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Central Nervous System Insomnia or Sleep Disorders

Life Science Analytics', Central Nervous System Insomnia or Sleep Disorders contains detailed information on the current drug pipeline. This report provides insight into the pipeline status of insomnia or sleep disorders drugs by company and by stage as well as a summary of the latest news and developments in this area.

Scope of the report:

Each Life Science Analytics' Therapy Area Pipeline Report provides the user with real detail on drug pipelines, by company and by stage, for each specific therapy area. The latest news, by company, also ensures that each report is fresh and up-to-date.

In addition to new developments and disease specific pipeline projects, each report also contains extensive information in tabular format on a company's full product pipeline and products by phase of development with regard to the therapy area.

Full pipeline details, by stage, are provided and include detailed product descriptions, information on partnering activity plus clinical trial intelligence. Each Therapy Area Pipeline Report also provides detail on the top 20 companies with products in the early stage of development and the top 20 companies with products in the late stage of development. Finally, each report also provides a comparison with other major indications in the disease hub based on Marketed Products vs. Pipeline Products.

Key benefits

-- Understand a company's strategic position by accessing detailed independent intelligence on its product pipeline for specific therapy areas.

-- Keep track of your competitors and partners by better understanding their product pipeline.

-- Monitor a company's research effectiveness by determining pipeline depth and number of products in development by clinical phase for specific disease areas.

-- Maintain a critical competitive advantage.

Epidemiology Report

% of Products by Phase of Development

No. of Products by Phase of Development

Marketed Products vs. Pipeline Products

Company Overview - Pipeline Projects

--Top 5 Companies in Early Stage Insomnia or Sleep Disorders Products

--Top 5 Companies in Late Stage Insomnia or Sleep Disorders Products

--Top 5 Companies in Marketed Insomnia or Sleep Disorders Products

Patent Expirations

Upcoming Milestones

Product Sales

Full Pipeline View

--Product Details : Unknown/Research

--Product Details : Pre Clinical

--Product Details : Phase I

--Product Details : Phase II

--Product Details : Phase III

--Product Details : Pending Approval

--Product Details : Approved

--Product Details : On the Market

--Product Details : Post Marketing

News Updates

--Intellectual Property

--Product Updates

--Regulatory

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Sit 'n Sleep, the sponsor of the recently-launched website SleepBook.com, announces an impressive level of user engagement for the new site. Since SleepBook.com's launch less than one month ago, more than 5,500 southern California sleepers have downloaded personalized versions of their very own sleep book.

Why the enthusiastic response? It could be that the continuing recession is keeping people up at night. According to the National Sleep Foundation's 2009 Sleep in America(TM) poll, one-third of Americans are losing sleep over the state of the U.S. economy and other personal financial concerns. This is leading frustrated sleepers all over the country to seek out resources to help them sleep better.

Additionally, the National Center for Sleep Disorders Research at the National Institutes of Health reports that approximately 30-40 percent of adults have some symptoms of insomnia within a given year, and about 10-15 percent of adults say they have chronic insomnia.

This may account for the popularity surge of SleepBook.com. The site allows users to create a free, downloadable sleep book, designed to improve overall sleep quality and duration. Visitors to SleepBook.com are encouraged to take a short, but comprehensive survey, about their sleep habits. After completion, a free, personalized sleep book is constructed for the user and delivered via email.

Based on the user's survey answers, this customized sleep book provides tips and strategies to help improve sleep quality and sleep habits.

"What's most interesting to us is that SleepBook.com is busiest during the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. when people are surfing the Internet for information about how to sleep better," Larry Miller, president of Sit 'n Sleep says.

Sit 'n Sleep (www.sitnsleep.com) is the largest mattress retailer in Southern California, and the company's top priority is to help people sleep better.

SOURCE Sit 'n Sleep

Sleep Disorders Medicine: Basic Science, Technical Considerations, and Clinical Aspects, Expert Consult by Sudhansu Chokroverty MD FRCP FACP releases on June 19, 2009.

Reviews
"The volume is clearly written, well illustrated, attractively produced, and benefits from a good index...The book will be of great interest to clinical neurophysiologists or sleep specialists and those in training in these subspecialties as well as to clinicians responsible for the care of patients with a variety of neurologic disorders that may lead to disturbances in sleep, including specialists in neuromuscular diseases. It can be strongly recommended." - Muscle and Nerve, review of the previous edition.

"Dr. Chokroverty invited many of the pioneers of progress in sleep medicine to contribute to the second edition of his book. Not surprisingly, it continues to be one of the best available reference works on sleep disorders. Most of the 35 chapters could stand alone as monographs worthy of separate publication. Indeed, despite the explosive growth that has occurred in information on sleep disorders, Dr. Chokroverty provides us with a comprehensive review of the wide spectrum of sleep pathology. Anyone with an interest in sleep disorders medicine should find this book helpful." - Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, review of the previous edition.

Here's an interesting book, The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep, by William C. Dement and Christopher Vaughan.

 

Amazon.com Review
"We are a sleep-sick society," says William C. Dement, M.D., Ph.D. According to Dr. Dement, "sleep science" has yielded a great deal of scientific knowledge about sleep--yet the general public, and even doctors, aren't aware of it. Sleep disorders are routinely misdiagnosed or ignored, sometimes resulting in medical tragedy and death, frequently leading to chronic exhaustion. In The Promise of Sleep, Dr. Dement aims to remedy that by making the latest sleep information accessible to health professionals and lay readers. He describes the sleep cycle and gives a short history of sleep research. Then he dives into clear and detailed explanations of concepts and conditions we've all heard about, but that few of us understand: sleep debt, biological clock, circadian rhythm, insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy. He discusses why we need sleep (sounds obvious, but it isn't) and the role of dreams. After 300 pages of sleep facts, Dr. Dement teaches you how to "reclaim healthy sleep" in your own life. You learn to assess your personal sleep situation by keeping a sleep diary, measuring your sleep debt, and evaluating your risk of sleep disorders; find appropriate treatment; manage sleep crises; and adopt a "sleep-smart lifestyle." A three-week "sleep camp" program at the end helps you put all the strategies together. This book will put you to sleep--and that's meant as praise! --Joan Price

From Publishers Weekly
America is in the midst of an epidemic of sleep disorders, according to Dement, a sleep researcher since 1952, the founder the world's first sleep-disorder clinic and past chairman of a commission that presented a report to Congress in 1992, "Wake Up America! A National Sleep Alert." But for all the general population knows about the principles of healthy sleep, he laments, "I might as well have been running a chain of beauty parlors for the last four decades." However, anyone who even glances through this informative and impassioned volume will know that Dement hasn't spent his time hovering over a hairdryer. The subject may be sleep, but its treatment is not soporific; with the able help of Vaughan, Dement presents the results of his and others' lifework in pithy and accessible terms. Readers will be jolted awake by a multitude of facts (sleep apnea can lead to heart failure or stroke, fatigue caused the Exxon Valdez and space shuttle Challenger disasters and motorist sleepiness accounts for 33% of traffic accidents). Besides scientific data on sleep and much advice on sleep hygiene, there are self-tests for sleepiness as well as a scenario for a restorative "sleep camp." Appendices list sleep-disorder clinics nationwide, definitions of sleep disorders and Web sites. Dement offers an outstanding book on a surprisingly overlooked subject. Author tour. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Sleep is as important to the human body as food and water. Recent research suggests that those who get less than the recommended eight hours a night are more likely to become sick and die sooner than their well-rested counterparts. Though there is much about sleep that remains a mystery to scientists, there is mounting evidence of health risks as more and more Americans cut back on needed rest and bad sleep habits are being passed on to children. "Sleep Disorders" is a concise guide to sleep and sheds helpful light on how it functions and how it can be disrupted.Coverage includes sleep disorders such as insomnia, snoring, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, narcolepsy, and sleepwalking. Sleep's relationship to chronic illnesses such as heart disease, arthritis, and diabetes is also discussed. Chapters include: What Is Sleep?, Insomnia, Sleep Apnea, Movement Disorders, Narcolepsy, and Childhood Sleep Disorders.

The new edition of this acclaimed book, Sleep Medecine Essentials by Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong, was just released Feb. 9, 2009.

 

The book contains forty topic-focused chapters written by a panel of international experts covering a range of topics including insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, parasomnias, circadian sleep disorders, sleep in the elderly, sleep in children, sleep among women, and sleep in the medical, psychiatric, and neurological disorders. It serves as an effective Sleep Medicine board examination review, and every chapter includes sample boards -style questions for test preparation and practice.

Praise for the book:

"I highly recommend this book to the clinicians and medical students who would like to sleep well knowing that they have done everything possible to make their patients' sleep restful and healthy."
---Irina V. Zhdanova, MD, PhD, from a review in The New England Journal of Medicine

"No other publication in the field can begin to compare with the breadth or depth of [this book]."
---From a review in PsycCRITIQUES

A new book released Feb. 3, 2009, The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Sleep Disorders, by Dr. Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, could help you get a good night's sleep!

 

If you are one of the more than 50 million Americans who struggle with chronic sleep deficiency, you know a good night's sleep is critical for a healthy, happy life. If you can't fall asleep or stay asleep, or if you wake up feeling exhausted, help has arrived.

In The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Sleep Disorders, Dr. Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, one of the foremost sleep experts from one of the nation's first sleep centers, shares stories and lessons from her experiences. You'll discover how to:  

* Recognize when you have a sleep disorder, and learn the first steps for treating the problem. You'll get detailed information about the most common sleep disorders.

* Understand the connection between sleep and your health. Many of us regard sleep as optional, but in reality, sleep is as important to our health as are proper diet and exercise.

* Get the latest scientific research on sleep disorders, including diagnostic sleep testing, drugs, and treatments.  Even if you've struggled with sleep loss for years, new treatments are now available that may offer you profound relief.

* Improve your sleep habits by enhancing your diet and exercise routines.

Cleveland Clinic is ranked consistently among the top hospitals in America by U.S.News & World Report. Professionals within its Sleep Disorders Center annually conduct more than 4,000 overnight sleep studies in multiple locations.

Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, DO, is Director of the Sleep Disorders Center and training program at  Cleveland Clinic. She is an associate professor of medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Certified by the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Sleep Medicine, Dr. Foldvary-Schaefer has treated patients with sleep disorders and epilepsy at the Cleveland Clinic since 1995. 

Here are some napping tips from MetroNaps.

Today's siesta is better known as the 20-minute powernap. Powernaps are most effective when they are at the same time and for the same duration each day. Generally you will experience a mid-day dip between six and eight hours after waking.

Practice Makes Perfect. With some practice and preparation, anyone can powernap. If you are not normally a napper, try the techniques below at the same time each day for three days. You will quickly develop the skill.

Find a quiet place where you can recline with your legs elevated (it takes 50% longer to fall asleep sitting upright than when lying down). If you cannot find a darkened room, use eye shades. Don't cross your arms or legs; good circulation is better for napping. Set an alarm (on a cell phone or watch) for 20 minutes. Breathe slowly and deeply while focusing on slowing your heart rate.

Its All In Your Head. Do not fixate on falling asleep. Anxiety about sleep causes sleeplessness. Silence your mind using any tricks you may have... counting sheep, repeating a mantra, visualizing, or even listening to guided meditation recordings. Whatever you do, do it each time you nap. Consistency helps.

Avoid The Danger Zone. Do not nap more than 30 minutes if you need to be alert and active right after the nap. Longer naps are accompanied by sleep inertia, better known as grogginess. Either take a brief nap (20 - 30 minutes) or take a long nap (a full sleep cycle, between 90 - 120 minutes). Otherwise you will feel groggy afterwards.

Had a great Sunday with your family and you are back home all set to go to bed but oops someone just knocked at the door of your mind and is reminding you of the Monday agenda. This is the Sunday night syndrome which is catching up with most of the people who start getting butterflies in their stomach by the sheer thought of starting another long working week. Monday blues as we all know is a horrifying thought, we all dread to get back to work and face our bosses.
We want to live up to the expectations of our family, friends, boss, work, and social obligations; this makes us restless and unable to sleep especially on a Sunday night. Getting a good night sleep on Sunday needs special attention and the details for this are available here.

 

The third trimester of pregnancy is full of new developments and changes, one such change is increase in restlessness tagged with snoring, although this is a momentary phase which surpasses after delivery.
Higher levels of estrogen during pregnancy contribute to the swelling of the mucus membrane lining the nasal passage which can be partly blamed for those mid-night melodies.Apart from the increase in estrogen levels, the amount of blood in the body increases, expanding the blood vessels, which again leads to the swelling of the nasal membrane.

Lastly by the end of the third trimester the weight increases drastically, making it difficult to breathe normally because of the extra tissue in the neck and the throat.
Snoring in such a condition is in evident so the best thing to is to sleep on your side rather than your back and avoid alcohol, tobacco and sleeping pills, as they block the air passage.
Finally try not to gain more than the recommended weight.
Pic courtesy jaaron on www.flickr.com

Sleep is the body's primary need, we do not realise it but sleep acts as a charger. Sleep the word seems to be very small with not much hiccups but a detailed study reveals that if sleep or sleeplessness is to be explained or defined even a hundred words could be less. Sleep as defined in books is a state marked by lessened consciousness, lessened movement of skeletal muscles, and slowed down metabolism.
If one really wants to know and learn all the corresponding words, definitions, and abbreviations, the causes of sleep and sleeplessness please click here.

Paul Rosenblatt, a professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, has written a book called "Two in a Bed: The Social System of Couple Bed Sharing", published by State University of New York Press.

The book is an examination of the common and often humorous issues couples face when sharing a bed, including sheet-stealing and snoring.

The National Sleep Foundation, estimates that 61 percent of Americans share their bed with a significant other. And while the very presence of another person in bed increases the chance of sleep disruption, 62 percent of those polled in the foundation's annual sleep study said they preferred to bed with a partner.

Prof Rosenblatt interviewed a number of couples and examined issues related to communication, intimacy and the adjustments they have made to share their beds.

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Dreaming about purple elephants holding flowers with their trunks? Or about snakes in your soupbowl? Well, there are a number of sites that claim to help you to interpret what these dreams are supposed to signify. Obviously, dreams are manifestations of our subsconscious thoughts, but whether they are also premonitions or insights, is a matter of debate.

Of all the dream interpretation sites, one I found quite interesting was the Dream Doctor which gives some information about this 'science' and also promises to interpret your dreams if you submit them.

The Dream Doctor is actually Charles McPhee, host of the nationally syndicated Dream Doctor Radio Show. McPhee holds a master’s in communication management and has received his board certification to perform polysomnographic testing for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders in 1992.  Whether this qualifies him to interpret my dreams is unclear, but submitting them to him probably beats relating them to my partner while he tries to read the newspaper.

A bedtime story is just the thing for your superactive kid, helping her to wind down and get into sleep mode. It can also be a good feeling for you, to read the story, see her delight, snuggle her into the covers and turn the lights off.

Here is a site that can help you to really make this quality time, and take both you and your kid to sweet-dreams land. The Bedtime-Story site has selected talented authors and paired them with gifted illustrators. The result is the stuff pleasant dreams are made of. The criteria for a tale's inclusion on the Bedtime-Story site, is that the story must be as pleasant for an adult to read, as it is for a child to hear.

With all of us needing to calm down and unwind after a terribly busy day, it may not be a bad idea to read some of the Bedtime-Story website stories, even if there's no kid around.

The religiously inclined among us find a special peace by praying at bedtime. And a prayer is just what you need to calm the mind, which can aid sleep so much.

Here is an interesting site, I saw some charming variations on the traditional "Now I lay me down to sleep" prayer here.

Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
And in the morning when I awake,
help me Lord, the path of love to take.

Contributed by Betty-Jo Tilley & Richard Kuhlenschmidt

Also, seen on a poster, one more variation, author unknown:

Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
See me safely through the night,
And wake me with the morning light.

You can also find many other beautiful bedtime prayers on the same site.

'The Science of Sleep', a movie by Michel Gondry, of the music videos and  'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' fame, is set for a theatrical release in US this August.

The plot revolves around the shy and insecure Stephane (Gael Garcia Bernal) an artist who lives in Paris. When Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) moves in next door, Stephane develops feelings of affection for the girl. Struggling to control his emotions in real life, he escapes into a dream world during his sleep. With a little time and some practice, he begins to learn how to manipulate the events within his dreams, but simultaneously becomes trapped inside his fantasy world by the characters he creates.

The film moves between dreams and waking life, with each one spilling into the other. This film has most critics raving and mixed reactions from viewers. One of those you need to see for yourself and decide.

This lullaby by Johannes Brahms is a classic made famous by Celine Dion – a soothing melody that is sure to work on some tired adults as well as it does on babies.

The traditional words sung to this piece (different from Celine’s) are:

Lullaby and goodnight,
with roses bedight,
With lilies bedecked is baby's wee bed;
Lay thee down now and rest,
may thy slumber be blest,
Lay thee down now and rest,
may thy slumber be blest.

Lullaby and goodnight,
thy Mother's delight,
Bright angels around
my darling shall stand;
They will guard thee from harms,
thou shalt wake in my arms,
They will guard thee from harms,
thou shalt wake in my arms.

You can also hear the piece arranged as a duo for clarinet and piano and print the score.

I hope you enjoy your weekend, and sleep really well after the parties. Though sleep is no laughing matter, I think you will enjoy this joke!

After driving for about six hours, a trucker decides to pull over and sleep for a little while. As soon as he falls asleep, he is awoken by some knocks on the door of the cab.

"Can you tell me the time, please?" asks a jogger.

"Yeah, it's 4:30," answers the trucker. He falls asleep again, but he is awoken again by another jogger who wants to know the time. "It's 4:40!" yells the trucker.

Deciding to really try to sleep a little, he writes on a piece of paper: I DON'T KNOW THE TIME. He sticks the paper in his windshield.

But he is awoken again. 'It's 5:25," says another jogger.

When you have tried all the scientific techniques, and just cannot get the restful sleep you crave, it's time to try something different. This  poem by Keats, 'To Sleep', that brings out the soothing quality of sleep so beautifully,  the escape from turmoil, may lull your mind to slumber.

To Sleep

O soft embalmer of the still midnight,
    Shutting, with careful fingers and benign,
Our gloom-pleas'd eyes, embower'd from the light,
    Enshaded in forgetfulness divine:
O soothest Sleep! if so it please thee, close
    In midst of this thine hymn my willing eyes,
Or wait the "Amen," ere thy poppy throws
    Around my bed its lulling charities.
Then save me, or the passed day will shine
Upon my pillow, breeding many woes,--
    Save me from curious Conscience, that still lords
Its strength for darkness, burrowing like a mole;
    Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards,
And seal the hushed Casket of my Soul.

John Keats (1795-1821)