Canada’s health agency, Health Canada, issued a warning December 21st, about serious skin and allergic reactions linked to Alertec (modafinil). Alertec, made by Shire Canada, Inc., is a drug that is prescribed to relieve excessive sleepiness resulting from obstructive sleep apnea, narcolepsy and shift-work sleep disoders. Health Canada warned of skin rash and hives, sores [...]
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Contrary to popular belief, older people need as much sleep as younger adults. Dr. Harrison G. Bloom, associate clinical professor of geriatrics and medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, “sleep problems and sleep disorders are not an inherent part of aging. It’s pretty much a myth that older people need [...] Sleep apnea can cause many other health issues. Japanese researchers have discovered that sleep apnea may cause high levels of carbon dioxide to develop in the blood during the day. This condition is known as hypercapnia. A team of scientists from Chiba University, led by Dr. Koichiro Tatsumi, performed a study of 1,227 obstructive sleep [...] |
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