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QUEBEC, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- People with current or past insomnia are more likely to report a family history of insomnia than are those without a sleep disorder, a Canadian study says.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. hospital staff nurses who work long hours, work at night and struggle to remain awake at work, are more likely to have a drowsy driving episode.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A clinical diagnosis of alcohol dependence in young adults is associated with having a high number of sex partners, U.S. researchers found.

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. child mental health professionals have developed recommendations for mental disorders to help doctors considering medications for children ages 3 to 6.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Young children whose mothers are depressed are more prone to behavioral problems and injury, a study by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center indicates.

TORONTO, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The increased jumping and acrobatics of snowboarders and skiers may account for an increase in head injuries in the last 15 years, a Canadian review found.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Some businesses are getting tough with unhealthy workers, adding surcharges and raising deductibles up to $2,000 if they don't participate in wellness programs.

PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Young women who recovered from anorexia nervosa show vastly different patterns of brain activity after a year of maintaining normal weight, a U.S. study says .

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Sleep-disordered breathing, from snoring to obstructive sleep apnea, disproportionately affects overweight children and African-Americans, a U.S. study found

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Too little sleep or too much may be contributing to the current epidemic in diabetes, a U.S researcher suggests.

LONDON, Ontario, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The neck, not the eyes, show whether a listener is secretly shifting attention away from a speaker, a Canadian researcher finds.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Altered levels of both sex hormones and gonadotropins -- which affect the ovaries -- may contribute to sleep disturbance in older women, a U.S. study says.

BALTIMORE , Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables have yet another healthful effect -- treating a genetic skin disorder, a U.S. study found.

NASHVILLE, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The spike in death rates during the holidays has been dubbed by U.S. researchers the "Merry Christmas Coronary."

BORDEAU, France, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Coffee is an effective countermeasure to sleepiness for those young and middle-aged, but napping is more efficient in the young, a French study found.