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Article: NSF Announces New Initiative to Help America Start Sleeping Smart; New Survey Shows America is Not Making the Grade When it Comes to Sleep Smarts.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- August 20, 2008
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The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) announced that, together with sanofi-aventis, it is launching a new campaign called Sleeping Smart which will educate the millions of Americans who have sleep problems about the importance of a good night's sleep, proper sleep habits, help them understand the consequences of insomnia, and the safe and appropriate use of prescription sleep medications. The campaign will also motivate sleep-sufferers to talk to a healthcare professional to determine if treatment is appropriate.
As part of the campaign, results of a new survey of American adults released showed that while nearly 60 percent of those at increased risk for insomnia* ...