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		<title>Chronic Insomnia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Budd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an overwhelming need for Doctors to take insomnia more seriously and look for the root causes. A higher mortality rate has been demonstrated in sufferers from chronic insomnia.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrebudd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5596950&amp;post=301&amp;subd=deirdrebudd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diabetes and Circadian Rhythm</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Budd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our food intake is affected by our circadian rhythm. Variation in insulin secretion and glucose tolerance may affect the development of diabetes. If we can change the cycle of the clock in the pancreas can we reduce the incidence of Diabetes?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrebudd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5596950&amp;post=295&amp;subd=deirdrebudd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Head shapes and sleeping positions in infancy.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Budd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doctors from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, recently did a randomised control trial of positioning treatments for infants with plagiocephaly and brachycepahly. In this study head shape was measured digitally and neck function was assessed. Children were followed up at 3,6 nad 12 months. One group were treated using positional strategies and one with positioning strategies [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrebudd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5596950&amp;post=292&amp;subd=deirdrebudd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of your body clock.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 15:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Budd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children and Sleep]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[genetic influences on circadian rhythm]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For some years now we have known that an off-kilter body clock can throw off our sleep-wake cycle, eating habits, body temperature and hormones—and mounting evidence suggests a malfunctioning clock may also underlie the mood cycles in bipolar disorder. In a Indiana University, a new study led by psychiatrist Alexander Niculescu, researchers found that children [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrebudd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5596950&amp;post=283&amp;subd=deirdrebudd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Co sleeping or sleeping in their own bed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Budd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children who slept in a separate room obtained more sleep, woke less at night, had less difficulty at bedtime, fell asleep faster, and were perceived as having fewer sleep problems.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrebudd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5596950&amp;post=280&amp;subd=deirdrebudd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Infants learning word recognition.</title>
		<link>http://deirdrebudd.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/infants-learning-word-recognition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Budd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent research by Alissa Ferry, Susan Hespos and Sandra Waxman, in the psychology department in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, will appear in the March/April edition of the journal Child Development.. Infants who heard words, provided evidence of categorization, while infants who heard tone sequences did not. The results, say the authors, were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrebudd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5596950&amp;post=274&amp;subd=deirdrebudd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The impact of your day on night sleep.</title>
		<link>http://deirdrebudd.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/the-impact-of-your-day-on-night-sleep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Budd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[quiet activities before bed make for better sleep]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2008 Tucker,Dahgreen, Akerstedt and Waterhouse compared the different types of free time activity on the indices of sleep recovery and well being.  Twelve individuals spent four consecutive evenings after work in three different conditions. Pursuing quiet leisure activities at home, taking part in active leisure pursuits and doing additional work. Unsurprisingly less satisfaction, rest and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrebudd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5596950&amp;post=270&amp;subd=deirdrebudd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sleep and teenagers.</title>
		<link>http://deirdrebudd.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/sleep-and-teenagers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Budd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[excessive mobile phone use upsets the circadian rhythm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[larks have better grades]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two studies looking at circadian rhythm in 14-20 year olds. The effects of mobile phones on teens lifestyles and the acheivement of good grades possibly being related to "morningness"<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrebudd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5596950&amp;post=260&amp;subd=deirdrebudd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Insomnia in young school aged children.</title>
		<link>http://deirdrebudd.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/insomnia-in-young-school-aged-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Budd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[insomnia in childhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physical symptoms assocciated with insomnia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This study identifies physical symptoms of sleep disorders, insomnia in particular. The outcome again highlights the benefits of behavioural interventions in improving both sleep patterns and the physical symptoms which may result from poor sleep.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrebudd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5596950&amp;post=255&amp;subd=deirdrebudd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Urine test for Obstructive sleep Apnoea?</title>
		<link>http://deirdrebudd.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/urine-test-for-obstructive-sleep-apnoea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Budd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[habitual snoring]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the future the sophisticated urine test which identifies children with obstructive sleep apnoea and differentiates between this and habitual snoring, may negate the need for overnight polysomnographs and make it possible for family doctors and parents to run a simple check on children who are suspected of having this type of sleep disorder. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrebudd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5596950&amp;post=251&amp;subd=deirdrebudd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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