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An online insomnia intervention based on established face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy techniques appears to improve patients’ sleep, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. About one-third of adults report symptoms of insomnia and approximate… |
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Most people have experienced the odd sleepless night before a crucial exam, a job interview or before going on holiday, but few people get by with just a couple of hours of sleep a day, every day. Terry McKinnes, 54, of Falkirk, is one of the unfortunate people who suffers from idiopathic insomnia who feels [...] |
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Meditation may be an effective behavioral intervention in the treatment of insomnia, according to a research abstract presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies Results indicate that patients saw improvements in subjective sleep quality and sleep diary parameters while prac… |
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Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOMX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the in-licensing, development and commercialization of proprietary branded pharmaceutical products and late-stage product candidates for the treatment of diseases and disorders in the central nervous system therapeutic area, today anno… |
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Insomnia, from the Latin “in” (not) and “somnus” (sleep), is a condition characterized by difficulty falling asleep and remaining asleep. It includes a broad spectrum of sleep disorders, from lack of quantity of sleep to lack of quality of sleep. Insomnia is often separated into three types. Transient … |
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Teaching insomniacs how to fall asleep through talk therapy produces better results than continued use of sleep medications that carry dependency risks, according to a study released on Tuesday. In a study of 160 adults diagnosed with chronic insomnia, researchers at Laval University in Quebec, Canada, compared talk therapy w… |
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For patients with persistent insomnia, a combination of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and the medication zolpidem for 6 weeks was associated with improvement in sleep, although for a longer treatment period CBT alone was more beneficial, according to a study in the May 20 issue of JAMA. Insomnia is a prevalent public healt… |
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A study in the April 1 issue of the journal SLEEP is the first to demonstrate that chronic insomnia with objectively measured short sleep time is an independent and clinically significant risk factor for hypertension. Results indicate that participants with insomnia and an objectively measured, severely short sleep duration o… |
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Insomnia has long been associated with poor health, including weight gain and even obesity. Now researchers at UCLA have found out why. In a study to be published in the May issue of the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology and currently available online by subscription, Sarosh Motivala, an assistant professor of psychiatry at th… |
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A new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health shows a positive link between the amount of the hypnotic (sleeping medicine) zopiclone in the blood and the chance of being assessed as impaired in a clinical examination. The study also included drivers who only showed alcohol in their blood test. “This could be… |
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