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Sleep Disorders
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Health Tip: Home Remedies for Nightmares
Nightmares are scary, disturbing dreams that are especially common in children. Episodes are usually short, but...
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How to Prevent Holiday Headaches
The holiday season can give you real headaches, but you can take action to prevent them,...
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Three Tips for Getting Your Zzzzzz’s
Many Americans aren’t getting a solid seven hours of sleep a night, putting them at risk...
More Sleep Disorders News
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Study Spots Ties Between Rheumatoid Arthritis, Other Diseases
People with inflammatory bowel disease, type 1 diabetes or blood clots may be at...
- Posted November 20, 2019
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Not Getting Enough Shut-Eye? You Have Plenty of Company
More Americans are having trouble falling and staying asleep, and smartphones and technology are...
- Posted November 15, 2019
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TV Binges, Video Games, Books and Sports Taking Toll on Sleep
Nearly nine in 10 American adults lose sleep to binge watch TV, a new...
- Posted November 10, 2019
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Sleep Apnea Linked to Diabetic Eye Disease
Severe sleep apnea is a risk factor for diabetic eye disease that can lead...
- Posted October 15, 2019
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Health Tip: Why You Yawn
Yawning typically occurs when you feel sleepy or bored, says Cleveland Clinic. People do...
- Posted October 15, 2019
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Lack of Sleep May Cause Thinking Declines in Hispanics
If you’re Hispanic and missing out on needed sleep, a new study suggests that...
- Posted October 10, 2019
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Kids + Gadgets = Less Sleep and More Risk for Unwanted Weight
If you’re an adult managing sleep problems, you likely know that part of creating...
- Posted October 9, 2019
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Study Links Menopausal Night Sweats to Impaired Thinking
Menopausal women who get night sweats sleep longer and the longer they sleep, the...
- Posted September 25, 2019
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Health Tip: Catching Up on Sleep
An hour or two of lost sleep every night will add up, says the...
- Posted September 25, 2019
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Health Tip: Solutions for Snoring
Snoring occurs when the upper airways become narrow, says Harvard Medical School. As a...
- Posted September 24, 2019
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Occasional Naps Do a Heart Good, Swiss Study Finds
Could grabbing a nap once or twice a week help you live longer? A...
- Posted September 10, 2019
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Are You Living with Psoriasis?
A growing knowledge of the skin disease called psoriasis is leading to greater treatment choices, including personalized therapies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports.
Psoriasis is an immune system disorder that causes overproduction of skin cells, resulting in scaling, pain, swelling, redness and heat. The condition affects about 7.5 million Americans.
“As we better understand the disease, researchers know more about what specific factors to target in order to develop effective treatments,” FDA dermatologist Dr. Melinda McCord said in an agency news release.
There is no cure for psoriasis, so the main goals of treatments are to stop skin cell overproduction and reduce inflammation. Current therapies include medicines applied to the skin (topical), light treatment (phototherapy), or drugs taken by mouth or given by injection.
Doctors used to take a step-by-step approach, starting patients with mild to moderate psoriasis on topical therapy. If that was ineffective, doctors moved on to phototherapy or drug treatment.