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Insomnia

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Jet-lagged mice die young, study finds: Mixed-up cycles of light and darkness can damage health "Jet-lagged mice die younger, researchers said on Monday in a study that suggests that working unusual shifts and flying back and forth across time zones takes a permanent toll on health. Tests on more than 100 mice showed that old mice forced to live on a confusing schedules of light and darkness, simulating rotating shifts or international travel, died sooner than those on gentler schedules."

The Quest For Rest

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A Twin-Study of Sleep Difficulties in School-Aged Children (Child Development 2006)

Comparison of sleep condition and sleep-related psychological activity after cognitive-behavior and pharmacological therapy for chronic insomnia. (Psychother Psychosom. 2006)

Consequences of comorbid insomnia symptoms and sleep-related breathing disorder in elderly subjects. (rch Intern Med. 2006) "CONCLUSION: Because insomnia comorbid with SRBD is associated with the greatest functional impairment, and SRBD is commonly found in the elderly population, health care providers should also consider SRBD in elderly patients with insomnia symptoms."

Epidemiology of DSM-IV Insomnia in Adolescence: Lifetime Prevalence, Chronicity, and an Emergent Gender Difference. (Pediatrics. 2006)

Headache and sleep. (Sleep Med Rev. 2006)

Insomnia in the Older Adult (Medscape Primary Care. 2006)

Odor identification accuracy declines following 24-h of sleep deprivation (Journal of Sleep Research, 2006) "Brain imaging studies demonstrate that sleep deprivation reduces glucose metabolism and blood flow in the prefrontal cortex, and such reductions are associated with impairments in cognitive functioning. Although some of the greatest metabolic declines occur within the orbitofrontal cortex, little is known about the effects of sleep loss on the types of processes mediated by this region, including emotion, motivation, feeding, and olfaction. The present study tested odor identification accuracy when individuals were well rested and again following 24-h of wakefulness. . "

Severe Hot Flashes Are Associated With Chronic Insomnia (Arch Intern Med 2006) "Conclusions Severe hot flashes are strongly associated with chronic insomnia in midlife women. The presence of hot flashes should be systematically investigated in women with insomnia. Treating hot flashes could improve sleep quality and minimize the deleterious consequences of chronic insomnia."

Sleep disturbances in the aftermath of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder. (CNS Spectr. 2006) "Sleep disturbances, including nightmares and insomnia, are prominent following trauma and with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and likely contribute to the pathogenesis of the disorder. … "

The epidemiology and diagnosis of insomnia. (Am J Manag Care. 2006)

What are the important risk factors for daytime sleepiness and fatigue in women? (Sleep. 2006) "CONCLUSION: Psychological distress, insomnia, and somatic disease are the most important conditions in women reporting daytime sleepiness and fatigue. Because 1 in 5 (21%) of the women in this study reported sleepiness, fatigue, or both, interventions that improve psychiatric health and reduce insomnia are important in improving the quality of life in women with these sleep symptoms."

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