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New drug may help insomniacs
Published December 2, 2008, 11:53 am, The West Australian
Australian scientists have developed a new drug that could help air travellers beat severe jet lag and shift workers avoid insomnia. Melbourne researchers have made a synthetic version of the sleep hormone melatonin that appears to treat both sleepiness and the underlying cause of the sleep problem.
New drug may help insomniacs
Published December 2, 2008, 11:47 am, AAP via Yahoo!7 News
Australian scientists have developed a new drug that could help air travellers beat severe jet lag and shift workers avoid insomnia.
A New Pill for Jet Lag?
Published December 2, 2008, 11:20 am, Time Magazine
Drug companies are rushing to manufacture analogs to melatonin -- the all-natural jet-lag-busting supplement. Are they worth it?
New drug may put jet lag to rest
Published December 2, 2008, 10:59 am, Daily Press
The experimental medication, called tasimelteon, works like melatonin and restores normal sleep patterns, researchers say. An experimental drug that mimics the effects of the hormone melatonin can reset the body's circadian rhythms, bringing relief to jet-lagged travelers and night-shift workers, researchers reported Monday.
New medication brings hope of jet lag cure
Published December 2, 2008, 10:43 am, PhysOrg
A team of researchers from Monash University, The Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston), Harvard Medical School and Vanda Pharmaceuticals has found a new drug with the potential to alleviate jet lag and sleep disorders caused by shift work.
New drug brings hope for jet lag sufferers
Published December 2, 2008, 9:39 am, CNN
The sleepless nights, the woozy days and the foggy minds of jet lag are the bane of any business traveler's life.
Editorials, Opinion Pieces Respond To World AIDS Day
Published December 2, 2008, 9:11 am, Medical News Today
Several newspapers have published editorials and opinion pieces in response to World AIDS Day. Summaries appear below.EditorialsArizona Daily Star: World AIDS Day is a "good time to issue a wake-up call," a Daily Star editorial says, adding, "This scourge has not gone away. It still cannot be cured. No one is known to be immune.
GLOBAL: Tailor prevention programmes, says UNAIDS
Published December 2, 2008, 8:35 am, AlertNet
Source: IRIN As the global financial crisis raises the spectre of cutbacks in AIDS funding, countries need to start being more strategic about how they spend their AIDS budgets.
Jet Lag Sleeplessness Targeted by Vanda’s New Pill (Update1)
Published December 2, 2008, 7:39 am, Bloomberg
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Jet setters and shift workers worldwide may benefit from an experimental pill developed by Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. that may reset the body’s internal clock and improve sleep quality.
Drug Effective for Temporary Sleep Disruptions
Published December 2, 2008, 7:12 am, Health Scout
Trials of tasimelteon show it could aid shift workers, people affected by jet lag.
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