http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Sleep-Disorder-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 07:12:18 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/severity-of-sleep-apnea-could-predict-diabetes-101686-1.htm New research adds more evidence to the severity of sleep disordered breathing and nocturnal hypoxemia which may help predict both glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). "Because people with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) are often overweight or obese it has been difficult to interpret earlier studies of the relationship between sleep disordered breathing and metabolic disorders," said Brian Kent, MBBCh, research fellow at St. Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/severity-of-sleep-apnea-could-predict-diabetes-101686-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/obstructive-sleep-apnea-increases-risk-of-fatal-stroke-100572-1.htm Middle aged people suffering from even mild obstructive sleep apnea have a greater risk of experiencing a stroke that can be fatal. The serious nature of the problem was captured in a landmark study which found that middle-age and older men with even mild levels of OSA were in danger of increased risk of stroke and death. While a link between OSA and stroke is clear, OSA''s effect on the cerebral (brain) vessels is not. In an effort to shed light on this relationship, researchers in Texas have ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/obstructive-sleep-apnea-increases-risk-of-fatal-stroke-100572-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/vitamin-b6-helps-people-remember-dreams-99930-1.htm Taking vitamin B6 helps people recall their bizarre dreams, shows study. While we supposedly all have 4-6 dreams a night it is usually hard to remember them, particularly in their entirety. The vitamin, which is found in meats, whole grains, vegetables, nuts and bananas, has long been thought to help recollect dreams and enhance their lucidity but this was based on theory rather than a concrete study. However, a small study done back in 2002 has come to light which apparently goes some way to proving the familiar theory....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/vitamin-b6-helps-people-remember-dreams-99930-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/sleep-apnea-linked-to-depression-99619-1.htm An association exists between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and depression, reveals study. "Snorting, gasping or stopping breathing while asleep (signs of OSA) was associated with nearly all depression symptoms, including feeling hopeless and feeling like a failure," said Anne G. Wheaton, from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who led the study. "We expected persons with sleep-disordered breathing to report trouble sleeping or sleeping too much, or feeling tired ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/sleep-apnea-linked-to-depression-99619-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/sleep-apnea-patients-at-risk-for-developing-delirium-after-surgery-99425-1.htm A team of researchers at the Duke University Medical Center have measured and confirmed an anecdotal observation of a possible link between sleep apnea and post-surgical delirium. "The association between sleep apnea and postoperative delirium is big news because it may offer us a way to control postoperative delirium which can be devastating," said senior author Madan Kwatra, Ph.D., who is associate professor of anesthesiology at Duke. The study appears in the April 2012 issue of iAnesthesiology/i....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/sleep-apnea-patients-at-risk-for-developing-delirium-after-surgery-99425-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/surgery-in-patients-with-obstructive-sleep-apnea-reviewed-99074-1.htm A new report says that patients with obstructive sleep apnea who undergo surgery need not stay in an intensive care unit although they should be closely monitored after their procedures are performed. The report is published Online First by IArchives of Otolaryngology - Head (and) Neck Surgery/I, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Surgical procedures in patients with sleep apnea (a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing) have traditionally been considered dangerous and potentially ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/surgery-in-patients-with-obstructive-sleep-apnea-reviewed-99074-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/sleep-apnea-treatment-protects-heart-98811-1.htm Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment helps prevent heart failure, shows study. In a study published in ICirculation: Heart Failure/I, a journal of the American Heart Association, researchers in the U.K. discovered that moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can cause changes in the heart's shape and function, similar to the effects of hypertension. These changes include increased mass, thickening of the heart wall and reduced pumping ability. CPAP treatment, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/sleep-apnea-treatment-protects-heart-98811-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/dreams-of-younger-wives-haunt-middle-aged-men-98310-1.htm A new study has said that an increasing number of middle-aged men are opting to get married to women who are still in their child-bearing years. The number of men aged 45-49 who wed women aged 30-34 increased by six per cent at the end of 2010, the figures from the Office for National Statistics showed. Overall, it apparently shows that marriage - long thought to be a dying institution - is once again becoming popular. The number of people marrying in England and Wales rose by 3.7 per ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/dreams-of-younger-wives-haunt-middle-aged-men-98310-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/shortage-of-primary-care-doctors-in-us-may-render-ppaca-a-pipe-dream-97598-1.htm The lack of primary care doctors in the US may spell doom for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), writes Sarah Kliff in delawareonline.com. The current primary care craze could fail the way the Clinton administration's health care plan failed to pan out during the 90s. In the end, Americans were left feeling disgruntled with Health Management Organizations' (HMO) limited networks and insurance plans rapidly lost market share. 'If the law succeeds in extending health insurance ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/shortage-of-primary-care-doctors-in-us-may-render-ppaca-a-pipe-dream-97598-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/children-with-sleep-apnea-may-benefit-from-pap-therapy-97380-1.htm Children and adolescents with obstructive sleep apnea had substantial improvements in attention, anxiety and quality of life after treatment with positive airway pressure (PAP)-a nighttime therapy in which a machine delivers a stream of air through a mask into the nose. "The benefits occurred even when children didn't fully adhere to the treatment," said study leader Carole L. Marcus, M.D., a sleep specialist and director of the Sleep Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The Sleep ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/children-with-sleep-apnea-may-benefit-from-pap-therapy-97380-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/link-between-sleep-apnea-and-silent-strokes-96946-1.htm Sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of symptomless strokes called 'silent strokes'.The German researchers studied 56 men and women, aged 44 to 75 years, who had a history of stroke or mini-stroke (transient ischemic attack). With the help of a screening tool that picks up changes in breathing during sleep, it was noted that 91% periodically stopped breathing while they slept. Brain imaging scans revealed that more than half the subjects had little areas of tissue death in the brain ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/link-between-sleep-apnea-and-silent-strokes-96946-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Risk-of-Death-in-Women-With-Obstructive-Sleep-Apnea-Reduced-by-CPAP-Treatment-96322-1.htm The risk for women who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea of dying from heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems may be reduced by treatment with a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is more prevalent in men, and is less often recognized in women, affecting only up to 3 percent of middle-aged women. Studies have shown an association between OSA and risk for cardiovascular death, but studies have focused mostly or exclusively on men. ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Risk-of-Death-in-Women-With-Obstructive-Sleep-Apnea-Reduced-by-CPAP-Treatment-96322-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Dreams-Reflect-Racial-Meeting-in-Actual-Life-95057-1.htm Racial framework of dreams lean towards matching the proportion of various races human beings encounter in their daily lives, finds a new study. According to Steve Hoekstra, a psychologist at Kansas University, a person's own race matters as well. "If you are, say, a black student at a predominately white school in a predominately white community, yes, you dream more about whites than do other black people in other communities," LiveScience quoted Hoekstra as saying. "But you also dream ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Dreams-Reflect-Racial-Meeting-in-Actual-Life-95057-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Work-related-Stress-Felt-Even-in-Dreams-94688-1.htm Nowadays, even dreams are filled with the stress of work, a new study has found. According to the survey of 2,000 people conducted by One Poll for Premier Inn hotels, one in three dream about work when they are stressed in their job and a quarter stated that they dream about a colleague if there was a conflict with them earlier that day. More than 20 percent polled admitted that they regularly dream about their boss, while another 20 percent dreamed more if they were under pressure or stressed....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Work-related-Stress-Felt-Even-in-Dreams-94688-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Novel-Approaches-Help-Sleep-Apnea-Patients-To-Benefit-from-CPAP-94201-1.htm People with obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to stick to prescribed treatment when a partner or parent is involved with their treatment, according to a team of sleep researchers. Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when the upper airway collapses during sleep. It is the most common type of sleep-disordered breathing, and chances of it occurring become more elevated in obese people. The first line of treatment for sleep apnea is a non-invasive in-home treatment called CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure therapy....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Novel-Approaches-Help-Sleep-Apnea-Patients-To-Benefit-from-CPAP-94201-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Hypoglossal-Nerve-Stimulation-Improves-Airflow-In-Obstructive-Sleep-Apnea-Patients-93927-1.htm A new study by Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center has found that Hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) produced marked dose-related increases in airflow in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients without arousing them from sleep. The study suggests the potential therapeutic efficacy of HGNS across a broad range of sleep apnea severity and offers an alternative to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), the current mainstay of treatment for moderate to severe OSA. The effectiveness of CPAP is often limited by poor patient adherence....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Hypoglossal-Nerve-Stimulation-Improves-Airflow-In-Obstructive-Sleep-Apnea-Patients-93927-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Mediterranean-Diet-Exercise-Combo-Reduces-Sleep-Apnea-Symptoms-92893-1.htm Mediterranean diet combined with physical activity can help reduce symptoms of sleep apnea, reveals a new study. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) causes frequent pauses of breathing to occur during sleep, which disrupts a person's normal sleeping pattern. It is one of the most prevalent sleep-related breathing disorders with approximately 2-4percent of the adult population experiencing the condition. This percentage increases up to 20-40 percent with obesity, and weight loss ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Mediterranean-Diet-Exercise-Combo-Reduces-Sleep-Apnea-Symptoms-92893-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Dream-Reading-Comes-Closer-to-Reality-92640-1.htm When people dream they are performing a particular action, a part of their brain involved in the planning and execution of movement lights up with activity, says a new study. According to Current Biology, scanning the brains of lucid dreamers while they slept, would give a glimpse into the non-waking consciousness, and is the first step towards true "dream reading." "Dreaming is not just looking at a dream movie," Martin Dresler of the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry said. "Brain ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Dream-Reading-Comes-Closer-to-Reality-92640-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Thyroid-Surgery-May-Help-People-With-Sleep-Apnea-Symptoms-92622-1.htm People suffering from obstructive sleep apnea reported significant improvements following thyroidectomy, a surgery which is performed to remove enlarged thyroid gland. Obstructive sleep apnea, caused by narrowing or blockage of the airways when a person is asleep affects about 20% of the population. Typically a person with OSA will begin snoring loudly on falling asleep. If not treated, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can increase a person's risk of death. It is not clear whether an enlarged ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Thyroid-Surgery-May-Help-People-With-Sleep-Apnea-Symptoms-92622-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Mouse-Model-of-Huntingtons-Disease-Proves-Benefits-of-Melatonin-91864-1.htm Melatonin, best known for its role in sleep regulation, delayed the onset of symptoms and reduced mortality in a mouse model of Huntington's disease, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. Their findings, published today in the iJournal of Neuroscience/i, show for the first time that certain receptors for the hormone reside in the mitochondria, and that there are fewer of them both in affected mice and human brains. Huntington's disease ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Mouse-Model-of-Huntingtons-Disease-Proves-Benefits-of-Melatonin-91864-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Why-School-is-An-Impossible-Dream-for-Lebanons-Eager-Children-91769-1.htm Sitting in a small barren classroom in the village of Fnaydiq, in northern Lebanon's remote Akkar region, 11-year-old Zeynab is eager to tackle the new school year. But the odds are heavily stacked against her even making it to high school. Zeynab's is a story by no means unique in Lebanon, where public schooling is largely synonymous with poor quality education and where the state for decades has all but turned its back on the sector. "The situation of public schools in Lebanon is way ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Why-School-is-An-Impossible-Dream-for-Lebanons-Eager-Children-91769-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Indonesias-Traffic-Nightmare-an-Entrepreneurs-Dream-89826-1.htm Jakarta's crippling traffic jams cost the Indonesian capital billions of dollars a year, but there's one group of battling businessmen who thrive in the smog-filled streets: ojek drivers. The appalling traffic problem is an opportunity for thousands of motorcycle taxi (ojek) drivers across the teeming city of around 10 million people, so much so it is attracting the attention of entrepreneurs such as Nadiem Makarim. Makarim, 27, graduated from Harvard with a masters in business administration ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Indonesias-Traffic-Nightmare-an-Entrepreneurs-Dream-89826-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-Recurs-On-Withdrawal-of-CPAP-Therapy-Study-89123-1.htm Obstructive sleep apnea returns quickly with a bang when use of continuous positive airway pressure machines are withdrawn, according to a new study. "In patients with obstructive sleep apnea who are established on CPAP treatment, withdrawal of the therapy is associated with a rapid recurrence of OSA and sleepiness within a few days" said Malcolm Kohler, MD, senior consultant at the Sleep Disorders Centre and Pulmonary Division of the University Hospital in Zurich. "After 14 days of CPAP ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-Recurs-On-Withdrawal-of-CPAP-Therapy-Study-89123-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-Ups-Dementia-Risk-in-Elderly-Women-88913-1.htm In elderly women, sleep apnea is linked to increased risk of dementia, finds study. Sleep apnea -- characterized by disrupted breathing and sleep and a reduction in the intake of oxygen. The findings, published in the August 10, 2011 issue of the IJournal of the American Medical Association/I, showed for the first time what sleep specialists have long suspected but hadn't proved: that sleep apnea, also known as sleep-disordered breathing, can deprive the brain and other organs of the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-Ups-Dementia-Risk-in-Elderly-Women-88913-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Compression-Stockings-Help-Sleep-Apnea-Patients-88734-1.htm Wearing compression stockings improve obstructive sleep apnea in patients with chronic venous insufficiency, say French researchers. "We found that in patients with chronic venous insufficiency, compression stockings reduced daytime fluid accumulation in the legs, which in turn reduced the amount of fluid flowing into the neck at night, thereby reducing the number of apneas and hypopnea by more than a third," said Stefania Redolfi, MD, of the University of Brescia in Italy, who led the research....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Compression-Stockings-Help-Sleep-Apnea-Patients-88734-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Disorder-Drugs-Could-Mitigate-Exhaustion-From-Acute-Illness-88635-1.htm Sleep disorder drugs could also mitigate exhaustion from acute illness. The possibility arises from new research into the brain's signalling system - a pathwaythatregulates sleep is also responsible for inducing lethargy during illness, it has been found. Although the sleep drugs were initially designed to treat narcolepsy, they have the potential to restore energy and motivation in patients with acute and chronic disease, according to research conducted at Oregon Health (and) Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Disorder-Drugs-Could-Mitigate-Exhaustion-From-Acute-Illness-88635-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/TV-Screens-Influence-the-Colour-in-Your-Dreams-87851-1.htm Have you ever thought why most pensioners have colourless dreams while those under the age of 30 dream in vivid colour? Well, your TV might explain why. Japanese researchers have suggested that the type of television you watched as a child has a profound effect on the colour of your dreams. Children brought up with a black-and-white TV are more likely to dream in grey. According to the survey published by the American Psychological Association, just one in five people in their 60s recalled having bright, vivid dreams....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/TV-Screens-Influence-the-Colour-in-Your-Dreams-87851-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-Linked-to-Blood-Vessel-Disorders-87621-1.htm In a recent research it was found that obstructive sleep apnea condition causes changes in blood vessel function that reduces blood supply to the heart in people who are otherwise healthy. The research is published in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. However, treatment with 26 weeks of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) improved study participants' blood supply and function. Obstructive sleep apnea, which causes periodic pauses in breathing during sleep, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-Linked-to-Blood-Vessel-Disorders-87621-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Dreams-of-Landing-Your-Dream-Job-can-be-Wiped-Out-by-Twitter-Facebook-Postings-87023-1.htm It has emerged that getting selected for that dream job has just got tougher, as companies are now scouring Facebook and Twitter accounts to know an applicant's personal details before hiring. As Internet search technology grows more sophisticated, surviving a background check is going to get even harder. Employers are now scanning social networking sites like they never did before. Explicit posts suggesting a person likes racist joke, is fond of too much booze or is a bit too fond of guns, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Dreams-of-Landing-Your-Dream-Job-can-be-Wiped-Out-by-Twitter-Facebook-Postings-87023-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nasal-Spray-Appears-Effective-for-Children-With-Sleep-Apnea-86690-1.htm In children with obstructive sleep apnea condition, use of flucticasone furoate nasal spray appears to reduce the production of certain inflammatory cell proteins, reveals report. These inflammatory proteins may play a key role in the development of obstructive sleep apnea. "Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is characterized by prolonged partial upper airway obstruction and/or intermittent complete obstruction with disruption of normal ventilation during sleep and normal sleep patterns," ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nasal-Spray-Appears-Effective-for-Children-With-Sleep-Apnea-86690-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Parkinsons-Related-to-Cause-of-Severe-Sleep-Disorder-86661-1.htm Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified a potential cause for a severe sleep disorder that could also have implications for Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. "Our research is the first to establish a potential genetic link to human REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD). That's important because between 60 and 80 per cent of people diagnosed with human RBD develop Parkinson's disease or other neurodegenerative disorders later in life," said Dr. John Peever, lead author of the study....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Parkinsons-Related-to-Cause-of-Severe-Sleep-Disorder-86661-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Millions-of-Dollars-can-be-Saved-by-Screening-High-Risk-Employees-for-Sleep-Apnea-86470-1.htm A research abstract that will be presented in Minneapolis, Minn., at SLEEP 2011, the 25th Anniversary Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC (APSS) says that large corporations could save millions of dollars in lost productivity by screening and treating high-risk employees for obstructive sleep apnea . Results show that a large corporation in Florida could save an estimated (Dollor) 136 million in lost productivity over 10 years by screening high-risk employees for OSA and offering ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Millions-of-Dollars-can-be-Saved-by-Screening-High-Risk-Employees-for-Sleep-Apnea-86470-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-Linked-to-Adverse-Pregnancy-Outcomes-86358-1.htm Women with severe sleep apnea problems are at an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, suggests research. Results show that women with severe sleep apnea had the highest incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes. This increased prevalence was principally driven by a higher incidence of gestational diabetes and early preterm birth. The authors noted that sleep apnea has been associated with heart disease, metabolic syndrome and mortality in non-pregnant populations. However, few ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-Linked-to-Adverse-Pregnancy-Outcomes-86358-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-Testing-Now-Possible-at-Home-86216-1.htm Sleep apnea testing is now possible at home. The device called as ARES Unicoder, has been developed by Watermark Medical, Florida and has been ranked as the top 10 medical innovation of 2010. This home diagnostic kit for people with sleep disorders such as apnea comes with a headset that patients can wear at home during sleep. The device records nasal airflow, snoring, O2 saturation, pulse rate and REM/NREM using an EEG. Physicians can use this data along with clinical indicators to prepare an apnea ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-Testing-Now-Possible-at-Home-86216-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Male-Contraceptive-Pill-No-Longer-a-Pipe-Dream-86011-1.htm Men may soon be able to realize the dream of a birth control pill and be on par with women who have enjoyed the protection offered by contraceptive pills against unwanted pregnancies. Vitamin A is necessary for sperm production. Recent research has found a compound which can interfere with the ability of the body to use Vitamin A. By using this compound to manipulate the use of Vitamin A, sperm production can either be stopped or started. A study conducted on mice showed that an 8-16 week course ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Male-Contraceptive-Pill-No-Longer-a-Pipe-Dream-86011-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Low-energy-Weight-Loss-Diet-Benefits-Patients-With-Sleep-Disorder-85831-1.htm People who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea could benefit if they follow a low energy diet to lose weight, a new study has found. Sleep apnea is a common disorder caused by abnormal pauses in breathing during sleep. Sufferers rarely feel refreshed after a night's sleep and the disease is linked to negative health effects such as increased risk of accidents, decreased quality of life and a higher chance of premature death. Researchers, led by Kari Johansson from the Karolinska Institute ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Low-energy-Weight-Loss-Diet-Benefits-Patients-With-Sleep-Disorder-85831-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/For-Street-Kids-in-India-School-is-a-Distant-Dream-85752-1.htm Fourteen-year-old Deepchand should be learning but instead he lies sprawled fast asleep on the floor of an Indian school -- exhausted by his early morning labours finding rubbish to sell. Abandoned by his mother, his father dead, he works as a trash collector on the streets of New Delhi, starting two hours before dawn collecting plastic bottles, drink cans and metal -- anything that will earn him a little cash. Deepchand, who like many street kids has only one name, uses the plastic bag ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/For-Street-Kids-in-India-School-is-a-Distant-Dream-85752-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Dream-Job-of-Being-Cannes-Party-Critic-Not-for-the-Faint-of-Heart-85315-1.htm Being a party critic at Cannes must surely rank near the top among the world's dream jobs, but one lucky practitioner says it's not all stars, sex and bubbly. Scott Roxborough, who reviews galas, soirees and bashes for film industry bible The Hollywood Reporter, said stamina, a strong stomach and the gift of the gab are indispensable. In what has become a closely watched tradition at the world's premier film festival, the magazine ranks the key parties on a scale from one to five martini glasses using a strict set of criteria....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Dream-Job-of-Being-Cannes-Party-Critic-Not-for-the-Faint-of-Heart-85315-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Therapy-Improves-Heart-Health-in-Sleep-Apnea-Patients-85159-1.htm A novel treatment effectively improves the cardiovascular health in patients who suffer from central sleep apnea, say researchers. "Many heart failure patients suffer from central sleep apnea, which a number of studies have shown increases mortality in these patients," said Shahrokh Javaheri, MD, professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Cincinnati and medical director of Sleepcare Diagnostics in Mason, Ohio. Systolic heart failure describes a medical condition in which ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Therapy-Improves-Heart-Health-in-Sleep-Apnea-Patients-85159-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-Treatment-Reduces-Cardiovascular-Risks-in-Elderly-85102-1.htm The use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in elderly patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea appears to decrease the risk cardiovascular deaths, reveals research. The findings will be presented at the ATS 2011 International Conference in Denver. "Our study offers two key conclusions," said Miguel Angel Martinez-Garcia, MD, study lead author pneumonologist at the Hospital General de Requena in Valencia, Spain."First, with younger patients, elderly patients with severe, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-Treatment-Reduces-Cardiovascular-Risks-in-Elderly-85102-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/CPAP-Fights-Even-Minimum-Symptoms-of-Daytime-Sleepiness-in-Obstructive-Sleep-Apnea-Patients-85091-1.htm Researchers in Europe have found that continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) can reduce daytime sleepiness in sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), even if their symptoms are minimal. It has also shown effectiveness in improving the quality of life of such people. "Treatment with CPAP clearly reduces daytime sleepiness and improves quality of life in patients with very limited symptoms, at a rate of about half the improvement seen in patients with more severe symptoms," said Sonya ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/CPAP-Fights-Even-Minimum-Symptoms-of-Daytime-Sleepiness-in-Obstructive-Sleep-Apnea-Patients-85091-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Melatonin-Brownies-Spark-Outrage-85082-1.htm Relaxation snacks are under fire in the United States after it was revealed that some of the popular products mix melatonin in cakes, brownies and cookies. Melatonin was very popular among the frequent fliers in 1990s as a perfect way to overcome jet lag. The drug is being sold over-the-counter in the US though the Food and Drug Administration has not deemed it to be safe. However with a number of popular snacks now including the drug in their products, the FDA has said that it has not approved ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Melatonin-Brownies-Spark-Outrage-85082-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/First-US-Face-Transplant-Patient-Dreams-of-Going-Home-Soon-84800-1.htm The United States' first face transplant patient has revealed that he will soon be going home and said that the return of his ability to smell is the best possible thing that could have happened to him since the surgery. Dallas Wiens had lost most of his face after coming in contact with a high voltage wire back in 2008. The 26-year old had a number of problems including breathing problems and the inability to smell things and had undergone more than 20 surgeries in Dallas. He then underwent a ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/First-US-Face-Transplant-Patient-Dreams-of-Going-Home-Soon-84800-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Research-Clarifies-Why-We-Forget-Some-Dreams-After-Waking-Up-84709-1.htm If you are puzzled over why we remember some dreams but not others, you can blame it on your brain mechanism. According to Luigi De Gennaro at the University of Rome, Italy, it is the brain mechanism that controls whether we remember or forget things when we are awake is involved. To test it De Gennaro and his team used an electroencephalogram (EEG) to monitor the brain activity of 65 students as they slept: 30 who habitually wake up while in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and 35 who usually wake in stage 2 non-REM sleep....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Research-Clarifies-Why-We-Forget-Some-Dreams-After-Waking-Up-84709-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Baseball-Dream-Kept-Alive-by-Japan-Tsunami-Children-84701-1.htm Yuki Kikuchi thought his dream of playing baseball was gone as he saw his hometown destroyed by the tsunami which devastated northeastern Japan on March 11. Now living in a school gymnasium with hundreds of other disaster victims, the 17-year-old believed his chance of making the national high school baseball tournament had been snatched away by huge waves that left Yamadamachi in ruins. But the teenager said his team was now determined to show the disaster had not destroyed their hopes ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Baseball-Dream-Kept-Alive-by-Japan-Tsunami-Children-84701-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Melatonin-may-Help-Control-Weight-Gain-Prevent-Heart-Diseases-84316-1.htm Researchers have proven that melatonin - a natural hormone produced by the body - helps in controlling weight gain, even without reducing the intake of food, increases HDL cholesterol and reduces LDL cholesterol. Melatonin is found in small quantities in some fruits and vegetables as mustard, Goji berries, almonds, sunflower seeds, cardamom, fennel, coriander and cherries. Thus, the intake of this kind of food might help in controlling weight gain and preventing heart diseases associated to obesity and dyslipidemia....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Melatonin-may-Help-Control-Weight-Gain-Prevent-Heart-Diseases-84316-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-Raises-Stroke-Risk-83371-1.htm A new study has warned that persons with serious cases of sleep apnea-which is basically characterized by intense snoring accompanied by prolonged pauses in breathing (more than ten seconds)- have 2.5 times more the possibility of suffering an ischemic stroke. This was confirmed in a study undertaken among 394 subjects aged 70 or more. "After studying the quality of their sleep, we tracked the volunteers over the course of six years. After which, 20 of the study subjects had suffered a stroke", ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-Raises-Stroke-Risk-83371-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-and-Excessive-Daytime-Sleepiness-Doubles-the-Risk-of-Death-83119-1.htm A new research by scientists of the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia has stated that older adults suffering from moderate to severe sleep apnea and excessive daytime sleepiness have more than twice the risk of death as compared to people who do not have both conditions. 289 adults over 65-years of age were part of the study. About 20% older adults have sleep apnea and 10-33% adults are affected by excessive daytime sleepiness. However, having sleep apnea alone ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Sleep-Apnea-and-Excessive-Daytime-Sleepiness-Doubles-the-Risk-of-Death-83119-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Link-Between-Sleep-Disorder-and-Parkinsons-Disease-Symptoms-82958-1.htm Very early symptoms of Parkinson's disease can be revealed in dream or Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep, say Danish researchers. Parkinson's disease is a brain disease best known for the trembling it causes. It is an incurable, chronic disease and gradually affects the muscles and mental capacity, seriously afflicting the lives if the patient and his or her immediate relatives. "In the study we saw that eight years before diagnosis, Parkinson's sufferers exhibited work and health indications ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Link-Between-Sleep-Disorder-and-Parkinsons-Disease-Symptoms-82958-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Immigrants-Dream-of-Better-Life-Ended-by-Spanish-Downturn-78940-1.htm Immigrants across Europe are suffering from the effects of the downturn and Spain is no different. After losing her job as a maid several months ago, 26-year-old Magaly Baez is preparing to return to Paraguay with her husband, an unemployed waiter, and their nine-month-old baby. "The plan had been to stay in Spain, bring over our children and obtain residency papers," she said as she left a government-run soup kitchen set up by the regional government of Madrid specifically for immigrants....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Immigrants-Dream-of-Better-Life-Ended-by-Spanish-Downturn-78940-1.htm