BACKGROUND Mild in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment might lessen both patients' discomfort and multiple births, with their associated risks. We aimed to test the hypothesis that mild IVF treatment can achieve the same chance of a pregnancy resulting in term livebirth within 1 year compared with standard treatment, and can also reduce patients' discomfort, multiple pregnancies, and costs. M...

HYPOTHESIS Cancer patients frequently suffer from poor sleep quality. Bryophyllum pinnatum is a herbal medication used in anthroposophic medicine, which has been shown to be associated with improvements in sleep quality during pregnancy with only few and minor or moderate side-effects reported. In this study, the sleep quality of cancer patients during treatment with B pinnatum was investigated...

Hypothesis. Cancer patients frequently suffer from poor sleep quality. Bryophyllum pinnatum is a herbal medication used in anthroposophic medicine, which has been shown to be associated with improvements in sleep quality during pregnancy with only few and minor or moderate side-effects reported. In this study, the sleep quality of cancer patients during treatment with B pinnatum was investigate...

No abstract available. Article truncated after first 150 words. A 31-year-old man presented for follow-up in the Sleep Medicine clinic. He has a past medical history of seizure disorder and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) was referred complaining excessive daytime sleepiness. Current medications include citalopram diltiazem. Four months prior, he diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea...

Corresponding author: Jong-Man Kang, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, 149, Sangildong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 134-090, Korea. Tel: 82-2-440-6193, Fax: 82-2-440-7808, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licen...

Abstract Sleep-wake disturbances are among the most common and severe symptoms in primary brain tumor (PBT) patients. Currently, no studies have quantified their physiological sleep measurements or compared these assessments to established patient reported outcome measures (PROs). Smart wearable devices, such as Fitbits, continuously monitor behaviors at home provide detailed of sleep, activity...

Objectives: To compare night-time muscle activity in children with cerebral palsy (CP) that typical developing peers. Methods: Polysomnography electroencephalography (EEG), electrocardiogram, electromyography (EMG), respiration, and electrooculography movements recorded during one night were used to characterize sleep stages a group of CP (Gross Motor Function Classification Scale I–III) typica...