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Issue 5: Best of 2010 View previous issues. Links for Doctors: Latest News Research Articles Download Referral Forms Create an Account Information for Doctors Free Patient Information Brochures on Sleep & Respiratory Medicine We would be happy to organise a free stand featuring the following brochures: - Sleep and Stroke Email us to receive your free stand and brochures! Sleep Services The Wesley Hospital Sleep Disorder Centre The Wesley Hospital 1800 119 446 Download Referral Form John Flynn Sleep Centre John Flynn Private Hospital 1800 215 914 Download Referral Form Sunshine Coast Sleep Disorders Centre Nambour Selangor Private (07) 5459 7444 Download Referral Form Thoracic Services The Wesley Lung Function Laboratory (07) 3870 0858 lung@tsgq.com.au Download Referral Form The Wesley Pulmonary Hypertension Unit (07) 3876 9033 colin.cox@uchealth.com.au Download Referral Form The Wesley Hospital Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit 'Breathwise' (07) 3232 7048 twh.physio@uchealth.com.au Download Referral Form CPAP Equipment Sales & Rental Enquiries (07) 3870 1120 cpap@tsgq.com.au Specialist Physicians In Other News Early Exposure To Inhaled Irritants Linked To Asthma
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Thoracic Medicine Ask a Scientist We wish you a safe holiday season and look forward bringing you some more interesting Thoracic and Sleep research in 2011. Sleep Medicine NewsSLEEP DEPRIVATION AND DEPRESSION Thoracic NewsPULMONARY FUNCTION AND DIABETES Thoracic & Sleep Group NewsSleep Services
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Q: I don't sleep well in strange places. How will you be able to perform a sleep study on me if I don't sleep? The Wesley Lung Function Laboratory News
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Recent studies found those who slept less than five hours a night were three times more likely than normal sleepers to become psychologically distressed in the next year.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has recently approved the use of a new sedative drug for primary insomnia, called Circadin. The drug is a prolonged-release 2mg Melatonin tablet used to treat primary insomnia short term. It’s indicated for use in older people (above 55 year of age) but studies have not proven the efficacy of the drug beyond 3 weeks use. 
Driving fatigue is a major cause of Motor Vehicle Accidents, costing the Australian economy billions of dollars a year. Find out what your obligations are as a health professional and how protective legislation exists to encourage minimising public health risks. 
Recent studies have shown that impaired lung function (a reduced FVC or FEV1) may be a risk factor for the future development of type 2 diabetes. The average rate of decline in lung function (FEV1) for people with diabetes was 71ml/year compared to that of healthy non-smokers at 25-30ml/year. 
