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...suffer consequences, Honig said. “They’re very impressive, but again and again, all we hear anecdotally is how unsatisfied students are with advising,” Honig said. “Something doesn’t seem to match up.” Senan Ebrahim ’12, another UC representative in attendance, disagreed. “Overall I felt it was pretty reflective of student opinion,” Ebrahim said. Not all of the statistics were available on the record. No major changes are in the works for the Advising Programs Office...
Melatonin, which is available over the counter in pill form, is a known treatment for jet lag, but the substance can't be patented, leading drug companies like Vanda Pharmaceuticals, the maker of tasimelteon, to rush to develop drugs that imitate it. Dr. Irshaad Ebrahim, medical director of the London Sleep Centre, says the recent study, published Dec. 2 in the journal The Lancet, confirms what experts already know. "I'm not sure this adds anything. Melatonin itself can be quite effective on its own. So, of course, something that mimics melatonin would show promising results," he says...
Still, a melatonin-emulator may offer some utility, Dr. Ebrahim says. Currently in the United States and many other countries, melatonin can be purchased easily as a health supplement, but supplements are unregulated and vary in quality and strength, making it difficult for consumers to receive a consistent dose...
...interim, Dr. Ebrahim says, sleep experts have developed more reliable - albeit more complicated than popping a pill - methods of altering the body's natural melatonin production, which may help some of the 100 million people who take international flights from the U.S. each year, and the millions more who live in a perpetual state of jet lag due to night-shift work. One strategy is to use light-dark exposure, which helps cue the body's circadian rhythm. British Airways, for example, offers a "jet-lag calculator" that applies research into bright-light therapy to advise passengers when...
...blue pants,” he said, gesturing to the rest of his outfit. “This is all-American.” Students said they were excited to share the night with the deans. “Dean Dingman is awesome,” said Senan Ebrahim ’12. “A-W-E-S-U-M-M-M.” Evan R. Covington ’12 said he thought Dingman and Hammonds were taking “a very proactive role” in engaging students in the political process...