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Sleeping Beauty

Seven hours sleep a night best for health


Fewer than seven hours a night linked to heart disease


2 Aug, 2010 09:00 am GMT


People who regularly sleep more or fewer than seven hours a night could be increasing their risk of heart disease, new research found.


A study of more than 30,000 adults found that cardiovascular disease – angina, heart attack and strokes – was twice as likely to occur in people who slept for less than seven hours a night compared with those who slept for seven hours.


In the study, participants were asked to fill in questionaires about their health and lifestyle, including questions about their sleep patterns.


People who slept for fewer than five hours a night had double the risk of developing heart disease compared to those who got a good seven hours.


The findings showed the risk was highest in women, and in those over the age of 60.


Sleeping for more than seven hours was also shown to be associated with an increased, but less dramatic risk, as people who slept for more than nine hours a day were one and a half times more likely to develop heart disease.


Although the researchers could not explain why too much or too little sleep could affect the health of your heart, they suggested that short sleep duration may be related to changes in the body’s metabolism and hormonal functions.


Sleep deprivation is associated with impaired glucose tolerance, reduced insulin sensitivity and elevated blood pressure, all of which increase the risk of hardening of the arteries, they said.


Long sleep duration may be related to an underlying sleep-related breathing disorder or poor sleep quality, researchers said.


“Sleep disturbances may be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease even among apparently healthy subjects,” said study leader Dr Anoop Shankar from the Department of Community Medicine at West Virginia University.


“Our study findings may have important clinical and public health implications, such as screening for changes in sleep duration by primary care physicians as a potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease, or initiating public health initiatives focussing on improving sleep quality and quantity,” Dr Shankar added.


The findings are published in the journal Sleep.


Tired on Mondays? Sleep More on Weekends


By John M Grohol PsyD


If you’re feeling especially tired today — and it’s Monday — it may be because you didn’t get your normal recharge of sleep this past weekend.


So says a new study published in the journal Sleep by David Dinges and his colleagues.


Researchers came to this conclusion after analyzing the results of a sleep deprivation study on 159 healthy, middle-aged adults.


A group of 142 participants were sleep-deprived by allowing them only four hours of sleep for 5 consecutive nights. But before the sleep deprivation, these subjects were first given two nights of 10-hour sleep periods, to ensure all participants started at similar sleep levels.


They were then allowed randomized doses of recovery sleep ranging from zero hours to 10 hours for per night.


The other 17 participants in the study spent 10 hours in bed on all nights.


To measure the effects of these sleep manipulations, researchers administered 30-minute computer-based assessments that measured things like attention span and reaction time every 2 hours while the subjects were awake.


Those whose sleep had been restricted were found to have a shortened attention span, impaired alertness and reduced reaction time. But their cognitive functioning returned to normal range after just one full night of sleep.


The study also showed, not surprisingly, that people who had no sleep during the experiment performed significantly worse than normal.


Read in Full:  http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/08/02/tired-on-mondays-sleep-more-on-weekends/


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Article Date: 30 Jul 2010 – 4:00 PDT

John Moloney T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Disability and Mental Health announced the first round of grants, totalling over 2.6m euros, awarded by the Genio Trust to support transition from institutional to personalised models of care in disability and mental health services. These grants follow the decision by the Minister in December 2009 regarding to allocate 3m euros of innovation health funding to the Trust for a special fund designed to encourage innovative, personalised supports which offer better opportunities to people with disabilities and mental ill health to reach their full potential.

“The Genio Trust is a leading example of partnership between Government and philanthropy, developed with the support of The Atlantic Philanthropies, my Office for Disability and Mental Health in the Department of Health & Children and the HSE.”, the Minister said. In his announcement Minister Moloney emphasised that “The service reforms which will be facilitated by the Genio Trust are fully in line with the objectives of Government policy as set out in A Vision for Change and with the objectives of the National Disability Strategy.”

Read in Full:  http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/196351.php



 

Article Date: 30 Jul 2010 – 4:00 PDT

John Moloney T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Disability and Mental Health announced the first round of grants, totalling over 2.6m euros, awarded by the Genio Trust to support transition from institutional to personalised models of care in disability and mental health services. These grants follow the decision by the Minister in December 2009 regarding to allocate 3m euros of innovation health funding to the Trust for a special fund designed to encourage innovative, personalised supports which offer better opportunities to people with disabilities and mental ill health to reach their full potential.

“The Genio Trust is a leading example of partnership between Government and philanthropy, developed with the support of The Atlantic Philanthropies, my Office for Disability and Mental Health in the Department of Health & Children and the HSE.”, the Minister said. In his announcement Minister Moloney emphasised that “The service reforms which will be facilitated by the Genio Trust are fully in line with the objectives of Government policy as set out in A Vision for Change and with the objectives of the National Disability Strategy.”

Read in Full:  http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/196351.php



By Therese J. Borchard


Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Jody Smith, creator of the website www.ncubator.ca, who spent 15 years losing the battle against Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Three years ago, she found treatment that worked for her and is making a comeback. In the process, she’s helping a lot of people. (You can check out her blog, “ncubator” by clicking here.)


You tried many treatments and finally you got there. What worked?


Jody: My naturopath believed that my liver needed relief from its toxic load, and my immune system needed building up.


She put me on a tincture with natural antivirals and adaptogens and vitamins in it, and put me on omega3 oil.


I’d gone low carb some years before which had made quite a difference.


I did dry skin brushing with a loofah, to help lymph move better (removing toxins) and sinus lavage (water up the nose to cleanse sinuses) and juicing (for nutrients to absorb better in a weakened gastrointestinal tract).


Vitamin D helped with orthostatic intolerance and vertigo in noticeable ways. Most of us are deficient of Vitamin D.


Acupuncture once a month keeps pain levels down in my arms and gives my life force a noticeable boost.


Rescue Remedy is made from flowers and helps ease physiologically-triggered anxiety attacks and pain, and also is a safe sleep aid. Valerian and melatonin are other sleep aids.


Read in Full:  http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/07/30/recovering-from-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs/


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By Therese J. Borchard


Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Jody Smith, creator of the website www.ncubator.ca, who spent 15 years losing the battle against Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Three years ago, she found treatment that worked for her and is making a comeback. In the process, she’s helping a lot of people. (You can check out her blog, “ncubator” by clicking here.)


You tried many treatments and finally you got there. What worked?


Jody: My naturopath believed that my liver needed relief from its toxic load, and my immune system needed building up.


She put me on a tincture with natural antivirals and adaptogens and vitamins in it, and put me on omega3 oil.


I’d gone low carb some years before which had made quite a difference.


I did dry skin brushing with a loofah, to help lymph move better (removing toxins) and sinus lavage (water up the nose to cleanse sinuses) and juicing (for nutrients to absorb better in a weakened gastrointestinal tract).


Vitamin D helped with orthostatic intolerance and vertigo in noticeable ways. Most of us are deficient of Vitamin D.


Acupuncture once a month keeps pain levels down in my arms and gives my life force a noticeable boost.


Rescue Remedy is made from flowers and helps ease physiologically-triggered anxiety attacks and pain, and also is a safe sleep aid. Valerian and melatonin are other sleep aids.


Read in Full:  http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/07/30/recovering-from-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs/


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Simone Hoermann, Ph.D. Updated: Jul 30th 2010

Continuing on the topic of attachment and Personality Disorders, a paper by Fonagy and Bateman published in the Journal of Personality Disorders in 2008 recently caught my eye.  As mentioned previously, to date, we still don’t quite know what causes Personality Disorders. On several occasions, I have mentioned the fact that a large number of people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) have experienced childhood abuse or trauma, but that not everyone who had these adverse experiences necessarily develops BPD.  In an attempt to formulate a model of how Borderline Personality Disorder develops, Fonagy and Bateman use attachment theory and the concept of mentalization in order to bring together insights from biological as well as psychological research on the topic.  

The main idea posited by Fonagy and Bateman is that people with BPD have weaknesses in their ability to mentalize, that is, to understand their own and others’ internal states and motivation. This capacity to mentalize, according to the authors, develops within the context of early attachment relationships.  Fonagy and Bateman emphasize that any successful treatment of BPD has to stimulate the capacity to mentalize in one form or another.

Read in Full:  http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=39073&cn=8



 

Simone Hoermann, Ph.D. Updated: Jul 30th 2010

Continuing on the topic of attachment and Personality Disorders, a paper by Fonagy and Bateman published in the Journal of Personality Disorders in 2008 recently caught my eye.  As mentioned previously, to date, we still don’t quite know what causes Personality Disorders. On several occasions, I have mentioned the fact that a large number of people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) have experienced childhood abuse or trauma, but that not everyone who had these adverse experiences necessarily develops BPD.  In an attempt to formulate a model of how Borderline Personality Disorder develops, Fonagy and Bateman use attachment theory and the concept of mentalization in order to bring together insights from biological as well as psychological research on the topic.  

The main idea posited by Fonagy and Bateman is that people with BPD have weaknesses in their ability to mentalize, that is, to understand their own and others’ internal states and motivation. This capacity to mentalize, according to the authors, develops within the context of early attachment relationships.  Fonagy and Bateman emphasize that any successful treatment of BPD has to stimulate the capacity to mentalize in one form or another.

Read in Full:  http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=39073&cn=8



 

A project in Scotland to create up to 50 IT jobs for people with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) has been awarded £700,000 in grant and loans.

The Scottish government cash will help the Specialisterne project, set up by Community Enterprise in Scotland (CEiS), to recruit and train staff.

The Glasgow project is based on a Danish model which employs people with ASD as software testers.

Only 13% of adults with ASD in Scotland are thought to be in full-time work.

Specialisterne Scotland, which was set up with the help of The National Autistic Society Scotland and the Autism Resource Centre, will spend the next six months recruiting the first 12 potential trainees.

They will undergo a four-month training programme using Lego Mindstorm sets and robotics to identify and match their skills to work tasks.

To ensure the trainees achieve their full potential, Specialisterne aims to create a highly-planned and predictable working environment to minimise stress.

CEiS chief executive Gerry Higgins said: “We know from the experience in Denmark that Specialisterne Scotland has the potential to change lives for the better by providing mainstream employment at the market rate for people with autism, while transforming recruitment attitudes and business practices.

“The company will commence commercial testing in early 2011 following recruitment and training of the workforce.

Read in Full:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-10857029



 

A project in Scotland to create up to 50 IT jobs for people with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) has been awarded £700,000 in grant and loans.

The Scottish government cash will help the Specialisterne project, set up by Community Enterprise in Scotland (CEiS), to recruit and train staff.

The Glasgow project is based on a Danish model which employs people with ASD as software testers.

Only 13% of adults with ASD in Scotland are thought to be in full-time work.

Specialisterne Scotland, which was set up with the help of The National Autistic Society Scotland and the Autism Resource Centre, will spend the next six months recruiting the first 12 potential trainees.

They will undergo a four-month training programme using Lego Mindstorm sets and robotics to identify and match their skills to work tasks.

To ensure the trainees achieve their full potential, Specialisterne aims to create a highly-planned and predictable working environment to minimise stress.

CEiS chief executive Gerry Higgins said: “We know from the experience in Denmark that Specialisterne Scotland has the potential to change lives for the better by providing mainstream employment at the market rate for people with autism, while transforming recruitment attitudes and business practices.

“The company will commence commercial testing in early 2011 following recruitment and training of the workforce.

Read in Full:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-10857029



 

By Nick Collins
Published: 8:26AM BST 03 Aug 2010

Jeremy Clarkson, the Top Gear presenter, has become embroiled in a row with disability campaigners after using the term “special needs” to describe a car.

His comments came during an episode of the BBC Two show broadcast on Sunday when he compared two Ferraris to each other, arguing that the new model made its forerunner look like a “simpleton”.

The older car, the 430 Speciale, ought to be rebranded the “430 Speciale Needs”, he concluded, to the horror of some viewers.

Last year the presenter was forced to apologise for offending the Scottish and the disabled after referring to Gordon Brown, then the prime minister, as a “one-eyed Scottish idiot”.

Clarkson said at the time: “I have nothing against the Scottish and of course I regret making any remark that might have upset the disabled.

“But the idiot bit – there is no chance I’ll apologise for that.”

Read in Full:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7923681/Jeremy-Clarkson-in-special-needs-row.html