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Children's tiredness in school hours a wake-up call for parents
14th Jun 13
SCHOOLS desperate to combat chronically tired students are calling in sleep experts to counsel parents. Sleep health educator Sue Cranage, who runs educational workshops at schools across Melbourne, said parents often didn't understand how much sleep children needed and the impacts on learning and wellbeing.
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Doctors find key link between epilepsy and obstructive sleep apnoea
4th Jun 13
Professor Terry O'Brien from the Royal Melbourne Hospital says there has been some evidence from other studies that patients with epilepsy may have an increased incidence of sleep-disordered breathing.
Professor O'Brien says there are similar symptoms of daytime sleepiness and fatigue between the two conditions.
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Surgery offers mixed benefits for kids' sleep apnea
22nd May 13
A new study has confirmed that removing the tonsils and adenoids of children with obstructive sleep apnea can reduce sleepiness and improve the quality of life, but putting off the surgery might not hurt either.
The findings, released May 21 at an American Thoracic Society International Conference in Philadelphia, and appearing online in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that after seven months, surgery improved many gauges of everyday living.