly one in five residents report never getting enough rest or sleep in the past month. Overall, people living in the Southeastern states were most likely to say
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When Nightmares Won't Go Away

Yael Levy recalls having chronic nightmares as far back as elementary school, when she was living in Israel. The grandchild of Holocaust survivors, she says her dreams were filled with images of suffering and death. In one recurrent nightmare, Levy was trapped in a concentration camp, facing death.
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Trouble Waking Up?

Even as a child I hated waking up early in the morning. Something about being startled out of a deep sleep by a clanging alarm made me feel disoriented and lonely. Alas, now, as a working mother, I often have to wake early -- to fit in a workout, check business emails, or make preparations for my ch
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Drugs May Save Memory of the Sleep-Deprived

Oct. 21, 2009 -- Memory fuzzy after missing out on sleep? Researchers may be one step closer to figuring out what to do about it. Sleep deprivation makes it harder for the brain to memorize newly learned information, and scientists may have found a way around that problem. Writing in Nature, Univers
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Snoring Surgery Offers Lasting Relief

Oct. 5, 2009 -- A minimally invasive snoring treatment that uses heat to shrink the tissue of the soft palate may provide years of more peaceful slumber for snorers and their mates. An early study shows that nearly three-fourths of snorers who underwent radiofrequency ablation were still satisfied w
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Weight Loss Helps Sleep Apnea

Sept. 28, 2009 -- Losing weight may help obese people as well as their partners sleep better by easing sleep apnea symptoms. A new study confirms that weight loss can significantly improve and potentially eliminate sleep apnea symptoms in obese people. Researchers found that people with severe sleep
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Gene Cuts Need for Sleep

Aug. 13, 2009 - At age 69 she's never slept more than six hours a day -- no naps -- yet she's healthy and far more active than most people. Her 44-year-old daughter also goes to bed at 10 p.m. and gets up at about 4 a.m., even when on vacation. The two share a rare mutation in a gene called DEC2. Pe
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Tonsillectomy Helps Children Breathe, Sleep

July 20, 2009 - A simple surgery to remove the tonsils and adenoid glands may help children with sleep-disordered breathing sleep and even behave better. A new study shows that children with sleep-disordered breathing who received an adenotonsillectomy slept and behaved better than before they had t
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