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healthgal

posted 10/11/2008, comments (0)

What Your Baby's Sleep Position Can Impact

The position your baby sleeps in (or moves to) may have a strong correlation to the baby's blood pressure. Babies ages 2-3 months may have a decrease in blood pressure when in the prone position. SIDS is associated with prone sleep position, so researchers are hypothesizing that circulatory failure due to this position may have a... Read more Chevron

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Beth Irvine

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posted 10/10/2008, comment (1)

Get Your Internal Clock Running Smoothly

Have you ever experienced that nauseated-stomach, foggy-head feeling that comes over you from lack of sleep? Is the refreshed, energized mood that only a good night's sleep can bring, a memory from the past? Let me give you some inside scoop on how your internal clock "ticks" to keep you in balance, and why the delicate balance of your clock can... Read more Chevron

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Jerry Kennard

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Gene Variant Linked to Narcolepsy

Japanese researchers have discovered a genetic variant that could one day help to explain the mechanism underlying narcolepsy. People with narcolepsy experience sudden muscle weakness and extreme daytime sleepiness that can result in them falling to sleep at any point of the day, sometimes several times a day. Many people with narcolepsy also... Read more Chevron

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Allen Blaivas, M.D.

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posted 10/08/2008, comment (1)

All Sleep is Not Created Equal

In my last blog we were reviewing the fundamental question of why we sleep. We left off trying to sort out the level of activity of the brain and body during different stages of sleep (i.e. Non-REM and REM). During non-REM the body and brain are at their most relaxed state. Ironically, most people think of REM as deep... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/08/2008, comments (0)

No TV or Computer in Any Child's Room say McCain and Obama

Well, not really but what a great slogan to adopt in this political campaign. Something we could really grasp and understand, expecially if you look at recent studies. Middle school age kids who have a TV or computer in their bedroom sleep less, watch more TV, play more computer games and surf the net, more than their peers who don't... Read more Chevron

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