Sleep problems in older adults

According to Interaction.org.ua men and women in their 80s and 90s sleep less and have poorer quality sleep than young individuals, but they are also less likely to report feeling unrested or overly sleepy the next day.
At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and co-investigators, the sleep test, or "polysomnography," showed that the total average nightly sleep time declined from 386 minutes among women in their 40s to 341 minutes among those 80 years of age or older. In men, the corresponding sleep times declined from 361 minutes to 326 minutes.
Report indicates significant differences between men and women. In men, older age was linked to less deep sleep.
While older age was associated more strongly with poor sleep - according to the test results -- in men than in women, women were more likely to report having poor sleep.
Several treatments have been found to improve sleep in older adults, such as behavioral therapy, biofeedback, management of stress and grief, and use of benzodiazepines (such as Xanax) and melatonin.
By contrast, there was little association between older age and sleep stage in women, but elderly women were more likely to have trouble falling asleep.
First study author Dr. Mark L. Unruh noted in correspondence with Reuters Health added : "Any sleep disorders identified should also be directly addressed".

Yellow fever in Paraguay

LookInfo.org.ua announced early next Yellow fever epidemic in Paraguay. As reported by the country's Health Minister, in his official statement, the disease so far has claimed the lives of seven people.


Throughout the last time in the country under Emergency vaccination of the population. Already were vaccinated more than three hundred thousand citizens of the country. Of course, vaccination will help cope with the disease vaccinated people, but to stop the spread of the disease (seasonale medication) seemed to be very complicated, many different parts of Paraguay inaccessibility.

This outbreak is the first appearance of Yellow fever virus in Paraguay for the last thirty four years. The disease is an acute-oblegatno transmissivnoe viral infection with the natural ochagovostyu. Pathogen fever is transmitted by mosquitoes. The disease is accompanied by symptoms such as high temperature, severe general condition of the patient, bleeding in the mouth, stomach and bowels, kidneys and liver lesion, as well as jaundice.

Yellow fever is common in tropical and subtropical countries.

This disease belongs to quarantine diseases, as a particularly dangerous disease, which is subject to a binding international registration.