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Sleep in General
SleepQuest Continues Growth, Moves Headquarters (11/19/2007)
SleepQuest has moved it headquarters from Redwood City to a more accommodating facility in San Carlos, California.
National Drowsy Driving Prevention Week (9/9/2007)
National Sleep Foundation Program Focused on Youth Sleepy Driving.
INC 5000 Award (9/9/2007)
INC Honors SleepQuest as One of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America.
Home Sleep Monitoring (6/25/2007)
Home Sleep Monitoring;You Snooze,You Lose!
2007 KCBS Health etc. (4/14/2007)
SleepQuest is pleased to have participated once again in KCBS News Radio's Health etc. symposium held on Saturday, April 14, 2007 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.
Don't Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (2/21/02)
Letting Fido sleep with you may set his tail to wagging, but it could leave your tail dragging in the morning.
Nothing Works Better Than a Nap (2/18/02)
A study shows when drivers took a 15-minute doze, even if they didn't really fall asleep, and then had caffeine, the likelihood of a sleep-related accident dropped by 91 percent.
Early to Bed, Early Demise (2/14/02)
The old adage that you need at least eight hours of sleep a night for a long, healthy life may need to be put to rest.
The Pluses of Home Sleep Testing (1/28/02)
A properly conducted home-based sleep apnea care paradigm is equivalent in outcomes to traditional laboratory-based sleep apnea care.
Siestas in space? (1/03/02)
Brief naps may prevent the effects of chronic sleep loss experienced by astronauts during missions.
How Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is? (12/21/01)
A protein linked to some cancers may serve a more useful purpose: helping the body keep time with the sun and stars.
Winter Depression Linked with Melatonin Cycle (12/19/01)
People with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) instinctively shift their melatonin levels with the seasons, paralleling the hibernation patterns of mammals, according to US researchers.
How Your Diet Affects Your Sleep (9/21/01)
By making some changes in your diet or lifestyle, you may be able to improve your sleep.
12 Tips for Better Sleep in Bad Times (10/4/01)
Here's a dozen ways to sleep peacefully in times of stress.
Conservatives Have Scarier Dreams (7/26/01)
A California researcher says his study suggests that your political views may predict the trends in your dreams.
Sleep In Early Life May Play Crucial Role In Brain Development (5/3/01)
University of California, San Francisco researchers are reporting direct evidence that sleep in early life may play a crucial role in brain development.
For Some, Sleep Style Serves As Harbinger of Depression (4/18/01)
The search for the genetic roots of depression has led scientists to the bedroom, where they've discovered that people with a particular type of sleep pattern and a family history of depression are twice as likely to become depressed as relatives who don't sleep the same way.
Get Your ZZZs, Your Tummy Will Thank You (4/13/01)
The stomach lining appears to be a nighttime construction site -- a continual repair work-in-progress, according to a new study.
Stress Hurts: Respect Your Body's Need For Sleep (3/09/01)
There are many ways to combat stress and thereby improve sleep. The first and most important is to recognize the presence of stress.
Why do we sleep? (11/20/00)
Why is sleep important and why do we need so much of it? A sleep expert offers some clues.
Lack of deep sleep could contribute to weight gain in men (10/4/00)
As men age, they typically get less and less deep sleep - a fact that could be connected to the weight gain that often accompanies middle-age, medical researchers said this week.
Treatment Issues Related to Sleep and Depression (8/1/00)
In the management of depression, the role of sleep and sleep disturbances is important for several reasons.
Researchers Find Dreaming Helps Us Learn (7/18/00)
Getting a good night's sleep after trying to master a tough new task might just reinforce what you have learned.
National Sleep Foundation Releases New Statistics on "Sleep in America" (3/28/00)
Groggy Workforce, Sleepy "Generation Y" Among Key Poll Findings
Fruit Flies in Dreamland? 'Dozing' Invertebrates May Stir New Sleep-Disorder Studies (3/13/00)
Sleeping fruit flies, may someday offer clues to sleep disorders and mechanisms in humans.
Rare Illness Causes Victims to Sleep For Weeks (2/28/00)
A patient talks about Kleine-Levin Syndrome, a rare disoder that forces her to sleep for weeks at a time.
National Sleep Awareness Week 2000 Announced (2/24/00)
National Sleep Awareness Week (March 27 - April 2, 2000) features a variety of national and local activities designed to open America's eyes to the importance of sleep.
Arthritis Patients Complain of Sleeping Problems (2/17/00)
Researchers find that sleep disruption is the chief reason why older arthritis patients seek medical care.
Nasal Breathing After Rhinoplasty Can be Improved (12/27/99)
More than 130,000 patients per year undergo rhinoplasty to improve the shape of their nose, although some experience difficulty with nasal breathing afterward. While patients who had the surgery years ago often complain of sleeplessness and other nasal airway problems, new surgical techniques have addressed those problems.
Protein Misfolding, Not Mutant Gene, Key to Lethal Sleep Disorder (5/27/99)
Researchers have described the first case of sporadic fatal insomnia.
ADHD Treatments Effective in Patients with Sleeping Disorders (4/26/99)
A new study now suggests that psychostimulants used to treat ADHD do not impair the person's ability to sleep-and in some cases, might actually be beneficial.
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is Common, Painful Problem for Millions of Women (12/6/99)
Many treatments are available, but no single therapy is 100% effective.
Ordinary Touches Multiply into Severe Pain for Fibromyalgia Patients (5/24/99)
Researchers at the University of Florida and elsewhere are beginning to piece together clues that reveal the physical basis of this puzzling syndrome that causes severe fatigue and aches, and has defied easy diagnosis.
Insomnia
Link Between Insomnia and Sleep-Disordered Breathing Raises Red Flag to Physicians Treating Insomnia (12/01/01)
In a new study published in CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians, sleep specialists found that one-half (50 percent) of patients being studied for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) also had clinically meaningful insomnia complaints.
Study Says Insomnia is Curable Without Medicine (4/10/01)
A new study says that when people with sleep maintenance insomnia (or people who wake up during the night) are given more knowledge about effective sleep habits they are able to sleep more.
Trouble Sleeping? It Could Be a Warning Sign of Depression in Older People (2/3/00)
Chronic sleep problems have again been closely linked with depression, a study of older people found. Financial strain and social isolation are also predictors.
Simple Steps Can Combat Sleep Problems in Elderly (12/7/99)
About half of those who complain to their doctors about poor sleep end up with a prescription medication. It is far better for people to consider what simple changes they could make to improve their sleep-and to understand how sleep patterns change with age, a sleep researcher writes.
Study Casts Doubt That Melatonin Goes Down as Age Goes Up: Older Buyers Take Note (11/8/99)
Many advertisements target older people and encourage them to take commercial melatonin preparations to restore levels lost with aging. A new study contradicts the popular notion that melatonin levels in older people fall with age.
New Sleeping Pill Hailed as Businessman's Friend (9/23/99)
It could be just the drug that any businessperson that does frequent long-haul flights has been waiting for. It puts you to sleep by the time the "fasten-your-seatbelt" light goes off, but it wears off within a few hours, and doesn't leave you feeling like you've got a jumbo-jet sized hang-over.
Study Indicates Majority of Patients Complaining of Insomnia are Diagnosed with a Mental Disorder (9/10/99)
Researchers reveals that among patients seeking medical care for insomnia, more than half were diagnosed with a mental disorder. The most common diagnosis was depression.
New Insomnia Treatment Should Spur Americans to Seek Help for Sleep Problems (8/16/99)
According to the National Sleep Foundation's 1999 Sleep in America survey, more than half (56%) of American adults report experiencing symptoms of insomnia a few nights a week or more, yet only half of those people are being treated by a healthcare provider for their condition.
Stanford Group Therapy Program Aims to put Insomniacs to Sleep (7/14/99)
Answering the need for better diagnosis and treatment, Stanford has launched the first group therapy program for insomnia in the United States.
Zaleplon Effective Against Insomnia without Residual Effects (5/17/99)
Results from two new clinical trials show that Zaleplon, an investigational treatment for insomnia, helps patients with difficulty sleeping get to sleep quickly without causing next-day residual effects such as grogginess, memory loss, difficulty concentrating, or lack of motor co-ordination.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Drug Treatments Effective in Treating Late-Life Insomnia (3/16/99)
The study participants receiving treatment consisted of a structured program that involved behavioral, cognitive and educational components that targeted different facets of late-life insomnia. Only behavioral treatment produced durable changes in the long-term (12- and 24-month) follow-up.
Researchers Determine Three Dimensional Structure of Melatonin Producing Enzyme (2/3/99)
The findings may lead to the eventual design of drugs to fight jet lag, to help shiftworkers adjust to various schedules.
Narcolepsy
A peptide whose absence leads to narcolepsy also might play role in pain sensation (2/01/02)
A neuropeptide whose loss is believed responsible for narcolepsy, a disease characterized by sudden sleep attacks, also appears to play a role in the modulation of pain sensation, a study by a Yale researcher has found.
A Quiet Revolution for Those Prone to Nodding Off (1/08/02)
The development of a drug is just one of several major advances in the understanding and treating narcolepsy.
Randomized Trial of Modafinil as a Treatment for the Excessive Daytime Somnolence of Narcolepsy: US Modafinil in Narcolepsy Multicenter Study Group (8/1/00)
This is one of two separate clinical trials to evaluate the efficacy and safety of modafinil, a novel wake-promoting agent, in patients with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) associated with narcolepsy.
Stanford Researchers Pinpoint Gene that causes the Sleep Disorder Narcolepsy (8/11/99)
After a decade-long search, a Stanford-led team has identified a gene that causes narcolepsy-a breakthrough that brings a cure within reach, the scientists say.
Discovery of Canine Narcolepsy Gene Promises Insight into How and Why Humans Sleep (8/4/99)
The discovery of a gene that causes narcolepsy in dogs will propel researchers toward a better understanding of this serious neurological sleep disorder in humans, and ultimately may help scientists answer fundamental questions about how and why we sleep, according to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF).
Provigil Now Available in the U.S. for Narcolepsy (2/16/99)
Provigil, a novel, wakefulness-promoting agent for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) associated with narcolepsy, is now available in the United States.
Parasomnias
Half asleep (8/16/01)
According to scientists, in dream sleep, the brain is busier than it ever is in a waking state, turning out vivid dreams. When it gets out of sync, people experience sleep paralysis.
Grinding of Teeth (Bruxism) During Sleep Associated with Other Disorders (1/1/01)
The grinding or clenching of teeth during sleep on a weekly basis affects more than 8% of the population and is associated with other disorders such as daytime sleepiness and anxiety, according to a new study.
Widely Used Drug Successful in Long Term for Bed-Wetting (12/28/99)
The most popular medication to treat nighttime bed-wetting in children maintained its effectiveness over a one-year period, according to researchers.
Study Finds 6% of Subjects Have Experienced Sleep Paralysis (4/12/99)
Two out of every 100 people experience sleep paralysis at least once a month, according to a report in today's issue of the journal of Neurology.
Restless Legs
Epidemiology of Restless Legs Symptoms in Adults (7/24/00)
The goal of this investigation was to assess the prevalence and health status correlates of restless legs symptoms (hereinafter referred to as restless legs) in the general population.
Restless legs syndrome more common than thought (7/12/00)
This sleep-robbing disorder may be much more common than previously recognized, affecting nearly 30 percent of the population, Stanford researchers report.
Restless Legs Syndrome (7/1/00)
Detection and management in primary care. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working Group on Restless Legs Syndrome.
Leading Parkinson's Disease Drug, Mirapex, Calms Restless Legs (6/25/99)
Restless legs syndrome, a movement disorder that affects more than 10 million Americans, can be safely and effectively treated with pramipexole, a medication used to treat Parkinson's disease
Sleep Apnea
Narrow Throat May Cause Sleep Apnea (2/06/02)
Although snoring is often linked to obesity, new study findings suggest that a narrow throat, which can be inherited, may also cause snoring and a problematic breathing disorder called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Round-Headed People Snore More (1/04/02)
Researchers have determined that people with round heads have a greater risk of sleep apnea and chronic snoring than those with thin faces.
Link Between Insomnia and Sleep-Disordered Breathing Raises Red Flag to Physicians Treating Insomnia (12/31/01)
In a new study published in CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians, sleep specialists found that one-half (50 percent) of patients being studied for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) also had clinically meaningful insomnia complaints.
Snoring? Blame Your Hormones (12/28/01)
Biology may explain why more men than women have the disorder called sleep apnea. The cause? Homones.
Snore? Then Sleep Alone (12/18/01)
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic studied 10 couples and found that nonsnoring partners of snorers lose an average of one hour's sleep per night. They also found that the nonsnorers awaken at least briefly an average of 23 times per hour throughout the night, producing fragmented, less deep sleep.
Gender differences possible root of sleeping disorder (11/27/01)
Gender hormones may be a key factor in the onset of sleep apnea.
Improved snoring treatment: less pain, more gain (9/14/01)
A relatively new outpatient treatment for snoring can be modified to significantly boost the chances of success, cause less pain and result in fewer relapses than older methods.
Mayo Clinic study finds complications in postoperative patients with sleep apnea (9/11/01)
Patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome experienced a greater number of serious medical complications following elective knee or hip replacement surgery than patients without the syndrome.
Snorers and apnea patients show upper airway sensory impairment (8/2/01)
Canadian investigators found that snorers and individuals with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) demonstrated upper airway sensory impairment, revealing a problem which could predispose them to upper airway obstruction during sleep.
Possible Association Between Snoring and Alzheimer's (6/12/01)
Some intriguing, but very preliminary, research seems to suggest that night wood sawing could be one factor in the pathway to the very complex neurodegenerative Alzheimer's disease that currently affects 4 million Americans.
Early Childhood Snoring Has Irreversible Effect (6/4/01)
New research has found that children who snored during their early years performed poorly in sixth, seventh and eighth grades, compared with kids who didn't snore.
Radiofrequency Volumetric Tissue Reduction of the Soft Palate: A New Treatment for Snoring (7/1/00)
A clinical trial using a new application of a previously known technology-radiofrequency energy-was investigated to determine its efficacy in the treatment of snoring.
People With Sleep Apnea May Have Higher Hypertension Risk (3/15/00)
The sound of your snoring may raise other people's blood pressure, but a study in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association presents new evidence that it may also raise your own.
Snoring in Pregnant Women Associated with Hypertension and Fetal Growth Retardation (1/11/00)
Snoring in pregnant women is a sign of pregnancy-induced hypertension and a risk for growth retardation of the fetus, according to a new study.
Exercise Training Effect on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (Sleep Research Online 3(3): 121-129, 2000)
A program of regular exercise training has a positive impact on AHI, daytime sleepiness, aerobic conditioning and quality of life for individuals with mild to moderate OSAS.
Treatment for Sleep Disorder Cuts Driving Risks (12/15/99)
Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, helps prevent driving errors that can cause road accidents, researchers say.
Prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea High (10/14/99)
A Spanish study found that 26 percent of men and 28 percent of women temporarily stopped breathing more than five times an hour.
Mayo Clinic Study is First to Scientifically Document that Bed Partners Lose an Hour of Sleep Per Night Due to Snoring Spouse (10/6/99)
A new Mayo Clinic study confirms what many have claimed for years: they're losing sleep if their bed partner who snores loudly.
Sleep Impacts Reaction Time as Much as Alcohol (9/29/99)
In a test of reaction times, people who were tired because of disrupted sleep performed about as poorly as subjects who were legally drunk.
Breathing Control Altered in Heart Failure (9/23/99)
Oversensitivity to carbon dioxide levels in the body's breathing control system can cause sleep apnea in some people with heart failure.
Nasal Positive Airway Pressure Improves Obstructive Sleep Apnea (6/18/99)
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP), which keeps the airway open during sleep, is widely used as a treatment for obstructive sleep apnea.
Radiofrequency Energy Safe and Effective for Treatment of Sleep Apnea (6/10/99)
Physicians can successfully use radiofrequency (RF) energy to reduce the volume of the tongue, one of the primary contributors to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Radiofrequency Therapy Improves Breathing in All Patients with Chronic Nasal Obstruction (6/10/99)
Sufferers of chronic nasal obstruction, people whose constant congestion forces them to breathe out of their mouths and hinders the simple acts of sleeping, eating and breathing, have promising news today about a treatment that may alleviate their symptoms.
Revealing the Complex Patterns of Cardiac Disease (6/4/99)
Scientists describe a new technique derived from modern physics that can help doctors distinguish between a healthy heart and one that is headed for trouble.
New Treatment Helps Combat Chronic Sleep Disorder (5/17/99)
Stanford researchers have introduced a technology that could help solve obstructive sleep apnea by shrinking the excess tissues that obstruct breathing when the airway relaxes during sleep.
Sleep Apnea Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk (5/6/99)
Adults who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea are three times more likely to also have diabetes, according to a new study.
Key to Snoring and Sleep Disordered Breathing May Lie in Neck Muscle Bulk (3/23/99)
The reason why men tend to snore more and suffer more sleep disordered breathing (apnea) than women, may lie in their neck muscles, finds research in the current issue of the journal Thorax.
New Guidelines Released for Treating Adult Sleep Apnea (3/12/99)
The guidelines focused on various forms of positive airway pressure (PAP) in the treatment of adult obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the most common form of sleep apnea, which afflicts 20 million Americans.
Therapy Improves Quality of Life for Sleep Apnea Patients (1/13/99)
A new study suggests that millions of Americans suffering impaired quality of life because of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can improve vitality, social functioning, and mental health by way of an established therapy known as nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP).
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Use More Health Care Resources Ten Years Prior to Diagnosis (Sleep Research Online 1(1): 71-74, 1998)
Apnea patients are heavy users of health care resources in the ten years prior to their diagnosis with apnea, Canadian researchers find.
Sleep Deprivation/Sleep Debt
Risks of Short Sleeping (3/30/01)
For the first time, scientists are looking seriously at what happens to our bodies when we live on five, six or seven hours of sleep a night and what they're finding is shocking.
Study Finds Less Sleep Equals More Work, Less Sex (3/27/01)
Half of the nation's adults are sleep deprived, sacrificing one of life's basic necessities for more hours at work, a national sleep survey has found. And some people are just too tired to have sex.
Sleep experts to teens: Please, get your zzz's (10/6/00)
Lack of proper rest poses health, education risks.
Long Working Days With Too Few Hours' Sleep Slow Responses As Much As Alcohol (9/19/00)
After 17 to 19 hours of staying awake -- a normal working day for many people - reaction times are up to 50 percent slower than they are after drinking alcohol, shows research in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
How Tired Is Too Tired? (5/8/00)
Some experts expect drowsy driver crash statistics to grow with better record-keeping in an age when Americans skip sleep to cram more activities into their already busy lives.
National Sleep Foundation Calls for New Commercial Drivers' Hours-of-Service Rules Based on Sleep Science (3/28/00)
NSF Recommends 12/12 Duty Rule with Limits to On-Duty Time
Sleeplessness Taking a Toll on Nation's Workforce (3/28/00)
One Out of Two Working Americans Say Sleepiness Affects Their Job Performance, National Sleep Foundation Poll Finds
Nearly One in Five Drivers Dozed Off at the Wheel Last Year (3/28/00)
Sleepy drivers may be impatient, drive faster, National Sleep Foundation poll finds.
The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) Calls for Limits on Commercial Drivers' Hours of Service (2/24/00)
NSF is urging the Department of Transportation to adopt revised regulations regarding hours-of-service regulations, interventions, countermeasures, and other factors affecting the alertness and fatigue of commercial drivers.
Brain Activity is Visibly Altered Following Sleep Deprivation (2/10/00)
The ability of the brain to function following sleep deprivation appears to vary with the task at hand, and in some cases the brain attempts to compensate for the adverse effects caused by lack of sleep, according to a new study.
Common Medications Can Impair Driving (1/24/00)
Recommends The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that the FDA establish "clear, consistent" warning labels for all medications that can cause drowsiness and affect driving ability.
Warning System for Fatigued Drivers Nearing Reality with New Eye Data (7/27/99)
While science has yet to find a fail-safe solution for "asleep at the wheel" driving, new research is providing important clues on the biomechanics of driver fatigue and paving the way for development of on-board alarm systems capable of rousing a driver who is dozing toward catastrophe.
How Sleepy Are You? 1999 U.S. Sleep Survey Shows Disturbing Trends in Daytime Sleepiness (3/24/99)
Drowsy driving causes at least 100,000 crashes in the United States each year, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports. In National Sleep Foundation survey responses, 62% of adults reported driving while feeling drowsy; and 27% said they have dozed off while driving in the past year.
Circadian Rhythms/Shiftwork
Tracing the Neural Circuitry of 'Second Sight' (2/8/02)
Researchers have traced the light-sensing circuitry for a type of "second sight" that is distinct from the conventional visual system and seems to interact directly with the body's internal clock.
Biology Determines Sleep-Wake Preference (8/9/01)
Whether you are a night owl or a morning lark may be predetermined by how long your body keeps a day's cycle, according to researchers.
Early to Bed, Early to Rise; Bizarre Sleep Disturbance Yields Findings (4/05/01)
Doctors discovered that 72 year-old Betsy's circadian rhythms, the body's internal clock that controls mechanisms including when we sleep and wake, are different from most people. What makes this finding so significant is that the gene they've isolated controls our circadian rhythms.
Creating Your Jet Lag Strategy (12/1/00)
If you are planning to spend several days or a few weeks in new lands, you'd be best served by timing your sleep very carefully right from the start.
Researchers Identify Molecule Crucial to Adjusting Body's Internal Clock (12/6/99)
Researchers say they have identified an important molecule in the retina-brain pathway that is crucial to adjusting our biological clocks.
Strategies for Shiftworkers: What Happens if You Work Non Traditional Hours? (10/99)
Most shift workers don't get enough sleep. When shifts fall during the night (11 p.m. -7 a.m.), the worker is fighting the natural wake-sleep pattern.
Research Links Healthy Biological Clock to Longevity (3/29/99)
Aging hamsters that received a new biological clock had their lifespan increased by 20 per cent, proving the importance of circadian rhythms to the health and longevity of an organism.
Unlocking Secrets of the Body's Inner Clock - Researchers Discover Key Control Mechanism for an Area of the Brain that Regulates Sleep (3/16/99)
Researchers have discovered that a chemical produced within the brain can slow the activity of those cells almost to a stop, affecting the body's reaction to light and darkness.
Researchers Discover Mechanism that Drives Daily Body Rhythms (1/14/99)
Scientists have discovered that the same genetic machinery that controls the inner movements of the biological clock may drive the basic rhythms of the body-temperature, blood pressure, hormones and the sleep-wake cycle.
Children's Sleep & SIDS
Blacks at Risk for SIDS (7/19/00)
African-American babies are twice as likely to die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome compared to other babies.
Development of Parasomnias From Childhood to Early Adolescence (7/1/00)
This study examines the prevalence and developmental changes of parasomnias and assesses gender differences, relationships between parasomnias, and associations with anxiety and family adversity using data collected during the course of a longitudinal study of a representative sample of children from Quebec.
Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Use in Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Younger Than 2 Years of Age (6/1/00)
To assess the efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients who are < 2 years of age.
Night Lights Don't Lead to Nearsightedness, Study Suggests (3/9/00)
A new study contradicts previous research and suggests that leaving a light on in a sleeping infant's room won't increase the child's chance of becoming nearsighted.
Widely Used Drug Successful in Long Term for Bed-Wetting (12/28/99)
The most popular medication to treat nighttime bed-wetting in children maintained its effectiveness over a one-year period, according to researchers.
Infants with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treated Successfully at Home (7/13/99)
Infants with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can be safely and effectively treated at home.
Adenotonsillectomy Improves Behavior in Kids with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (4/29/99)
A new study reveals that removing a child's tonsils and adenoids can alleviate OSAS symptoms plus improve overall behavior.
Night-Time Asthma Squeezes School Attendance (4/29/99)
Children suffering nighttime asthma attacks, miss school, cause parents to miss work, and may also perform more poorly in school.
Risk of SIDS Higher for Infants Placed in Unaccustomed Sleeping Positions (11/15/99)
Infants who are unaccustomed to sleeping on their stomachs (prone) may be more at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) if they are placed to sleep in the prone position.
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