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Smoking bans are being routinely flouted in many NHS hospitals in England, researchers say.
Skin secretions from a South American "shrinking" frog could be used to treat type 2 diabetes, researchers say.
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Children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have abnormal respiratory-related evoked potentials compared to other children their age. This indicates that children with OSA do not perceive their airway closing to the same degree that normal children do, and may explain why these children do not mount protective responses to upper airway collapse, but instead go on to develop OSA, according to a study published in the March 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.
Both insomnia patients and normal sleepers define sleep quality by tiredness upon waking and throughout the day, feeling rested and restored upon waking, and the number of awakenings they experienced in the night. Further, people with insomnia have more requirements for judging sleep to be of good quality, according to a study published in the March 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.
XenoPort, Inc. (Nasdaq: XNPT) and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) announced positive top-line results from the final pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of XP13512 (GSK1838262) for the treatment of moderate-to-severe symptoms of primary restless legs syndrome, or RLS. XP13512 demonstrated statistically significant improvements compared to placebo on both of the co-primary endpoints of the trial and was generally well-tolerated.
The Senate on Tuesday adopted an amendment to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act reauthorization bill (S 1200) sponsored by Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) Indian Health Service that would prohibit the Indian Health Service from paying for abortion services in most cases, the
The Virginia Senate on Wednesday approved an amendment to eliminate state funding for the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, the Washington Post reports. Planned Parenthood opponents say that the funds subsidize abortions services, the Post reports.
Many states have not adequately funded their pension and retiree health care obligations, according to a Government Accountability Office report presented to the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, the
According to a meta-analysis published in The Lancet,elderly people can improve physical function and live moreindependently if provided with complex interventions such as preventivehome visits and community-based care after hospital discharge. Thestudy of over 90,000 elderly people also led authors to conclude thatwell-developed services for the elderly should not be withdrawn.
Heath inequities between rich and poor, as well as between differentracial and ethnic groups, shrank in the U.S. from 1966 to 1980, thenwidened from 1980 to 2002, as measured in rates death in the young andin infants. This was reported in a study recently published in PLoSMedicine.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, has issued the first clinical guidelines in the United States for the diagnosis and management of von Willebrand Disease (VWD), the most common inherited bleeding disorder. The guidelines include recommendations on screening, diagnosis, disease management, and directions for future research. An extensive article on the guidelines is published online Feb. 29 in the journal Haemophilia.
National Prescribing Service Limited (NPS) is advising consumers concerned about the possible adverse reactions associated with the sleeping medicine Stilnox to visit their doctor to assess whether they are at risk. Stilnox is a brand name for the medicine zolpidem.
Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent form of dementia in the Western world. Due to its growing significance in a graying society, some people are calling it the disease of the century. Bart De Strooper (VIB, K.U.Leuven) has been playing a prominent role in researching the processes that underlie this degenerative disease.
Treatment with methylphenidate (MPH) appears to have beneficial effects on sleep parameters in adults with ADHD, including increased sleep efficiency and a feeling of improved restorative value of sleep, according to a study published in the March 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.