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Cell discovery clues to body clock and beating jet lag New discoveries into how the body clock works could provide clues to help combat jet lag, research suggests. A University of Manchester team studied special cells which they say play an important...
Tags: body clock, jet lag, Hugh Piggins, United Kingdom, London, Health Medical Pharma, Sleep, Circadian rhythms, Brain, Neuroanatomy, Neuroscience
Many medical experts have found that air travelers usually experience a worse bout of jet lag when they fly from east to west. In general, the more time zones that they cross, flying from east to west, the more severe their symptoms of jet lag...
Tags: travel health, jet lag, melatonin, air travelers, air travel, air flights, airline passengers, flyers, flying, airlines, airplanes, commercial air travel, international air travel, charter flights, vacations, holidays, travel tips
Understanding how the human biological clock works is an essential step toward correcting sleep problems like insomnia and jet lag. New insights about the body''''s central pacemaker might also, someday, advance efforts to treat diseases influenced by...
Tags: chronic fatigue, jet lag, viral theory
When flying on commercial airlines, airline passengers can develop some medical problems which tend to be minor. However, some symptoms may develop into more serious medical conditions, such as deep vein thrombosis, which can quickly become life threatening....
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Traveling across several times zones can cause an individual to experience jet lag, which includes trouble sleeping at night and difficulty remaining awake during the day. These effects largely reflect de-synchronization between the body's internal time...
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The researchers have revealed that this structure lies below the hypothalamus at the base of the brain. According to them, one group is synchronized with deep sleep that results from physical fatigue, and the other controls the dream state of rapid eye...
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Jetlag is a psychological condition in which air travelers feel fatigue and disorientation after a long flight. Traveling drains the energy stored in our body. Even though we do nothing except for sitting in the plane or waiting in the line but our mind...
New drug to cure jet lag and sleep disorders - Terror alert at airports - Sri Lankan Tamil issue: Pranab to visit Colombo News sent: 11:06 Friday December 05, 2008
A circadian rhythm is a roughly 24-hour cycle linked to light and dark that helps coordinate the timing of our internal bodily functions, including sleeping and eating, as well as our interactions with the outside world. Most circadian rhythms are controlled...
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For long-haul travellers it is said to take a day to recover for every time zone crossed, but now a drug based on the hormone melatonin has been shown to be an effective treatment for jet lag. The drug, tasimelteon, made it easier for volunteers in a...
Tags: travel, jetlag, jet lag, clinical trial, shifts workers, drug tasimelteon