Sleep and Health Journal

It has already been known that if one has daytime drowsiness, a seventeen-inch neck and has been known to snore loudly, a sleep study is the highest of priorities and sleep
apnea is very high on the different possibilities.

Stem Cells Therapy Is Not Benign Yet

Stem cells are the so-called “master template cells” designated for universal use. In the body they can became cells of any specialty. They therefore would initially appear to represent like an ideal way to replace old, sick or damaged cells in any organ. Under such circumstances, it is no surprise that stem cell research has become a hot field in the majority of scientifically advanced countries. Most debates are centered on ethical and religious aspects of stem cell medicine. At the same time, however, the clinical aspects in general and the side effects in particular have not been studied well enough.

Brain scans validate Freudian view of hysteria

By Amy Norton Mon Dec 11, 3:44 PM ET

People who suffer from what was once called "hysteria" show altered patterns of brain activity connected to their symptoms, researchers reported Monday. Although hysteria presently is known by the kinder name "conversion disorder," its features haven't changed. Sufferers have a wide range of neurological symptoms, ranging from numbness in a limb to paralysis, memory loss and/or seizures that cannot be traced to any known medical problem.

Slava Zaezjalkin, MD

 
ANDROLOGY (from Greek andros – a man) is the word that describes that field of medicine whose concern is how boys became men and what happens when things go wrong. For a long time, Andrology was a small section of urology that dealt with men’s infertility, but now Andrology is a separate medical discipline studying the whole process of how a small boy evolves into manhood physically, psychologically, sexually, with the potential for healthy fertility and responsible fatherhood. Any disorders of the male sexual organs and functions in any age belong to the field of Andrology.  New achievements in immunology, genetics, and neuroendocrinology provide physicians with sophisticated tools for early diagnosis and successful treatment.

By Mark Jacobs, Pharm.D.

Over the past several years, the public has become very familiar with the terms osteoporosis, as it is written about in the daily papers and the term is used in advertisements on TV. Simply stated, Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder characterized by compromised bone strength predisposing a person to an increased risk for fracture. Women AND MEN, and the public is often unaware that men are also affected, can show effects of this disorder. However, because women generally have smaller skeletal size then men and because their bone loss rate is accelerated by the onset of menopause, they not only exhibit higher rates of osteoporosis but seem to get all the publicity
relating to it.

The 10th Congress of the International Headache Society convened in New York City for the 2001 convention. Several studies suggested potential links between headaches and sleep disorders. Recent studies from Dartmouth Medical School and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health suggested that frequent headaches and sleep apnea are often associated. Snoring may be an indicator of sleep apnea, which could potentially lead to changes in the brain and "increased risk of cardiovascular problems."

Peter Dodzik, Psy.D., Managing Editor

I thought that the idea had run its course and I had really believed for a while that I would not have to answer questions about it again, but I was wrong. Last week a patient of mine asked me if I had seen the LATEST study suggesting that people who get too much of to little sleep have a shorter life span. He was also concerned about the study's findings that patients who used prescription sleep aids lived fewer years than those who did not. Unfortunately (and quite automatically) I found myself launching into a lecture about the age of the data from those studies and the methodological flaws in the research that was done. My patient was both surprised at my zeal and at least partially relieved. It was actually his suggestion that I make a broader appeal to reason in the face of some of this recent re-emergence of opinions on this topic. So I agreed.