Sleep and Health Journal

It is an especially difficult task to review the book, when you have been an observer of the long and tedious work behind this seemingly light and easy-to-read edition, elegantly designed by Robert A. Yerks. Just the fact that Dr. Nikos Linardakis was able to put together such a great team including Carli Dixon demonstrated great talent. I am lucky to know Dr. Nikos Linardakis from his difficult sleep deprived times at Cook County Hospital and his search for solutions of sleep problems and developing natural supplements and nutritional aids for better sleep and daytime performance.

A market-based system can give us freedom, innovation and health security.

BY KARL ROVE

A new study shows a strong link was found between meat intake and body fat percentage in nonsmoking premenopausal women.

By ANDREW BRIDGES, Associated Press Writer

Young adults face an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior when they first begin taking antidepressants and should be warned about the danger, federal health officials said Wednesday.

Unattended vibrating bag causes scare in terminal

O'HARE -- An unattended "vibrating bag" caused a brief scare at O'Hare International Airport Thursday morning, but the vibration was later determined to have been caused by a machine to treat sleep apnea. The package was reported to police around 8 a.m., which prompted a response from the Chicago Police Department's bomb and arson unit, an official said.

USA Today (December issue) reported that the federal government is launching a $1 million public service campaign aimed at reducing the stigma surrounding mental illnesses such as depression and bipolar disorder.

International Women's Day is now celebrated on March 8 annually throughout the world. The historical origins of International Women's Day show us how wage-earning women were emerging as a political force in the early years of the twentieth century.

If you read the editorial "Save the Doctors Redux", which appeared in last month's Sleep & Health, you may be interested to know that now the protest movement is spreading to Illinois.

Neil Freedman, M.D., F.C.C.P.

Narcolepsy is the most common neurologic cause of excessive daytime sleepiness. It is as common as multiple sclerosis, affecting approximately 0.05% of the population in the United States.

"By: Dr. Peter Dodzik - Managing Editor

The first week in April will mark the annual ""National Sleep Awareness Week,"" a time when sleep professionals and paraprofessionals usually begin to engage in a kind of introspection about the state of the field. Numerous milestones have certainly been reached in terms of diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, narcolepsy and insomnia. Treatment options are varied for many of these disorders. Patients now have options when choosing the treatment that is right for them and new products and services are offered at a pace that surpasses industries with more money and support."