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...like most people, you know that a sleepless night can sap your energy and turn your brain into mush. So it may be hard to fathom how anyone could complain about having too much sleep. And yet that's the predicament faced by the estimated 200,000 Americans who suffer from a condition called narcolepsy. They don't generally fall asleep in the middle of a meal or a conversation--that happens in movies and television sitcoms. But they struggle with an overwhelming sense of drowsiness they can't shake--even after a good night's rest...
That prompted Cephalon, the biotech firm that markets the drug in the U.S., to begin studies to determine whether the pill could prove useful for a wider variety of problems, including obstructive sleep apnea, a condition in which various breathing problems make restful sleep nearly impossible. (Even after successful treatment of the breathing problem, some people with sleep apnea still feel extremely drowsy during the day.) Last week Cephalon announced plans to acquire--for $450 million in cash--the small French pharmaceutical company from which it licenses Provigil...
What doctors do know is that burning the midnight oil is bad for your health. Sleep is the body's great restorer. It helps ensure the proper working of the brain, balances the emotions and maintains the immune system. Despite news reports last week suggesting that Provigil might make sleep unnecessary, even Cephalon execs don't go that far. "Provigil is not a substitute for sleep," insists Matthew Miller, senior director of pharmacology. "That's the last thing I want to see happen...
...this is over, are patriotically soldiering on from phase to phase like a good economic actor should. First, by personally delivering the Fed's cheap money to the people with take-my-car-please financing offers, Big Auto made October's retail sales numbers comforting enough to get to sleep at night...
...would like to see them go back to their rooms and sleep,” Georgi wrote...