Archive for November, 2008

November
30th 2008
Think your bed is all cozy? You're not alone – Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Think your bed is all cozy? You're not alone
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 8 hours ago
By JIM BUCHTA, Star Tribune Get in the habit of checking for bed bugs when you check in to a hotel. Turn back the linen, inspect the mattress,

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November
30th 2008
Think your bed is all cozy? You're not alone – Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Think your bed is all cozy? You're not alone
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 1 hour ago
And the bugs don't discriminate, happy to relocate to penthouses as well as tenements. Worse, there's some evidence that many strains of bedbugs have become

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November
30th 2008
Schools risk bedbug problem – Columbus Dispatch

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Columbus Dispatch
Schools risk bedbug problem
Columbus Dispatch, OH - 6 hours ago
By Jennifer Smith Richards Researchers and public-health officials fear that tiny, brown, blood-sucking bedbugs are going to spread through schools.

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November
30th 2008
Researching Fly Sleep To Advance Understanding Of Human Sleep And Its Disorders

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In a novel study appearing this week in Neuron, Brandeis researchers identify for the first time a specific set of wake-promoting neurons in fruit flies that are analogous to cells in the much more complex sleep circuit in humans. The study demonstrates that in flies, as in mammals, the sleep circuit is intimately linked to the circadian clock and that the brain’s strategies to govern sleep are evolutionarily ancient.

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November
29th 2008
Think your bed is all cozy? You're not alone – Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Think your bed is all cozy? You're not alone
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 1 hour ago
And the bugs don't discriminate, happy to relocate to penthouses as well as tenements. Worse, there's some evidence that many strains of bedbugs have become

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November
29th 2008
Schools risk bedbug problem – Columbus Dispatch

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Schools risk bedbug problem
Columbus Dispatch, OH - 4 hours ago
By Jennifer Smith Richards Researchers and public-health officials fear that tiny, brown, blood-sucking bedbugs are going to spread through schools.

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November
29th 2008
ZZZZZZ: The joy of napping

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The symptoms are unmistakable and, on this day, welcomed. Grogginess will rapidly encroach on your afternoon like a late-winter nightfall, and your eyelids will fight to stay open.

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November
27th 2008
Science of sleep; Sleep disorders are common in U.S., and experts are concerned

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Set a schedule: Go to bed at the same time each night and get up at the same time each morning.

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November
27th 2008
Don't let the bed bugs bite – Timmins Daily Press

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Don't let the bed bugs bite
Timmins Daily Press, Canada - 5 hours ago
Recently, I have noticed a lot of news in the media surrounding bed bugs. I never heard of these little critters until lately and they seem to be causing

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November
27th 2008
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Therapy Decreases Cardiovascular Risk

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Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a sleep disorder characterised by snoring, repetitive apnoeas associated with oxygen desaturations, and sleep disruption. It has been estimated that 2-4% of the adult population in Western countries suffer from clinically significant OSAS. OSAS has also been associated with high blood pressure, stroke and myocardial ischaemia in epidemiological and observational studies.

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November
27th 2008
Sleep Apnoea Frequently The Cause Of Long-Term Sick Leave And Even Loss Of Employment

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People with sleep apnoea have an increased risk of needing to take long-term sick leave or give up working completely. So concludes a major Norwegian study on over 7,000 subjects, to be published in the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ), the scientific publication of the European Respiratory Society (ERS). This finding is especially alarming since sleep apnoea, although widespread, is little known not only to the public but also to many doctors.

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November
26th 2008
Dog Helps Rid Family of Bed Bugs – First Coast News

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Dog Helps Rid Family of Bed Bugs
First Coast News, FL - 18 hours ago
JACKSONVILLE, FL — After watching a First Coast News story on one woman's struggle with bed bugs, Turner Pest Control decided to treat Nicole Fenton's home

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November
26th 2008
Bugs, gas leaks, other dangers shutter motel – Examiner.com

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Bugs, gas leaks, other dangers shutter motel
Examiner.com - 3 hours ago
They found bedbugs, cockroaches, gas leaks and rooms without heat or running water. But residents are angry they have to be out by 3 pm on the day before

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November
26th 2008
London Bed Bug Survey Shows Surprising Results With Wide … – ITNews

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London Bed Bug Survey Shows Surprising Results With Wide
ITNews, Italy - 5 hours ago
LONDON, November 26 /PRNewswire/ — Ground breaking research by Bed-bugs.co.uk has brought new insight and previously unseen detail into the spread of bed

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November
26th 2008
Commerce City Motel Closed For Safety, Health Concerns – TheDenverChannel.com

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Commerce City Motel Closed For Safety, Health Concerns
TheDenverChannel.com, CO - 7 hours ago
On November 18, Tri-County Health inspected two rooms and found them infested with bed bugs, cockroaches and flies. Tri-County officials thought it was
Bug-infested motel shut down, deemed 'unfit for human habitation' Rocky Mountain News
Infested Commerce City motel "unfit" Denver Post
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