A first-of-its-kind national study has found that pre-birth exposure to cigarette smoke and high levels of lead in children can be linked to higher rates of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in youth. Children with ADHD typically have trouble concentrating, experience … Read More
Humans with the trichotillomania disorder have been known to pull their hair until it creates bald spots, while others pluck off their eyebrows and eyelashes or yank their hair until abrasions erupt. Now, researchers studying mutant genes in mice have … Read More
People who suffer from insomnia and other sleeping disorders also report higher rates of anxiety. A team of researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine conducted a study on rats in which they administered different doses of eszopiclone (Lunesta) … Read More
Sociologists in Britain who examined how the media framed stories about a new wakefulness-promoting drug learned that after a sweet honeymoon period, articles on the drug turned much more somber. It’s a media trend that drugs such as Valium, Prozac … Read More
There’s long been a complex relationship between sleeping and headaches. For example, bad sleep can lead to a splitting headache, yet sleep itself can relieve a bad headache. A new study by Steven B. Graff-Radford and Antonia Teruel takes the … Read More
