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Article: Anaesthetic may help treat sleep disorders, improve sleep medications
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- The Hindustan Times
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- April 17, 2008
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Washington, April 17 -- University of Alberta researchers have identified sleep patterns in a type of anaesthesia that are the closest ever to a natural, non-groggy snooze.
According to researchers, the anaesthetic, known as ethyl carbamate or urethane, provides a tool to more thoroughly investigate ways of treating sleep disorders and improving existing sleep medications.
"Most general anaesthetics used for surgery and available medications used to treat sleeplessness promote what is called slow-wave sleep at the expense of the other main stage of sleep known as rapid eye movement or REM sleep so people tend to wake up ...
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