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		<title>Insufficient sleep isn’t a ‘badge of honor’</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For thousands of years before humans harnessed electricity and created light bulbs, people rose and slept based the sun. This seems to be the natural rhythm humans were designed to follow.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2011/top-news/insufficient-sleep-simply-not-honor-badge/' addthis:title='Insufficient sleep isn’t a ‘badge of honor’ '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Study shows xPAP therapy reduces fatigue and increases energy in apneics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Sleep Apnea]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patients with obstructive sleep apnea often report that they feel like “a new person” after beginning treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. Study findings published on the Jan. 1, 2011 support these anecdotal reports, showing that three weeks of CPAP therapy significantly reduced fatigue and increased energy.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2011/top-news/3-weeks-cpap-use-can-reduce-fatigue-increase-energy/' addthis:title='Study shows xPAP therapy reduces fatigue and increases energy in apneics '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Sex is better when snoring stops, says dentist</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York City dentist Farhad Hakimi says his 12 years of research of more than 3,500 patients suffering from sleep apnea and snoring shows they lower sex drive, inhibit orgasm, and contribute to erectile dysfunction in some men.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2010/top-news/sex-is-better-when-snoring-stops-says-dentist/' addthis:title='Sex is better when snoring stops, says dentist '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Jet lagged and forgetful? It&#8217;s no coincidence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chronic jet lag alters the brain in ways that cause memory and learning problems long after one's return to a regular 24-hour schedule, according to research findings.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2010/top-news/jet-lag-and-forgetful-is-no-coincidence/' addthis:title='Jet lagged and forgetful? It&#8217;s no coincidence '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>SIDS spikes 33% on New Year&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<comments>http://awakeinamerica.info/2010/top-news/sids-spikes-33-percent-new-years-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not a happy holiday thought, but an important one: The number of babies who die of SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome, surges by 33 percent on New Year’s Day.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2010/top-news/sids-spikes-33-percent-new-years-day/' addthis:title='SIDS spikes 33% on New Year&#8217;s Day '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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