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		<title>An electronic nose that sniffs sleep apnea</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An electronic nose used in detecting molecules in a patient&#8217;s breath could be tweaked to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea, dangerous pauses in breathing. The gold standard used to identify sleep apnea is an overnight sleep test, a technically demanding, time-consuming and cost-intensive system. Electronic noses have shown to distinguish between a number of diseases. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lack of sleep can kill you</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study has suggested lack of sleep could be actually killing us, dramatically raising the risk of weight gain and developing dangerous diabetes. Even as it is believed that the main function of sleep is to rest the brain, researchers have discovered that even fat cells need rest to work efficiently. A US study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easy to fall asleep at the wheel: study</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nodding off at the wheel could be easier than you think. All participants in a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) study showed extreme levels of sleepiness 40 minutes into a simulated driving test after waking early that day. And a few participants continued to drive for more than 10 minutes after they fell asleep for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Longer sleep hours lower diabetes risk in teenagers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Longer sleep hours could prevent the onset of diabetes among teenagers, besides improving their insulin resistance, suggests a new study. &#8220;High levels of insulin resistance can lead to the development of diabetes,&#8221; said Karen Matthews, who teaches psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. &#8220;We found that if teens that normally get six hours of sleep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lack of sleep can hamper performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of how tired you perceive yourself to be, lack of sleep can influence the way you perform certain tasks, a new study has revealed. “Our team decided to look at how sleep might affect complex visual search tasks, because they are common in safety-sensitive activities, such as air-traffic control, baggage screening, and monitoring power [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artificial light at night can cause depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 01:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sleeping in a room with too much light can lead to depression, psychologists claim. Leaving the television on while you sleep can be enough to trigger the effect, say scientists. Lack of darkness during sleeping hours can cause changes to the brain and depressive symptoms, according to animal studies. Researchers believe staying up late to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleep deprivation lowers risk of post-traumatic stress disorder</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sleep deprivation in the first few hours after exposure to a significantly stressful threat actually reduces the risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a new study has revealed. The study revealed in a series of experiments that sleep deprivation of approximately six hours immediately after exposure to a traumatic event reduces the development of post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too much or lack of sleep could trigger dementia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who restrict themselves to seven hours of sleep a night could prevent their brain from ageing by an extra two years, compared with their peers who sleep too much – or not enough, scientists say. American researchers had found that older women who had managed seven hours a night had far better concentration and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity and depression `root causes of daytime sleepiness`</title>
		<link>http://news.bioscholar.com/2012/06/obesity-and-depression-root-causes-of-daytime-sleepiness.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three studies have concluded that obesity and depression are the two main culprits that make people excessively sleepy while awake. Researchers at Penn State examined a random population sample of 1,741 adults and decided that obesity and emotional stress are the main causes of the current “epidemic” of sleepiness and fatigue plaguing America. Insufficient sleep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPAP therapy improves sexual function, satisfaction in men with sleep apnea</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apart from getting a steady, healthy level of breathing during the night, men who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are seeing another potential benefit from continuous positive airway pressure therapy, or CPAP &#8211; improved sexual function and satisfaction in non-diabetic men under age 60. A study out of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secrets of ‘sleep hormone’ may lead to new treatments for insomnia</title>
		<link>http://news.bioscholar.com/2011/12/secrets-of-%e2%80%98sleep-hormone%e2%80%99-may-lead-to-new-treatments-for-insomnia.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have unravelled the inner workings of melatonin, also known as the “sleep hormone,” making a major breakthrough for the development of new and promising treatments for insomnia. The team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill University revealed the key role played by the melatonin receptor in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Struggling to get proper sleep at night? Drink tart cherry juice</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drinking two glasses of tart cherry juice daily can help you get a better night’s sleep, a new study has suggested. An international team of researchers found that when adults had two daily glasses of tart cherry juice, they slept 39 minutes longer, on average, and had up to 6 percent increase in overall sleep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gene explains why some people sleep more</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people may be genetically inclined to need longer hours of sleep, a new study has found. Experts found those with the gene ABCC9 need around 30 minutes more sleep per night than those without it. Over 10,000 people from different parts of Europe took part in the study, each reporting how long they slept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you sleep text? You could be badly stressed</title>
		<link>http://news.bioscholar.com/2011/11/do-you-sleep-text-you-could-be-badly-stressed.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day-to-day stress has triggered an unusual habit of sleep texting- where people text messages even while sleeping, according to researchers. People with this peculiar condition send incoherent messages while asleep to their friends and family &#8211; completely unaware of doing it, said researcher Frank Thorne, the Daily Mail reported. &#8220;Patients reported incidents of sleep texting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intake of sleeping pills can be fatal</title>
		<link>http://news.bioscholar.com/2011/11/intake-of-sleeping-pills-can-be-fatal.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent study found those who took sleeping tablets were 36 percent more likely to die at any given time than others. In the study American researchers focused on a brain enzyme called calcium kinase, which controls sleep in humans, said researcher Fiona Macrae, Daily Mail reported. In an experiment conducted by the researchers, a [...]]]></description>
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