Sleep Disorders

INDIANAPOLIS -- Pregabalin (Lyrica) just became the first medication approved by the FDA for fibromyalgia-related pain, but it may not work for everyone, so older treatments may still be useful.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Ramelteon reduces mean latency to persistent sleep by 50% or more in a significant percentage of patients when compared with placebo. No significant next-day residual or adverse effects were seen.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Both behavioral and medication interventions have their place in treatment of insomnia.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A pilot study suggests that patients with long-standing type 2 diabetes should be evaluated for sleep quality, and in those with sleep problems, pain should be assessed as a major contributor.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA has approved pregabalin (Lyrica) for the treatment of fibromyalgia, making it the first drug to earn this indication.

INDIANAPOLIS -- More than a third of U.S. adults report problems falling asleep or daytime sleepiness, and lack of sleep is linked to one in five serious motor vehicle accidents.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Each person metabolizes food differently, so the diet that works for one person won't work for another.

LEICESTER, England -- Infants with at least one parent who smoked had 5.5 times higher urine levels of cotinine, a metabolite of nicotine, than babies of nonsmoking parents, researchers here reported.

CLEVELAND -- Neither age nor Medicare status should be determinants for gastric bypass surgery, researchers here found.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Sleep paralysis is common among Mexican adolescents, researchers reported here.

MINNEAPOLIS -- The experimental hypnotic NG2-73 appears to get people to sleep rapidly and allows them to awaken alert and refreshed, researchers said here.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Men and women dream about sex more than 8% of the time, revealed diaries.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Multiple measurements of a good night's sleep appear to be improved with the experimental anti-insomniac EVT 201, researchers said here.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- When arthritis patients took extended release morphine sulfate (Avinza) on awakening, they got to sleep more easily at night and slept better and longer, researchers found.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Sleep specialists here reviewed the problems and alternatives for treating insomnia.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Insomnia among men was an apparent sequel to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, researchers said here.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Despite disappointing performance in clinical trials, anti-insomnia drugs that improve short-wave sleep may still have a role in helping people get a good night's rest, a specialist predicted here.

CINCINNATI -- For treating the chronic pain and other symptoms of fibromyalgia, the anticonvulsant gabapentin (Neurontin) proved safe and effective, researchers here reported.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Poor sleepers may be too tired during the day to eat properly, according to researchers here.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Four out of 10 police officers may be working with sleep abnormalities, researchers said here.

SAN FRANCISCO -- After a 43-year-old woman returned from Peru with fever and an enlarged spleen, researchers here have identified a previously unknown pathogen related to those that cause trench fever and cat-scratch fever.

BOSTON -- In a discovery that may explain the successes of the Atkins diet, investigators have found that a single hormone may switch on the use of stored fat for fuel when all else fails.

SEATTLE -- Women whose sexual desire diminishes during menopause are more likely to report disturbed sleep, night sweats, and depression, researchers here reported.

PHILADELPHIA -- Seven out of 10 patients with chronic insomnia never talk with their doctors about it. Instead, they self-medicate with over-the-counter medicines or alcohol.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Endothelial injury may explain in part how obstructive sleep apnea raises cardiovascular risk, researchers here reported on the basis of a small study.