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Ambien, the popular sleep medication known for its odd side effects, helps a 48-year-old woman out of a near vegetative state. In Bodyhack.
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Steven Kazmierczak had been taking three drugs prescribed for him by his psychiatrist, the Northern Illinois University gunman's girlfriend told CNN. Jessica Baty said her boyfriend of two years had been taking Xanax, used to treat anxiety, and Ambien, a sleep agent, as well as the antidepressant Prozac.
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A woman who stopped dreaming after a stroke is helping researchers unravel the mysteries of sleep. The 73-year-old patient was admitted to hospital after a stroke disrupted blood flow to an area at the back of her brain, called the occipital lobe.
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Is it a wake-up call for the sleeping pill market? With Wednesday&#39;s approval of Sepracor&#39;s new drug, Lunesta, a taboo in the use of sleeping pills has been broken.
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Gripping a pair of pliers, a doctor pried a bullet from Amina Kharim&#39;s swollen and bleeding left arm. Eight hours earlier, at dawn Tuesday, she had been asleep
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The death of the influential Southern rapper Pimp C, below, has been ruled an accident attributable to an overdose of drugs celebrated by Three 6 Mafia and the Pimp C group Underground Kingz in the 2000 single âSippinâ on Some Syrup,â The Associated Press reported. The Los Angeles County coronerâs office identified the drugs as codeine and promethazine, essential ingredients of âsyrup.â The coronerâs office said Pimp C, whose real name was Chad Butler, had sleep apnea, an ailment that can cause breathing during sleep to stop for as long as 30 seconds. Capt. Ed Winter of the coronerâs office said that sleep apnea, combined with large amounts of prescription-strength cough syrup, killed Pimp C on Dec. 4 in West Hollywood, Calif. He was 33.
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A handful of therapy sessions does more to help chronic insomniacs get to sleep than the top-selling sleeping pill, according to a new Harvard Medical School
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SUNDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) -- The nightly trip to dreamland is a frustrating one for millions of American children suffering from insomnia, night awakenings and even sleep apnea, experts say.
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(New York-AP, September 5, 2004) - Doctors say former President Clinton is awake after undergoing a &quot;relatively routine&quot; quadruple heart bypass operation.
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A woman in a vegetative state will be given a sleeping pill which may "wake her up" against her family's wishes.
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In the state of âlucid dreaming,â a sleeping person becomes aware he or she is dreaming and may even be able to direct the action.
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Sen. Tim Johnson has been conscious at times since his emergency brain surgery last week, his spokeswoman said Monday. But he is currently being sedated so he can rest.
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The last thing William Somers remembers before passing out from a massive heart attack was the ambulance ride to the hospital. When he woke up, Somers was astonished to learn doctors at Loyola University Medical
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How was I to know I was suffering from sleep apnea? I was unconscious
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Swiss biotech firm Actelion's experimental sleep drug, the first of a new class of potential medicines, significantly improved sleep for insomniacs in mid-stage clinical trials, the company said on Sunday.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- Modafinil -- a wake-promoting drug used to treat narcolepsy -- may be an effective treatment for cocaine dependence, suggests a University of Pennsylvania Medical Center study.
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The deaths of two patients prescribed a powerful painkiller as a headache treatment were among four fatalities linked to the recently approved drug, its manufacturer reported Thursday.