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1 hr ago | Natural Holistic Health

Top Tips for Setting Healthy Sleep Habits for Your Child

Children are a mystery and a joy to have around. They will make you laugh and also cause you to pull your hair out.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

4 hrs ago | Medical News Today

News From Frontiers In Endocrinology, Microbiology, Physiology

Main Category: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Also Included In: MRSA / Drug Resistance ; Alzheimer's / Dementia Article Date: 20 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Frontiers in Endocrinology Differential roles of orexin receptors in the regulation of sleep/wakefulness Takeshi Sakurai, the lead author on the 1998 article that first described orexin, here ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Microbiology, Biology, Science, Alzheimer's, MRSA, Narcolepsy, Genetics

Sun May 19, 2013

ConsumerAffairs.Com

Researchers suspect ADHD may be linked to lack of sunlight

ConsumerAffairs' culture and lifestyle reporter, Daryl Nelson has written for Readers Digest, Townsquare Media, AllHipHop.com and a number of other online and print publications.

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Related Topix: Medicine, ADHD, Health, Family, Kids, Arnold, MD

Sat May 18, 2013

Psychology Today

Silver Linings of the New DSM Playbook

Like it or not, the long-awaited DSM-V arrived today. Although there has been much criticism and controversy [1] surrounding its changes, I'd like to point out some of the potential benefits.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, ADHD

Fri May 17, 2013

Examiner.com

Sleep treatment: How neurofeedback holds promise for insomnia sufferers

Upwards of 70 million Americans suffer from the debilitating effects of insomnia and other sleep disorders.

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Related Topix: Health, Insomnia, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Lansing State Journal

Know the basics before you buy your next mattress

If you want to get in beach body shape for summer, don't spare a sagging mattress, especially if you're losing sleep over it.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, University of Chicago, us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, Chicago Travel

WOAI

Sleep texting becoming new sleep disorder

More and more of them are coming to find out patients are not just tossing and turning in bed.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Wed May 15, 2013

WFLX-TV West Palm Beach

Chronic exhaustion creating working zombies

Most of us don't get enough sleep at night, and that can lead to poor performance at work the next day.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

KJCT

College students use adderall to study for finals

As college students are cramming for their finals this week, there's a new study released about kids and prescription drugs.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Tue May 14, 2013

Proctor Journal

Health/Wellness

Good things really do come in small packages. And when it comes to your health, pistachios pack a powerful punch: They help you manage your weight, may help reduce blood pressure and a study published in the "International Journal of Impotence Research" shows they may even help with erectile function.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Law, Law, Health

Examiner.com

Migraines: gene link

Researchers linked an abnormal gene to both a common type of migraine and a rare sleep disorder.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, UC San Francisco

Mon May 13, 2013

KSFY

Sleep Paralysis: the results are in

Earlier this month we shared the story of our director Sean Albertson and his battle with sleep paralysis, a very serious symptom from not getting enough rest.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Narcolepsy

Examiner.com

The month of May is 'Better Sleep Month'

May is ' Better Sleep Month,' and according to the National Sleep Foundation's 2002 Sleep in America poll, 58 percent of adult Americans reported at least one symptom of insomnia in the past year.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Insomnia

Postpartum Progress

Amber Koter-Puline: On Navigating Your Way Through PPD

Wow. What a long, and maybe even strange, trip it's been. Whether you've just given birth or your adoption process has come to a fruitful end, I'll bet you've experienced a lot of anticipation and waiting on your journey.

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Related Topix: Motherhood, Family

Sun May 12, 2013

South China Morning Post

Sleep apnea often goes undiagnosed

Six months ago, 11-year-old Henry Leung began to exhibit some strange sleeping behaviour.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Brain Cancer

PsychCentral

Obesity May Be Fueling Rise in Sleep Apnea

A new study suggests that the American obesity epidemic may have something to do with the rapidly rising number of sleep apnea cases.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, University of Wisconsin Madison

Natural Holistic Health

Sleep Groaning

Sleep groaning is a rare sleep disorder that involves a person groaning loudly while sleeping.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Sat May 11, 2013

Proctor Journal

Health/Wellness

Remember when you were a child and the world was big - full of adventure and possibility? You ate your favorite cereal for breakfast, lunch and dinner and at the end of every day, your mom would make you take those little multi-flavored vitamins usually shaped like a popular cartoon character.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Skin Cancer

Fri May 10, 2013

WTVM

Obesity crisis may be fueling big jump in sleep apnea cases

The widening American waistline may be feeding an epidemic of sleep apnea, potentially robbing millions of people of a good night's rest, a new study suggests.

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Related Topix: Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, University of Wisconsin Madison

Thu May 09, 2013

BellaOnline

ADD Diagnosis in Young Children

In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics announced the expansion of the time frame to diagnose Attention Deficit Disorder.

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Related Topix: Pediatrics, Medicine, Ritalin, Methylphenidate (generic)