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Sleeping pill use grows as economy keeps people up at night
Lost jobs and lost careers. Promising businesses in shambles. The college acceptance letter returned to its envelope. This is how President Obama recently described the effect of the tanking economy on ordinary Americans -- and the stresses keeping them...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Ambien (drug), Conan O'Brien, Lunesta (drug), Crimes
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Can't sleep? It could be your technique
Is there a sleep aid that would help me sleep for two to four hours? I have insomnia where I often wake at 3 or 4 a.m. Sue Paso Robles There are several cognitive and behavioral techniques that may help you stay asleep at night, says Dr. Jeffrey...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Apnea, Social Sciences, Boston
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Sleep apnea sparks a great awakening
Special to The TimesI recall with fondness the years prior to 1989 when I could take for granted my ability to fall asleep quickly and stay asleep for a full eight hours. After a car accident and subsequent surgeries, however, insomnia and its shiftless cousin, fatigue,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Sleep Apnea, Diseases and Illnesses, Surgery, Heart and Circulatory System
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Miner's Account of Monroe's Death
THE MARILYN MONROE STORY Editor's note: This is John W. Miner's personal account of his role in the investigation of Marilyn Monroe's death. It has not been edited except to correct the spelling of two names. The Autopsy For me it began when I looked...Tags: University of Southern California, Pathology, Crime, Law and Justice, Intestine, Surgery
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Live: Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Philharmonic
Times Music CriticIn some respects, D-day at Walt Disney Concert Hall resembled many another Friday night concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A young man conducted. Another young man played the piano. The hall was full, and listeners sat respectfully through the...Tags: Concerts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Music Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Music
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A maestro at Disney Hall
It's not hard to imagine music churning through the soul of Christoph Eschenbach -- the cosmopolitan conductor who's considered one of the world's great musical minds -- every waking hour. And then some, it turns out.
"I think we all, musicians, have...Tags: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Germany, Music Industry, Classical Music (genre), Verizon Communications
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Balm from the East
Special to The TimesJon Mejia experienced heart palpitations after a particularly stressful period running his Santa Monica consulting firm. His doctor diagnosed an abnormal heart rhythm and sent him to a specialist at a prestigious Los Angeles medical center. An...Tags: Intestine, Holistic Medicines, Matt Damon, India, Personal Service
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Surreal magic of OT playoff hockey
This was plainly surreal. It was the dead of night, about an hour after arriving in Miami on a charter flight back from Cuba, where we few visitors from the U.S. always felt disoriented. I was rolling the radio dial in a rental car until landing on...Tags: Fatigue, National Hockey League, Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, Anaheim Ducks
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Linda P. Campbell: Journalism a bad return on investment? Wait a sec
Fort Worth Star-TelegramThere are few things as humbling as being invited into someone's life and home every day through a newspaper. I didn't quite get this at first. That night back in the early 1980s, when I was rushing to finish a high school football story on a Friday...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Journalism, Social Sciences, General Practitioners, Arts and Culture
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READER SUBMITTED: Hospital Of Central Connecticut Sleep Disorders Center Earns National Accreditation
New BritainThe Hospital of Central Connecticut Sleep Disorders Center was recently reaccredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). The center was established in 1988 and has held AASM accreditation since 1998. The most recent accreditation expands...Tags: Restless Leg Syndrome, Sleep Apnea, New Britain, Diabetes, The Hospital of Central Connecticut
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New drug for insomnia works differently than other sleeping aids
There may soon be another medication option for people with insomnia. A federal advisory panel is studying the drug Suvorexant. The panel says the drug is safe and effective at low doses. It works differently than other insomnia medicines, in that...Tags: Drugs and Medicines
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His dark battle
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserStaff Sgt. Billy Caviness is on patrol -- not in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, where he was wounded in battle, but in his tree-lined neighborhood in Schofield Barracks. The fight that he waged outside is now inside, in his head, on a...Tags: Armed Conflicts, U.S. Army, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq
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