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RLS Drug Trial Yields Promising Results
Astellas Pharma Inc, Tokyo, and XenoPort Inc, Santa Clara, Calif, released preliminary top-line results from a phase 2 clinical trial of ASP8825/XP13512 for treatment of moderate-to-severe primary restless legs syndrome (RLS). ASP8825/XP13512 demonstrated statistically significant improvements compared to placebo on the primary endpoint of the trial.
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ADHD and Sleep
By Patti Teel Print
Children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to have sleep difficulties.
ADHD is a neurological condition characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Three subtypes of ADHD generally are recognized by professionals:
hyperactive-impulsive (the child does not show significant inattention)
inattentive (the child does not show significant hyperactive-impulsive behavior — [...]

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A Breakfast That Wakes You Up
Dragging through your morning? Then try adding these breakfast favorites to your a.m. menu: yogurt and eggs.
This little diet tweak could help you forget you even have a snooze button, thanks to the extra dose of tyrosine — a building block for two important wake-up-your-brain chemicals.
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Nightmares and Sleep Terrors
These fearful nighttime episodes are more common among children.
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Nightmares and sleep terrors are nocturnal attacks of fear or panic that interrupt sleep in some people. Nightmares, which usually occur early in the morning, are bad dreams that become so threatening that a person wakes in a state of fear [...]

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XP13512 Shows Promising Results in Restless Legs Syndrome: Presented at AAPM
By Emma Hitt, PhD
HONOLULU — February 2, 2009 — An experimental treatment for restless legs syndrome (RLS), XP13512, was found to improve symptoms in all patients and reduced pain associated with RLS compared with placebo, according to results of a study presented here at the [...]

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Physical Exercise May Ease Periodic Leg Movements, Improve Sleep
Last Updated: 2009-01-13 12:54:38 -0400 (Reuters Health)
Exercise may improve sleep patterns in people with insomnia or sleep disruptions related to periodic leg movements, according to findings published in the January issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Medicine.
Dr. Marco Tulio de Mello and colleagues at Federal [...]

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Strangest Sleep Disorders
By William Pentland, Forbes.com
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In May, Rhett Lamb, a 3-year-old boy from St. Petersburg, Fla., did something nobody thought he could: sleep.
Lamb, who suffers from an apparently unique strain of an already rare neurological condition called Chiari Malformation, had never slept for more than an hour or so in a single stretch since he [...]

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Prescription sleeping pills: What’s right for you?
Sleeping pills — Get the lowdown on the latest prescription options.
From MayoClinic.com
If you’re regularly having problems sleeping, ask your doctor for an evaluation. Treatment is available but it depends on what’s causing your insomnia. For occasional sleepless nights, prescription sleeping pills may be helpful. Although sleeping pills don’t treat [...]

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Researchers Link Stroke, Sleep Apnea and Death
Obstructive sleep apnea decreases blood flow to the brain, elevates blood pressure within the brain and eventually harms the brain’s ability to modulate these changes and prevent damage to itself, according to a new study published by The American Physiological Society. The findings may help explain why people with [...]

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The Family Sleep Cure
Everyone tosses and turns for different reasons. Here’s how to make sure the whole clan gets the ZZZs they need to stay happy and healthy.
By Camille Noe Pagan, Prevention
Your husband is on his third cup of coffee—and it’s not yet 8 a.m. Your teen is so bleary-eyed and grumpy that you [...]

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