Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News From Medical News TodayLatest Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News From Medical News Today.Memory Replay During Sleep Linked To Age - Or Is It- July 31, 2008 US scientists studying sleep processes in rats found that aging tended to impair the brain's ability to "replay" memories during sleep, a consolidation process that is important for converting recent memories into long term ones. However, impaired memory replay was not found in all the older rats tested in the study.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116776.php The 'Replay' Of Memories During Sleep Impaired By Aging- July 31, 2008 Aging impairs the consolidation of memories during sleep, a process important in converting new memories into long-term ones, according to new animal research in the July 30 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings shed light on normal memory mechanisms and how they are disrupted by aging. During sleep, the hippocampus, a brain region important in learning and memory, repeatedly "replays" brain activity from recent awake experiences.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116661.php Pulmonary Fibrosis And Fatigue- July 30, 2008 Family, friends and neighbors remember Lisa Sandler Spaeth as an active mother of two in Potomac, Md., with a lot on the go, juggling her son's baseball games and her daughter's horseback-riding lessons with numerous committee obligations, organizing women's activities at her local synagogue. Add to this Spaeth's thriving home business turned wholesale supplier - making custom hair accessories for children - which she founded with her mother.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116626.php Improving Problems In Sleep, Attention By Studying Bladder-Brain Link- July 30, 2008 Bladder problems may leave a mark on the brain, by changing patterns of brain activity, possibly contributing to disrupted sleep and problems with attention. For one in six Americans who have overactive bladder, the involuntary bladder contractions that often trigger more frequent urges to urinate, such mind-body connections may be of more than academic interest.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116622.php Identification Of Possible Sleep Gene- July 30, 2008 While scientists and physicians know what happens if you don't get six to eight hours of shut-eye a night, investigators have long been puzzled about what controls the actual need for sleep. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine might have an answer, at least in fruit flies. In a recent study of fruit flies, they identified a gene that controls sleep.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116616.php Bladder-Brain Link May Point To Better Treatments For Sleep, Attention Problems- July 30, 2008 Bladder problems may leave a mark on the brain, by changing patterns of brain activity, possibly contributing to disrupted sleep and problems with attention. For one in six Americans who have overactive bladder, the involuntary bladder contractions that often trigger more frequent urges to urinate, such mind-body connections may be of more than academic interest.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116558.php The FDA Has Accepted For Filing The Registration Application For Sublinox- July 30, 2008 The submitted registration application for Sublinox has been accepted by the FDA as complete for substantive review after initial evaluation. Sublinox contains the well-known active substance zolpidem and is based on Orexo's sublingual technology, involving a rapidly disintegrating tablet placed under the tongue. Meda AB acquired the exclusive world-wide commercialization rights for Sublinox on April 14, 2008.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116530.php Worry And Sleepless Nights Increase Risk Of Diabetes In Men- July 29, 2008 New research claims that psychological distress including anxiety, insomnia, depression, apathy and fatigue can more than double the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in older men. Scientists looked at 2,127 men, born between 1938 and 1957, who had normal blood glucose levels. They determined their level of psychological distress both at the beginning and end of the study.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116495.php Sleep Breathing Disturbances And Throat Inflammation- July 29, 2008 A significant proportion of the population (around 5% of men and 2% of women) experiences breathing difficulties during sleep. In most cases, these respiratory disturbances consist of periodic breathing obstructions followed by sudden short awakenings (up to 60 times per hour in severe cases). The patient suffering this disorder, technically called obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS), is not aware of hisher abnormal sleep.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116380.php Older People May Need Less Sleep, Study Finds- July 25, 2008 Along with all the other changes that come with age, healthy older people also lose some capacity for sleep, according to a new report published online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. When asked to stay in bed for 16 hours in the dark each day for several days, younger people get an average of 9 hours of shuteye compared to 7.5 for older people, the researchers report.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116172.php |