Word: suffering
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Getting a decent night's sleep shouldn't be such a crapshoot. But for the estimated 30% of American adults who suffer from at least occasional insomnia, nightfall is no guarantee of slumber...
...despite our best efforts, about 10% of Americans still suffer from persistent insomnia (defined as difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep) - namely, falling asleep or being functionally impaired by sleepiness during the day - and researchers continue to search for its causes and cure. Now a new study in the journal Sleep suggests a surprising treatment for the sleepless: the Internet. Web-based treatments have emerged for all kinds of bad habits and disorders, such as overeating, smoking, depression - and insomnia. (Read "Can a Sleep Disorder Predict Parkinson...
...small children will reluctantly admit, nothing can occupy a child quite like television. Unfortunately, the scientific evidence suggests that using the boob tube as a babysitter has its price: the more time babies spend sitting in front of the screen, the more their social, cognitive and language development may suffer. Recent studies show that TV-viewing tends to decrease babies' likelihood of learning new words, talking, playing and otherwise interacting with others...
...they attribute to their time playing football. While the NFL pays out about $1 billion in pensions and other benefits each year, it sets aside just $20 million annually to care for disabled retired players. Players' advocates say that allotment is too small to cover the injuries retired athletes suffer, and call for an overhaul of the notoriously cumbersome system that they must navigate to qualify for such benefits...
...cater to children from the age of 2 or, in some states, age 1) and are calling for a new "health-protection contract." The industrial action is being organized by public-sector union Verdi and the GEW education union, which says that teachers are overburdened with red tape and suffer from health problems caused by their jobs. "Teachers have to cope with large groups of children - in some cases there are two teachers in charge of 25 children," says Martina Soennichsen, a spokeswoman for Verdi. "It's incredibly noisy. In some kindergartens, it's like being next to a runway...