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Friday, June 7, 2013

Serena into semis, Federer ousted at French Open

Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates winning against Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, in their quarterfinal match at the French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Tuesday June 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Serena Williams, of the U.S, serves the ball to Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Tuesday, June 4, 2013 in Paris. Williams won 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Serena Williams, of the U.S, returns the ball to Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Tuesday, June 4, 2013 in Paris. Williams won 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Switzerland's Roger Federer looks down during a break as he plays France's Jo-Wilfried Tsong74during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Tuesday, June 4, 2013 in Paris. Tsonga won 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

PARIS (AP) ? Serena Williams knows, of course, that she's had less success at the French Open than any other Grand Slam tournament.

Of her 15 major titles, only one came at Roland Garros, back in 2002. She lost in the semifinals a year later then exited in the quarterfinals the next four times she got that far.

Against Jennifer Capriati in 2004. Against Justine Henin in 2007. Against Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2009. Against Sam Stosur in 2010.

So there Williams was Tuesday, suddenly locked in her first difficult match of this year's French Open, having lost the second set and the opening two games of the third. Again, trouble in the quarterfinals in Paris. Again, the opponent was Kuznetsova.

"I thought," Williams said, "you know, 'Can't go out like this again.'"

She did not. Williams won six of the last seven games, rallying for a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 victory and reaching her first semifinal in a decade at the clay-court major tournament.

"I was so determined to get through that," the No. 1-ranked Williams said, "and I really, really, really, really wanted it more than, I think, anyone."

Since a first-round exit at Roland Garros a year ago, Williams is 72-3, and she's currently on a 29-match winning streak, the best of her career and longest in a single season since her sister Venus' 35-match run in 2000.

"Unbelievable competitor," said Kuznetsova, who revealed after the loss that she strained an abdominal muscle earlier in the tournament. "She turns on (her) game when she needs it."

On Thursday, Williams will meet No. 5 Sara Errani, last year's runner-up to Maria Sharapova. Errani reached the semifinals for the third time in the last five major tournaments, beating No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 7-6 (6).

Williams is 5-0 against Errani.

"She forces you to play at a very high level to have any chance of winning. I'll have to hit shots hard and deep and make her move," said Errani, who was 0-28 against women ranked in the top five before Tuesday. "As soon as you hit a short ball, Serena gets right on top of you, and she has enough power to end the point."

In Wednesday's quarterfinals, the second-seeded Sharapova faces No. 18 Jelena Jankovic, while No. 3 Victoria Azarenka plays No. 12 Maria Kirilenko. The last two men's quarterfinals are seven-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal against No. 9 Stanislas Wawrinka, and No. 1 Novak Djokovic against No. 12 Tommy Haas.

Nadal and Djokovic have combined with Roger Federer to win 30 of the past 32 Grand Slam titles, but Federer will not be around for the conclusion of this tournament. In a remarkably brief and one-sided quarterfinal Tuesday, the 17-time major champion lost to one-time major finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 7-5, 6-3, 6-3.

"I struggled a little bit everywhere. To be honest, personally, I'm pretty sad about the match and the way I played. But that's how it goes. I tried to figure things out, but it was difficult. And Jo does a good job keeping the pressure on," Federer said after the 1-hour, 51-minute match.

"He was just ... better in all areas," continued Federer, whose lone French Open title, in 2009, allowed him to equal Pete Sampras' then-record of 14 majors. "He returned better than I did. Served better than I did. I struggled to find my rhythm."

Facing a set point, Federer shanked a forehand 10 feet beyond the opposite baseline. He dumped overhead smashes into the net. He argued with the chair umpire about a call.

And in a truly rare ungraceful moment, he failed to put a racket to ? or get out of the way of ? a backhand flip by a sliding Tsonga, instead getting hit on the back.

Federer hadn't lost in straight sets before the semifinals at any Grand Slam tournament since a third-round defeat against Gustavo Kuerten in the 2004 French Open.

Starting a month later, when he won Wimbledon, Federer began a stretch of nearly eight full years in which he was unbeaten in Grand Slam quarterfinals, reaching the semifinals at a record 23 major tournaments in a row. Since that run ended, though, quarterfinal exits are becoming a regular occurrence: He has lost at that stage in five of the past 13 Slams, twice to Tsonga, who was the runner-up at the 2008 Australian Open and is trying to give France its first men's champion at Roland Garros since Yannick Noah 30 years ago.

"Everybody's expecting a lot from me," Tsonga said.

Tsonga's first semifinal at Roland Garros will be against No. 4 David Ferrer, who stopped the wild ride of No. 32 Tommy Robredo 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 in an all-Spanish matchup. Robredo won each of his previous three matches despite dropping the first two sets, the first man since 1927 to do that a Grand Slam tournament.

"I wasn't 100 percent ready to fight" on Tuesday after so many lengthy matches, Robredo said, adding: "And playing with a guy like David, who is a machine, it's very tough to be like that."

Ferrer reached his sixth major semifinal; he has yet to win one.

Noting that Tsonga so easily beat Federer, Ferrer said: "I was a bit surprised."

Federer did, after all, reach 10 straight Grand Slam finals from 2005-07, winning eight titles. He also appeared in eight major finals from 2008-10, winning four. But since that run ended, Federer has played in two of the last 13 Slam title matches, winning one at Wimbledon last year.

Federer had won nine of his previous 12 matches against Tsonga. When they met at the net for a handshake after this one, Tsonga kiddingly thanked Federer for letting him win this time, and both men chuckled.

"Sports, it's beautiful, because you can always do something. Even if you play, you know, the best player in the world ... you have a chance," Tsonga said. "Because the guy in front of you (has) two legs, two arms, one head."

Federer, now 31, certainly seems more human on a tennis court than he used to. This is the deepest he's gone into a season without winning any tournament since 2000.

Now Tsonga will become the focus of so much attention, supported by thousands in the stands ? and millions in their homes around France ? hoping for a homegrown champion.

"He's got a big game. He takes time away from you," Federer said. "He can change defense to offense very quickly. Similar traits to what I have, I guess, really."

Quite a compliment.

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Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich

Associated Press

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Nontoxic cancer therapy proves effective against metastatic cancer

June 5, 2013 ? A combination of nontoxic dietary and hyperbaric oxygen therapies effectively increased survival time in a mouse model of aggressive metastatic cancer, a research team from the Hyperbaric Biomedical Research Laboratory at the University of South Florida has found.

The study, "The Ketogenic Diet and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Prolong Survival in Mice with Systemic Metastatic Cancer," was published online today in PLOS ONE.

Led by Dominic D'Agostino, PhD, principal investigator in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, the research shows the effects of combining two nontoxic adjuvant cancer therapies, the ketogenic diet and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, in a mouse model of late-stage, metastatic cancer.

"Our study demonstrates the potential of these cost-effective, nontoxic therapies to contribute to current cancer treatment regimens and significantly improve the outcome of patients with advanced metastatic cancer," D'Agostino said.

Metastasis, the spreading of cancer from the primary tumor to distant spots, is responsible for over 90 percent of cancer-related deaths in humans. A lack of available therapies effective against metastatic disease remains the largest obstacle in finding a cure for cancer.

In the study, mice with advanced metastatic cancer were fed either a standard high carbohydrate diet or carbohydrate-restricted ketogenic diet. Mice on both diets also received hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which uses a special chamber to increase the amount of oxygen in the tissues.

The ketogenic diet forces a physiological shift in substrate utilization from glucose to fatty acids and ketone bodies for energy. Normal healthy cells readily adapt to using ketone bodies for fuel, but cancer cells lack this metabolic flexibility, and thus become selectively vulnerable to reduced glucose availability. Solid tumors also have areas of low oxygen, which promotes tumor growth and metastatic spread.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves breathing 100 percent oxygen at elevated barometric pressure, saturating the tumors with oxygen. When administered properly, both the ketogenic diet and hyperbaric oxygen therapy are non-toxic and may even protect healthy tissues while simultaneously damaging cancer cells, D'Agostino said.

While both therapies slowed disease progression independently, animals receiving the combined ketogenic diet and hyperbaric oxygen therapy lived 78 percent longer than mice fed a standard high-carbohydrate diet.

The research, funded by a charitable donation from Scivation, was inspired by the research of Professor Thomas Seyfried of Boston College. Dr. Seyfried has advanced the theory that cancer is a metabolic disease, inspiring the development of metabolic strategies to treat and prevent cancer.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/health_medicine/nutrition/~3/I2vTo2OUEy4/130605190158.htm

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Syria army captures key town in blow to rebels

This image made from video broadcast on Lebanon's Hezbollah-owned TV station Al-Manar shows Syrian army tanks in Qusair, Syria, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. The Syrian army triumphantly announced Wednesday the capture of a strategic town near the Lebanese border, telling the nation it has "cleansed" the rebel-held Qusair of "terrorists" fighting President Bashar Assad's troops. The capture of the town, which lies close to the Lebanese border, solidifies some of the regime's recent gains on the ground that have shifted the balance of power in Assad's favor in the Syrian civil war. (AP Photo/Al-Manar Television via AP video)

This image made from video broadcast on Al-Mayadeen Television shows Syrian army troops in Qusair, Syria, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. The Syrian army triumphantly announced Wednesday the capture of a strategic town near the Lebanese border, telling the nation it has "cleansed" the rebel-held Qusair of "terrorists" fighting President Bashar Assad's troops. The capture of the town, which lies close to the Lebanese border, solidifies some of the regime's recent gains on the ground that have shifted the balance of power in Assad's favor in the Syrian civil war. (AP Photo/Al-Mayadeen Television via AP video)

This image made from video broadcast on Al-Mayadeen Television shows a Syrian national flag flying from the ruins of a destroyed building in Qusair, Syria, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. The Syrian army triumphantly announced Wednesday the capture of a strategic town near the Lebanese border, telling the nation it has "cleansed" the rebel-held Qusair of "terrorists" fighting President Bashar Assad's troops. The capture of the town, which lies close to the Lebanese border, solidifies some of the regime's recent gains on the ground that have shifted the balance of power in Assad's favor in the Syrian civil war. (AP Photo/Al-Mayadeen Television via AP video)

This image from video broadcast on Lebanon's Hezbollah-owned TV station Al-Manar shows a Syrian national flag flying from a clock tower in Qusair, Syria, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. The Syrian army triumphantly announced Wednesday the capture of a strategic town near the Lebanese border, telling the nation it has "cleansed" the rebel-held Qusair of "terrorists" fighting President Bashar Assad's troops. The capture of the town, which lies close to the Lebanese border, solidifies some of the regime's recent gains on the ground that have shifted the balance of power in Assad's favor in the Syrian civil war. (AP Photo/Al-Manar Television via AP video)

video broadcast on Lebanon's Hezbollah-owned TV station Al-Manar shows a Syrian army tank in Qusair, Syria, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. The Syrian army triumphantly announced Wednesday the capture of a strategic town near the Lebanese border, telling the nation it has "cleansed" the rebel-held Qusair of "terrorists" fighting President Bashar Assad's troops. The capture of the town, which lies close to the Lebanese border, solidifies some of the regime's recent gains on the ground that have shifted the balance of power in Assad's favor in the Syrian civil war. (AP Photo/Al-Manar Television via AP video)

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? The Syrian army captured a strategic town near the Lebanese border on Wednesday after a grueling three-week battle, handing a heavy defeat to rebels and solidifying a shift in the country's civil war in favor of President Bashar Assad's regime.

Both sides had dug in for an all-out battle for Qusair, which rebels seized last year, a sign of its importance for both as a key crossroads of supply lines between Damascus and western and northern Syria. The regime assault also marked another key turning point in the conflict: the most overt involvement yet by its Lebanese Hezbollah allies, whose fighters boosted the military's firepower in overcoming the rebels.

The town's fall could boost the momentum for Syrian troops in rolling back rebel gains in central Syria in past months. The blow to the rebel movement could also further discourage it from entering peace negotiations with the regime, which the United States and Russia have been trying to put together in Geneva.

The Syrian military triumphantly declared in a rare statement read on state TV Wednesday that it had "cleansed" Qusair of rebels. It said the town's capture was a "clear message to all those participating in the aggression against Syria" ? a sign clearly directed at the rebels' regional backers that the regime believes the tide is turning in the war.

Images broadcast by media embedded with Syrian troops showed a deserted town with heavily damaged buildings and the Syrian flag flying over a clock tower in its main square. Syrian soldiers celebrated atop rubble, waving Syrian flags and chanting pro-regime slogans.

Military bulldozers were removing rubble and clearing roads as armored vehicles whizzed by.

Outnumbered and outgunned, rebel fighters held out for weeks after the regime launched its assault on Qusair on May 19. They inflicted heavier than expected casualties on the Hezbollah forces who joined the battle, forcing the group to admit its involvement as dozens of its fighters were brought home for burial. As fighting intensified, rebels called on fighters from all over Syria to come to their aid, and foreign militants were suspected to be playing a large role in the town's defense.

But the rebels were running short of ammunition, and they finally withdrew from the town after an intense bombardment overnight, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based opposition activist group.

"The Assad regime and the Iranian militias supporting it have entered Qusair," a statement by the main Western-backed Syrian National Council said, lamenting the "enormous imbalance in the balance of power."

During the barrage, doctors in the town managed to evacuate some 300 seriously wounded civilians who had been trapped during the siege. Convoys ferried them to the nearby village of al-Buweida, the doctor who had been coordinating medical treatment in Qusair, Kazem Alzein, said on Skype.

"We had to. They were destroying the neighborhood," he said.

The mainly Sunni town ? formerly home to some 40,000 people ? was key for both sides. It lies on a land corridor linking two Assad strongholds, the capital of Damascus and an area along the Mediterranean coast that is the heartland of his minority Alawite sect.

For the rebels, who controlled the town since early 2012, Qusair was part of a supply line to Lebanon, serving as a conduit for weapons, fighters and supplies smuggled from Lebanon to the rebels inside Syria.

Capturing Qusair could open the way for the regime's troops to move on rebels in other parts of central Homs province.

On the ground in the past two months, the Syrian army has moved steadily against rebels in key battleground areas, making advances near the border with Lebanon and considerably lowering the threat to Damascus, the seat of Assad's government.

"The (army's) general command reaffirms that its battle against terrorism will continue until peace, security and stability is restored to every inch of Syrian land," the military said in its statement, employing the term the regime uses for rebels fighting to topple Assad.

The fall of Qusair provides the best evidence to date that the growing participation of militant Hezbollah fighters alongside Assad's troops is a potential game changer in the Syrian two-year-old conflict.

The Shiite group, which has been fighting alongside Assad's troops, initially tried to play down its involvement. But during the offensive, Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah firmly linked the group's fate to the survival of the Syrian regime, raising the stakes not just in Syria, but also in Hezbollah's relations with rival groups in Lebanon.

In Hezbollah's strongholds of southern Beirut, celebratory gunfire and fireworks erupted as news of Qusair's capture was announced and continued sporadically for two hours. The group's supporters put up yellow Hezbollah flags along with small banners on street isles that read: "Qusair has fallen," as people in the streets distributed sweets to passers-by.

But Hezbollah's overt involvement has increased the Syria conflict's slide toward a regional sectarian conflict. The war already risks spilling over into Lebanon, where Sunni-Shiite tensions have mounted and Syrian rebels have retaliated against Shiite towns near the Syrian border.

Qusair's fall risks drawing further revenge attacks.

"The repercussions will be on the Lebanese territories," Bassam al-Dada, an official in the rebels' Free Syrian Army, told The Associated Press. "It is the beginning of the end for the group, even inside Lebanon," he added.

Hezbollah's TV channel, Al-Manar, showed pictures of seized weapons, and missiles in Qusair.

"Inside the town, there are no more armed terrorists, only some honorable citizens," a Syrian army officer said, speaking to Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen TV, which has reporters embedded with Syrian troops in the town.

"The (fighters) have either escaped or were killed here," said the unnamed lieutenant colonel.

In the footage, the municipal building in the center of Qusair and the town church appeared to be pockmarked from the fighting. A Syrian flag was raised above it in a show of government control.

ICRC spokeswoman Reema Kamal told the AP in Damascus that the government has promised to grant access to Qusair after the completion of the operation there.

A witness from the town, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he feared for his security, said the military was removing mines from around Qusair and clearing roads.

"The town is empty," the witness said over the telephone.

Qusair's fall comes a day after France and Britain made back-to-back announcements that the nerve gas sarin was used in Syria's conflict. A U.N. probe, also released Tuesday, said it had "reasonable grounds" to suspect small-scale use of toxic chemicals in at least four attacks in March and April in Syria.

The statements ? which included a confirmed case of the Syrian regime using sarin ? leave many questions unanswered, however, because the probes were mostly carried out from outside Syria from samples collected by doctors and journalists.

In the West, the lack of certainty about such allegations is linked to a high stakes political debate over whether the U.S. should get more involved in the Syrian conflict, including by arming rebel fighters. More than 70,000 people have been killed and several million displaced by the Syrian conflict since it erupted more than two years ago.

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El Deeb reported from Beirut. Associated Press writer Bassem Mroue contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Koreas agree to hold talks on reopening complex

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? North and South Korea have agreed to hold talks on reopening a jointly run factory complex in the North and possibly other issues, a hopeful sign for relations that have deteriorated greatly in recent months.

North Korea said Thursday it is open to holding talks with South Korea on reopening the Kaesong complex, which was shuttered in April. Pyongyang's statement was carried by state media and was its first public response to Seoul's proposal in April to discuss the factory complex.

South Korea's Unification Ministry said in a text message that it "positively accepts" the North Korean announcement and added that it will announce the date and agenda of talks later.

Relations between the Koreas sank following a December satellite launch and a February nuclear test by the North.

Associated Press

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Stable bedtime helps sleep apnea sufferers adhere to treatment

Public release date: 5-Jun-2013
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A consistent bedtime routine is likely key to helping people with obstructive sleep apnea adhere to their prescribed treatment, according to Penn State researchers.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) occurs when the upper airway collapses during sleep. It is the most common type of sleep-disordered breathing, and chances of it occurring are greater in obese people. OSA is the second most prevalent sleep disorder among adults.
The first line of treatment for sleep apnea is a noninvasive, in-home treatment called CPAP -- continuous positive airway pressure therapy. However, if patients do not use the treatment consistently for the majority of sleep hours each night, it cannot help.
"It has been shown that routine is important for adherence when it comes to medication, and routine is also relevant to CPAP adherence," said Amy M. Sawyer, assistant professor of nursing, who will report her results at SLEEP 2013, the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, in Baltimore on June 5.
The researchers define CPAP adherence as using the treatment for at least four hours each night. They found that if a patient's bedtime was consistent within 45 minutes, they were significantly more likely to use the CPAP machine for at least four hours each night. A patient whose bedtime was inconsistent -- varying by an hour and five minutes or more -- was much less likely to adhere to treatment.
The researchers found that adults whose bedtime varied by more than 75 minutes or more per night, were 3.2 times more likely to use CPAP less than four hours per night after one month of treatment. For every 30-minute increase in bedtime variability, or inconsistency, the odds of nonadherence to CPAP treatment were 1.8 times greater.
Sawyer and her colleague Tonya King, professor of public health sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, are the first to study the consistency of bedtime and its correlation to treatment adherence.
The researchers asked 97 volunteers who were about to begin CPAP treatment to keep a sleep diary beginning seven days prior to starting treatment. The volunteers recorded the time they went to bed and the time they woke up each day for seven consecutive days.
Each CPAP machine had a microprocessor built in that sent CPAP-use information every 24 hours to the researchers. The microprocessor recorded the patient as using the CPAP machine when breathing through the CPAP mask was detected for longer than 20 minutes.
While the researchers found that regularity of bedtime before beginning CPAP use did not influence adherence during the first week of treatment, it did affect adherence for the first month.
"Unlike many other treatments, CPAP treatment adds new complexity to a person's daily routines," said Sawyer. She and King think that using CPAP is a learned behavior that needs to become a habit.
Sawyer indicated that next steps include figuring out ways to help patients incorporate CPAP use into their daily routine and also studying other consistencies or lack thereof in bedtime routine -- beyond what time a person goes to bed that may influence a person's ability to regularly use CPAP.
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A consistent bedtime routine is likely key to helping people with obstructive sleep apnea adhere to their prescribed treatment, according to Penn State researchers.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) occurs when the upper airway collapses during sleep. It is the most common type of sleep-disordered breathing, and chances of it occurring are greater in obese people. OSA is the second most prevalent sleep disorder among adults.
The first line of treatment for sleep apnea is a noninvasive, in-home treatment called CPAP -- continuous positive airway pressure therapy. However, if patients do not use the treatment consistently for the majority of sleep hours each night, it cannot help.
"It has been shown that routine is important for adherence when it comes to medication, and routine is also relevant to CPAP adherence," said Amy M. Sawyer, assistant professor of nursing, who will report her results at SLEEP 2013, the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, in Baltimore on June 5.
The researchers define CPAP adherence as using the treatment for at least four hours each night. They found that if a patient's bedtime was consistent within 45 minutes, they were significantly more likely to use the CPAP machine for at least four hours each night. A patient whose bedtime was inconsistent -- varying by an hour and five minutes or more -- was much less likely to adhere to treatment.
The researchers found that adults whose bedtime varied by more than 75 minutes or more per night, were 3.2 times more likely to use CPAP less than four hours per night after one month of treatment. For every 30-minute increase in bedtime variability, or inconsistency, the odds of nonadherence to CPAP treatment were 1.8 times greater.
Sawyer and her colleague Tonya King, professor of public health sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, are the first to study the consistency of bedtime and its correlation to treatment adherence.
The researchers asked 97 volunteers who were about to begin CPAP treatment to keep a sleep diary beginning seven days prior to starting treatment. The volunteers recorded the time they went to bed and the time they woke up each day for seven consecutive days.
Each CPAP machine had a microprocessor built in that sent CPAP-use information every 24 hours to the researchers. The microprocessor recorded the patient as using the CPAP machine when breathing through the CPAP mask was detected for longer than 20 minutes.
While the researchers found that regularity of bedtime before beginning CPAP use did not influence adherence during the first week of treatment, it did affect adherence for the first month.
"Unlike many other treatments, CPAP treatment adds new complexity to a person's daily routines," said Sawyer. She and King think that using CPAP is a learned behavior that needs to become a habit.
Sawyer indicated that next steps include figuring out ways to help patients incorporate CPAP use into their daily routine and also studying other consistencies or lack thereof in bedtime routine -- beyond what time a person goes to bed that may influence a person's ability to regularly use CPAP.
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A grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research supported this research.

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Google's neat-freak overhaul of Gmail is now available for Android.

Google's neat-freak overhaul of Gmail is now available for Android. Go get it.

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Panasonic to expand home appliance output if yen drops to 105 vs dollar

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Panasonic Corp said it will boost domestic production of washing machines and other appliances to half of its overall output from about a third should the yen weaken to 105 to the dollar, reversing a strategy of shifting production offshore.

At 105 yen or lower it will cost less for Panasonic to build appliances it sells in Japan rather than importing them from factories abroad, Kazunori Takami, the head of the appliance business, said at a press briefing in Osaka.

Since becoming president of Panasonic a year ago, Kazuhiko Tsuga has made profitability a priority for Takami and other division leaders.

A weakening yen has already spurred some foreign companies including Apple Inc to raise prices as the currency shift eats away at their income in Japan.

(Reporting by Reiji Murai; Writing by Tim Kelly; Editing by Stephen Coates)

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Android market share slides in May despite Galaxy S4 launch

DEAR ABBY: I took care of my grandmother until her death a few years ago, and now my mother is very sick. I feel angry because I'm only 23, and it seems all I have ever done is take care of sick people. I sit at the hospital sometimes just fuming.Mom was a smoker and now she has cancer. I keep thinking if she hadn't smoked, she wouldn't be in this fix, and neither would I. I always visit her and try to do everything she asks of me, and yet I think I'm starting to hate her. I dread going to the hospital, sitting there and waiting for test results, etc. ...

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Dell refreshes its XPS 12 Ultrabook, XPS 27 all-in-one and XPS 8500 desktop

Now that it's unveiled its next-gen Ultrabook, Dell's taking the opportunity to refresh the machines it's already got. Starting with the XPS 12 convertible Ultrabook, the company is adding an NFC chip, Haswell processors and a bigger battery (50Wh, up from 47Wh). Between that CPU change and the enlarged power pack, Dell says the system will now last up to 9.5 hours on a charge -- more than three hours longer than the OG version. Fortunately for you, the starting price is staying put at $1,200, with shipments beginning July 9th in most regions.

Moving on, the XPS 27 all-in-one is stepping up to a 2,560 x 1,440 screen with improved brightness (350 nits vs. 300) and a wider color gamut (99 percent, up from 72). As you'd expect, Dell also swapped in fresh Haswell processors and a 2GB, next-gen NVIDIA GPU, along with a Thunderbolt port, TPM and Dell's ProSupport service offering. Finally, the machine's getting a bigger storage option: a 2TB 7,200RPM HDD paired with a 256GB SSD. That's available today for $1,600 and up -- the same price you would've paid for the last-gen model with a touchscreen. Finally, Dell replaced the XPS 8500 desktop tower with the XPS 8700, which brings Haswell, along with four HDD bays, up to 4TB of storage and up to 32GB of RAM. Additionally, the SSDs offered now include Intel's Smart Response Technology. That's available today too for $700 and up. Happy shopping!

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Black Girls RUN! Ends First Installment of ?Preserve the Sexy Tour? in Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina

June 3, 2013 ? Spartanburg County has identified obesity as the number one medical problem in South Carolina. Greenville/Spartanburg, SC, along with the rest of the state, has contributed obesity to poor health outcomes in the community. Data released in 2010 by the Trust for America?s Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ranked South Carolina 5th highest among states with adults who are either obese or overweight. So, Black Girls RUN! is headed to Greenville/Spartanburg, S.C. for the last stop in the first installment of its ?Preserve the Sexy Tour,? sponsored by ESSENCE magazine and Publix Supermarkets.

This tour is traveling to cities in the ?Stroke Belt,? which have some of the highest obesity rates in the United States, to host one-day health and fitness clinics. The Greenville/Spartanburg tour stop will be held on Saturday, June 8 at the Empowerment Zone (775 Woodruff Road Greenville, SC 29607).

The Preserve The Sexy Tour will feature Black Girls RUN!?s unique ?Walk Before You RUN!? training program, guiding women in their journey from walking to running. Participants will also receive information and tools on choosing the best running gear, hair maintenance tips, nutrition and healthy eating, and more. Q Parker (member of R&B group, 112), singer and fitness enthusiast, will also be the featured guest speaker.

?The rate of adults and children diagnosed as overweight or obese are staggering. It will take a collaborative effort with the community to build a healthier city and state,? said Ashley Hicks, co-founder of Black Girls RUN!.

The tour is open to beginner runners, walkers, non-Black Girls RUN! members and current Black Girls RUN! members. Participants attending the Preserve The Sexy Tour will receive a comprehensive toolkit to get them out of the door and onto the pavement. ?Click here to register for the June 8 Greenville/Spartanburg tour stop. Tickets are on sale online until June 7.

?Too many women have been intimidated by the idea of running because they started out too fast or went too hard. We want to provide women who are interested in running the solid foundation they need to get started in a fun, relaxing atmosphere,? said Toni Carey, co-founder of Black Girls RUN!. ?With the ?Preserve the Sexy Tour? we want to encourage African-American women in areas with high obesity rates to embark on a healthy lifestyle, and reach out to our local communities to enhance its focus on obesity prevention all levels.?

For all ?Preserve the Sexy Tour? updates and to register for the event, visit www.blackgirlsrun.com. You can also follow Black Girls RUN! on Twitter at @BlackGirlsRUN or use the hashtag #PTST13.

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