[net-gold] MEDICAL: DISEASES: CHRONIC DISEASES: LETHARGY: TREATMENT

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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:48:06 -0400 (EDT)

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Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:38:31 -0000
From: Janice Flahiff <jmflahiff@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] MEDICAL: DISEASES: CHRONIC DISEASES: LETHARGY: TREATMENT

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Scientists Identify What Makes Us Feel Bad
When We're Sick, How to Treat It

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ScienceDaily
(August 3, 2011)

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A signaling system in the brain previously shown
to regulate sleep is also responsible for inducing
lethargy during illness, according to research
conducted at Oregon Health and Science University
Doernbecher Children's Hospital.

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This research is particularly meaningful because it
implies that a new class of drugs developed to treat
sleep disorders can reverse the inactivity and
exhaustion brought on by acute illness. Although the
sleep drugs were initially designed to treat
narcolepsy, they have the potential to restore energy
and motivation in patients with acute and chronic
disease, the researchers report. Their findings are
published in the The Journal of Neuroscience.

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We all know what it means to feel bad when we're
acutely ill. In particular, patients with chronic
diseases experience a compromise in motivated
behaviors. They don't feel like getting up and doing
anything. Yet the brain mechanisms behind this common
experience have remained obscure, said
Daniel L. Marks, M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator
and associate professor of pediatrics in the Pap
Family Pediatric Research Institute at OHSU
Doernbecher Children's Hospital.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/
2011/08/110803092314.htm

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