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MINNEAPOLIS – A new drug may bring help for people with insomnia, according to a study published in the November 28, 2012, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The drug, suvorexant, blocks the chemical messengers in the brain called orexins, which regulate wakefulness. Other drugs for insomnia affect different brain receptors. Taking the drug suvorexant increased the amount of time people spent asleep during the night, according...

POINT RICHMOND, Calif., Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSPT) announced today that Purdue Pharmaceutical Products, L.P. (Purdue), the Transcept U.S. commercialization partner for Intermezzo® (zolpidem tartrate) sublingual tablet C-IV, is launching a national direct-to-consumer (DTC) promotional campaign, including digital, print and television advertising to support Intermezzo commercialization. Intermezzo digital and print DTC campaigns began...

Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online If you have trouble falling or staying asleep, you are not alone. Approximately 48 percent of Americans have reported having occasional insomnia with 22 percent claiming they suffer from insomnia on a frequent or even nightly basis. Insomnia is a symptom, not a condition. It can be caused by a host of issues like anxiety, stress, depression, disease or pain. Also, the use of certain over-the-counter and prescription medications...

Wake Forest Baptist Studies New Therapy for Insomnia WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- If you are among the 50 percent of Americans who suffer from insomnia, then you have probably tried everything - from warm milk to melatonin pills or prescription medications to induce sleep - with varying degrees of success and side effects. But what if sleep could be achieved not by a substance, but through 'balancing' brain activity? Researchers at Wake Forest...

A drug commonly prescribed to help patients sleep in hospitals has been associated with an increased risk of falls, according to a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. U.S. sleep specialists from the Mayo Clinic found that the fall rate among the 4,962 patients who took zolpidem during their hospital stay was more than four times as high as the 11,358 who did not take the drug. They also found that the risk posed by the drug was greater than the risks posed by factors...

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Scott Fogle from Life Extension, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla-based organization dedicated to the extension of the healthy human lifespan, returns to The SUZANNE Show this week to discuss sleep disorders. His appearance, which is one in a series devoted to natural health and longevity, airs Wednesday, November 14, at 7 a.m. (ET/PT) on Lifetime Television. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121030/FL02749LOGO ) According to Dr....

Common medication to treat insomnia, anxiety, itching or allergies can have a negative impact on memory or concentration in the elderly, according to Dr. Cara Tannenbaum, Research Chair at the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (IUGM, Montreal Geriatric University Institute) and Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of Montreal (UdeM). Up to ninety percent of people over the age of 65 take at least one prescription medication. Eighteen percent of people...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers at Universitas Bergensis recently discovered that sleep problems like insomnia and sleep apnea are costing billions in terms of making people less productive at work and leading to serious accidents. According to the research, approximately ten percent of the population in the United States suffer from insomnia. Insomnia can cause people to lose hours of sleep, wake up intermittently throughout the night, and make them...

While powerful magnetic stimulation of the frontal lobe of the brain can alleviate symptoms of depression, those receiving the treatment did not report effects on sleep or arousal commonly seen with antidepressant medications, researchers say. "People's sleep gets better as their depression improves, but the treatment doesn't itself cause sedation or insomnia." said Dr. Peter B. Rosenquist, Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia at...

Living with excessive daytime sleepiness can make life miserable. Insufficient or inadequate sleep can make it difficult to get out of bed in the morning and be productive at school or work. In a recent study, researchers discovered that sleep deprivation can cause instability in the immune system. Dr. Dan Naim of the Los Angeles Sleep Study Institute provides insight about symptoms of sleep disorders and the importance of finding a treatment method. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 25,...