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Seattle in Deep Sleep This Week
Seattle wasn't sleepless this week. Not after more than 4,000 sleep experts from around the world descended upon the Emerald City for SLEEP 2015, an annual conference sponsored by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society. Topics and research on all things related to sleep -- how much we need, how much we don't get, how much is disrupted by undiagnosed sleep disorders and how a better, cheaper, less obtrusive way to detect sleep apnea is needed -- were discussed. "Right now we don't have enough sleep clinics, sleep laboratories and sleep specialists in the country to address all the sleep apn...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Chronic Conditions and Sleep Problems among Adults Aged 50 years or over in Nine Countries: A Multi-Country Study
Conclusions Identifying co-existing sleep problems among patients with chronic conditions and treating them simultaneously may lead to better treatment outcome. Clinicians should be aware of the high risk for sleep problems among patients with multimorbidity. Future studies are needed to elucidate the best treatment options for comorbid sleep problems especially in developing country settings.
Source: PLoS One - December 5, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Ai Koyanagi et al. Source Type: research

Exercise for reducing fear of falling in older people living in the community.
CONCLUSIONS: Exercise interventions in community-dwelling older people probably reduce fear of falling to a limited extent immediately after the intervention, without increasing the risk or frequency of falls. There is insufficient evidence to determine whether exercise interventions reduce fear of falling beyond the end of the intervention or their effect on other outcomes. Although further evidence from well-designed randomised trials is required, priority should be given to establishing a core set of outcomes that includes fear of falling for all trials examining the effects of exercise interventions in older people liv...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - December 2, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Kendrick D, Kumar A, Carpenter H, Zijlstra GA, Skelton DA, Cook JR, Stevens Z, Belcher CM, Haworth D, Gawler SJ, Gage H, Masud T, Bowling A, Pearl M, Morris RW, Iliffe S, Delbaere K Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Psychiatric comorbidity and quality of life in patients with post-stroke emotional incontinence.
CONCLUSION: PSEI causes some aspects of psychiatric distress and negatively affects psychological and interpersonal quality of life. For patients with PSEI, special attention to psychiatric comorbidity and quality of life is needed, even in the acute stage of stroke. PMID: 24474987 [PubMed]
Source: Psychiatry Investigation - December 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry Investig Source Type: research

Predictors of Change in Quality of Life in Patients With Focal Neurological Damage Following an Outpatient Cognitive Rehabilitation Program (P1.284)
CONCLUSIONS:In patients with FND following an OCR program, the analysis of independent predictors of QoL change may allow for a better prediction of treatment response.Study Supported by:Disclosure: Dr. Rojas has nothing to disclose. Dr. Leis has nothing to disclose. Dr. Ciufia has nothing to disclose. Dr. Saux has nothing to disclose. Dr. Feldberg has nothing to disclose. Dr. Caceres has received personal compensation for activities with Abbott, Serono Inc., and Teva Neuroscience as a speaker. Dr. Demey has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Rojas, G., Leis, A., Ciufia, N., Saux, G., Feldberg, C., Caceres, F., Demey, I. Tags: Neural Repair and Neuro-rehabilitation: Basic Science Source Type: research

Reliability and validity of the arabic dynamic gait index in people poststroke.
Conclusions: The A-DGI reflected high reliability and validity in the stroke population. The availability of a reliable and valid A-DGI facilitates its use among therapists from Arabic origins, which will enrich the rehabilitation process in their clinical practice. PMID: 24710977 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - March 1, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Alghwiri AA Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Tobacco use in older adults in Ghana: sociodemographic characteristics, health risks and subjective wellbeing
Conclusions: Tobacco use among older adults in Ghana was associated with older men living in rural locations, chronic ill-health and reduced life satisfaction. A high proportion of older adults have stopped using tobacco, demonstrating the possibilities for effective public health interventions. Health risk reduction strategies through targeted anti-smoking health campaigns, improvement in access to health and social protection (such as health insurance) will reduce health risks among older persons who use tobacco.
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - October 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alfred YawsonAkosua BaddooNana Hagan-SeneadzaBenedict Calys-TagoeSandra HewlettPhyllis Dako-GyekeGeorge MensahNadia MinicuciNirmala NaidooSomnath ChatterjiPaul KowalRichard Biritwum Source Type: research

Pure OCD: a rude awakening
You mentally undress your friends, Tony Blair, the lollipop lady. Your thoughts are X-rated. You wonder if you're a paedophile – or just losing your mind. A sufferer describes the nightmare – and dark comedy – of living with pure OCDOn a spring night when I was 15 the mental image of a naked child entered my head and the corners of my world folded in. I put down my cutlery. My throat was closing over. Dad sat across from me, 10,000 miles away, and Mum was hunting draughts at the window.Stoned and smiling, my brother sat next to me, resting his elbows on teenage knees too high for the table. He looked sidelong at Mum ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 31, 2013 Category: Science Tags: The Guardian Psychology Sexuality Mental health & wellbeing Society Features Obsessive-compulsive disorder Life and style Source Type: news

Predictors of Functional Dependency after Stroke in Nigeria
This study examined the risk factors for functional dependency in a group of Nigerian African stroke survivors.Methods: One hundred twenty-eight stroke survivors attending a tertiary general hospital in southwestern Nigeria were consecutively recruited and assessed for functional dependency using the modified Rankin Scale (mRS). Stroke was diagnosed according to the World Health Organization criteria. Candidate independent variables assessed included the demographic and clinical characteristics of survivors, cognitive dysfunction, and a diagnosis of major depressive disorder. Variables with significant relationship to func...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 15, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Akin Ojagbemi, Mayowa Owolabi Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

The psychosocial difficulties in brain disorders that explain short term changes in health outcomes
Conclusions: Our findings are of interest to researchers and clinicians for interventions and health systems planning as they show that in addition to difficulties that are diagnostic criteria of these disorders, there are other difficulties that explain small changes in health outcomes over short periods of time.
Source: BMC Psychiatry - Latest articles - March 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alarcos CiezaCristina BostanJose Luis Ayuso-MateosCornelia OberhauserJerome BickenbachAlberto RaggiMatilde LeonardiEduard VietaSomnath Chatterji Source Type: research

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