Melatonin Improves Sleep for Asthmatics
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Treatment with melatonin significantly improved subjective sleep quality in 12 women with mild to moderate asthma, as compared with 10 asthmatic women who took placebo, according to a study in the first issue for November 2004 of the American Thoracic
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A little more sleep could go a long way to keeping off that extra weight. Two studies find that people who don&#39;t sleep enough have imbalanced levels of hormones that regulate appetite.
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NEW YORK  - Premature newborns have a  heightened risk of sleep apnea -- brief periods when they stop  breathing -- but pumping a pleasant odor into their incubators  seems to reduce the frequency of such spells, a study from  France suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Inner-city families can help  relieve children's asthma symptoms by making simple changes in  their homes. Such steps include using pillow covers that are  impermeable to dust mites, and air purifiers to get rid of  tobacco smoke, mold and cat or dog allergens, according to new  study findings.
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NEW YORK  - Pimecrolimus cream provides  rapid relief of symptoms and helps promote sleep in young  children with eczema, German researchers report.
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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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NEW YORK  - A cream that blocks allergic  substances from entering the nose seems to reduce symptoms in  patients with hay fever, new research shows. The cream, known  as Alergol, is applied inside the lower nose where it traps  these substances.
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Premature newborns have a heightened risk of sleep apnea -- brief periods when they stop breathing -- but pumping a pleasant odor into their incubators seems to reduce the frequency of such spells, a study from France suggests.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday ordered all sleep disorder drugs to carry stronger warnings about their risks, including severe allergic reactions.
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Sept. 27, 2004 -- Scientists may be one step closer to solving the mystery behind the steps that trigger asthma. Experts have discovered a type of specialized regulatory cell that reduces asthma and airway
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NEW YORK  - The immune-suppressant drug  tacrolimus, usually used to prevent rejection of transplanted  organs, can also help people who suffer from aspirin-triggered  asthma, Japanese researchers report.
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Women who get enough vitamin E  during pregnancy may help lower their child's future risk of  asthma, a study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Drinking apple juice from concentrate daily may help ward off asthma symptoms in children, a study from the UK hints.
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NEW YORK  - Compared with conventional dialysis, frequent nocturnal dialysis improves a number of clinical symptoms and some aspects of quality of life for kidney patients, according to a report in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Pregnant women who eat a Mediterranean diet may help protect their babies from asthma and other allergies.
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NEW YORK  - Even though selenium levels seem to be low in adults with asthma, selenium supplementation appears to have no clinical benefit, according to the results of a study from the UK.
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THURSDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- In young children with sporadic, recurring asthma attacks, treatment with the drug montelukast (Singulair) reduces the number of unscheduled medical visits, absences from school or child care, and the number of days parents need to take off work to care for a child.