Monitor Your Inner Health, From Naptime Brain Waves to Metabolic Age

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A mirror will tell you how you look, but it won’t tell you what’s going on under your skin. These gadgets will help you monitor your inner health, so the contents match the wrapper.

1. Garmin Forerunner 110

The newest Forerunner is small enough to fit under the cuff of a dress shirt and yet it still talks to satellites. It’s also a great example of a company listening to its customers: Garmin users have been clamoring for a less expensive watch that records where they go and how fast they get there. The 110 does just that.

WIRED Small, affordable, accurate. Lets you use Garmin’s Connect Web site, where you can save and track all your workouts.

TIRED Clip-on USB adapter can be flaky. Getting a lock on the satellites can take a minute or two, so leave time to do some quality stretching before you take off.

$250, garmin.com

2. Zeo Personal Sleep Coach

Strap on the headband before you nod off and in the morning you’ll have a quantified picture of your night’s sleep. Zeo takes an EEG of your nappytime brain waves, so it knows how you doze. And it goes deeper too: By identifying “sleep stealers,” the device helps you find out how, for example, the light from your TV increases the time it takes to fall asleep.

WIRED Opt for detailed information or a single number—your “ZQ”—that measures quality of slumber. Can use your brain signals to determine the best time to wake you up.

TIRED You might sleep better without a transmitter strapped to your head. No wireless uploading.

$249, myzeo.com

3. Tanita BC-350

Your scale only measures your weight? Please. The BC-350 not only tracks your pounds but measures body fat, bone mass, metabolic age, and hydration level. Using a mild electric current (too small to feel), the scale measures the impedance of your body to analyze the nitty-gritty details.

WIRED If you can read standing up, you can use this thing. Allows multiple profiles, so you can see how you stack up against friends and family (eek).

TIRED No way to store data, so get comfy with Excel if you want to track your stats. Don’t expect any advice, either: Though it serves up lots of info, the scale offers no action plan or system for setting goals.

$270, tanita.com

4. GoWear Fit

Who knew so many sensors could fit into a single armband? The GoWearFit packs an accelerometer, a temperature monitor, and a galvanic skin detector. These three electronic superheroes join forces to provide an insanely accurate accounting of how many calories you burn in a given day.

WIRED Fits unobtrusively under clothes. Data uploads to an easy-to-navigate Web site.

TIRED Not waterproof, so it can’t crunch how many calories you burn in the pool (or the shower). Elastic armband gets a little ripe, snuggled up next to your armpit and all. Ugly display sold separately. The Web site has only basic goal setting, like “I want to get more active.”

$190, bodymedia.com

5. Philips DirectLife

Toss the DirectLife in your pocket or dangle it around your neck and its accelerometers keep tabs on how much you move. USB-sync it with a Web site account to track activity levels, identify trends, and set fitness goals. Wow, that was easy.

WIRED Online training coaches are just an email away; their periodic friendly reminders help you stay focused.

TIRED Do you really burn the same number of calories lifting weights as you do sitting on the sofa? (No.) There’s no display except some LED dots that show how much of your daily goal you’ve accomplished. No wireless data transfer. $12.50 monthly fee. Boo.

$99, philips.com

How to get over a break-up

Melbourne, June 11 (ANI): With hotels offering packages that can help one beat the blues of a break-up, a psychologist has offered some tips on how one can get over the pain without spending a penny.

John Aiken, psychologist and author of Accidentally Single, has given ten tips on how one can get over a break-up, reports News.com.au.

The first tip is to avoid all contact with one’s ex-boyfriend or girlfriend.

The second is to begin a healthy lifestyle, by keeping fit, dieting and getting a good sleep.

The third step is to understand what went wrong in the relationship, and to analyse problems of both sides.

The fourth would be to identify what one would like in their next partner.

The fifth is to be aware of any problem patterns, such as communication, style, intimacy, or work hours, one had in the relationship and to change them.

The sixth point is to move on positively and not keep bring up the past.

The seventh tip is to avoid contact with social networks and places that one used to hang out with one’s partner.

The eighth suggestion is to spend more time with friends and family.

The ninth is to pursue independent interests previously put on hold like yoga, travel, and cooking.

And tenth, one needs to get some counselling if break-up problems/issues carry on for more than three months. (ANI)

Brody”s horror flick sex scene turned off Hollywood

London, June 4 (ANI): Canadian filmmaker Vincenzo Natali took French help to fund his new horror flick Splice after Hollywood studios refused to direct a sex scene between Adrien Brody and a creature his character creates.

Natali, 41, says the idea of watching Brody sleep with a half-woman, half-creature, played by French actress Delphine Chaneac, was a big turn off for American studio bosses.

He said: “That scene was the reason I wanted to make the film and that”s why it”s such a miracle this film exists.

“No studio wanted to make it, because of (the) sexual part of the story. So we had to go to France. And the French, of course, had no problem with it.”

Natali also revealed the reason for casting Chaneac in the movie.

“I felt she had an androgynous quality. I didn”t want to make Dren overtly sexual. I wanted people to fall in love with her rather than in lust. Also, I feel like an androgynous beauty is perhaps a little more evolved. Like David Bowie is maybe more evolved than the rest of us,” the Daily Express quoted him, as telling Entertainment Weekly mag.

He added: “I really think that Dren is an object of desire, but not in the most obvious sense.” (ANI)

Rooney’s musical pillow to help him ‘dream’ of firing England to WC glory

London, June 4(ANI): England striker Wayne Rooney has been provided with a pillow that plays his favourite songs after he complained of struggling to sleep without background noise.

The special Sound Asleep Pillows costs 20 pounds and contains tiny speakers, which can be rigged up to a radio or iPod, allowing the user to drift off while listening to their favourite tunes.

“We sent Wayne one after hearing about his problem. A lot of our customers tell us it really helps, As massive football fans at Sound Asleep, we’ll do absolutely anything we can to get him a good night’s sleep,” The Daily Star quoted Jamie Moryoussef, Sound Asleep Pillows boss, as saying.

“After Wayne was snapped getting on the plane with the pillow under his arm, we’re now expecting a huge increase in demand and we are very happy with the unexpected side-effect,” he added. (ANI)

Covidien annonce certaines activités de gestion de portefeuille

* Accord définitif de vente de la gamme de produits de thérapie du sommeil
* Finalisation de la vente de ses radiopharmaceutiques aux États-Unis

DUBLIN–(Business Wire)–
Covidien (NYSE: COV), fournisseur mondial de premier plan de produits de soins
de santé, a annoncé aujourd’hui la signature d’un accord définitif de vente de
ses produits de ventilation spontanée en pression positive continue (CPAP) Sleep
Therapy et Bi-level à PH Invest, société privée du Luxembourg.

PH Invest acquerra les produits CPAP et Bi-level, y compris l’unité de
production de Nancy, en France, ainsi que toutes les activités commerciales
connexes en Europe. Plusieurs produits, vendus sous les marques GoodKnight et
Sandman, sont couverts par cet accord. En sont cependant exclus les produits
d’aide au sommeil vendus et commercialisés sous les noms de marque Adam, Breeze
et Dreamfit, qui continueront d’être vendus par Covidien. Les conditions
financières de cette transaction n’ont pas été révélées.

Cette transaction, qui est sujette aux conditions de Closing habituelles,
devrait être finalisée au cours des trois prochains mois et ne devrait pas avoir
un effet important sur le bénéfice d’exploitation ou le revenu par action pour
2010 ou 2011.

En outre, Covidien a finalisé la vente annoncée antérieurement de ses
radiopharmaceutiques aux États-Unis à Triad Isotopes, Inc. d’Orlando, en
Floride. Les conditions financières de cette transaction n’ont pas été révélées.

Les ventes nettes du secteur de la radiopharmacie de Covidien se sont élevées à
91 millions de dollars au premier semestre de l’exercice fiscal 2010. Cette
transaction ne devrait pas avoir un effet important sur le bénéfice
d’exploitation ou le revenu par action de Covidien au cours de l’exercice fiscal
2010 ou 2011.

La décision de se départir de ces gammes de produits a été prise à la suite d’un
examen et d’une évaluation approfondis d’un certain nombre d’options
stratégiques. Elle s’inscrit dans la stratégie de Covidien visant à rationaliser
son portefeuille et à réaffecter les ressources vers ses branches d’activité en
plus forte croissance et à marges plus élevées où la société possède, ou peut
posséder, un avantage compétitif sur le plan mondial.

À PROPOS DE COVIDIEN

Covidien est une société internationale de premier rang spécialisée dans les
soins de santé. Elle crée des solutions médicales novatrices en vue d’améliorer
l’évolution de l’état de santé des patients et apporte de la valeur par son
leadership et son excellence cliniques. Covidien fabrique, distribue et assure
le service après-vente d’une gamme variée de lignes de produits leaders dans
trois secteurs : dispositifs médicaux, produits pharmaceutiques et fournitures
médicales. Avec un chiffre d’affaires de 10,7 milliards de dollars en 2009,
Covidien emploie plus de 42 000 collaborateurs dans 60 pays, et commercialise
ses produits dans plus de 140 pays. Consultez le site www.covidien.com pour en
savoir davantage sur notre société.

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du Private Securities Litigation Reform Act de 1995. Les déclarations
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et les attentes actuelles de la société mais sont sujettes à un certain nombre
de risques, d’incertitudes et de changements des circonstances, ce qui peut
entraîner un écart entre les résultats actuels ou les actions réelles de la
société et ce qui est exprimé ou sous-entendu dans ces déclarations. Les
facteurs susceptibles d’entraîner un écart entre les résultats futurs réels et
les attentes actuelles de la société comprennent, sans toutefois s’y limiter, la
possibilité que la transaction portant sur la thérapie du sommeil ne soit pas
finalisée ou que le Closing en soit retardé, la capacité de la société à lancer
et à commercialiser efficacement de nouveaux produits ou à suivre le rythme des
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To sleep at night, overcome stress during day

Berlin, May 29 (DPA) Dealing with mental stress during the daytime is one way to get a good night’s sleep as the body cannot switch itself into a relaxed mode at the push of a button, according to Professor Thomas Pollmaecher of the German Society of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurological Healing.

Workers should make sure they get enough breaks during the day and prevent their workload from getting too high.

A stressful job can mean taking that pressure home with you and sleeping badly at night. Pollmaecher recommends changing into fresh clothing after work. It can also help if you imagine a situation that marks a change such as closing a file or letting shutters down.

People who get sufficient exercise in the fresh air are also more likely to sleep well but it is not a good idea to be very physically active late at night as that overactivates the cardiovascular system.

Fatty or rich foods can also keep the body busy by being difficult to digest. If you experience difficulty sleeping over an extended period of time you should consult your doctor.

From nowhere to almost there for Karlsson

Wentworth (Britain), May 23 (IANS) Robert Karlsson signed his second round card of one-under 70 and then figured that at three-over 145, he was going to miss the cut. The Swede based in Nice, Monaco, disappointed at finishing with a double bogey seven on the 18th that messed his round, took an afternoon flight from London to Nice.

He was almost home in front of his door, when he got a call that he was likely to make the cut right on the line at three-over. Realising that he was in with a chance to play the weekend, without even as much as saying ‘Hi’ to his wife in the house, he asked the same taxi driver to take him back to the airport.

With no direct flight to London, he took a flight to Paris and then after two hours of sleep, he hired a private jet to leave at 6 a.m. He reached just in time for the 8.55 a.m. tee off.

The 2008 European Number One birdied five of the first seven holes to turn in 30 and then picked further shots at the 12th, 14th and 16th for a stunning 62 at the tough West Course. That took him to tied second and just two strokes behind the leader Chris Wood.

From being nowhere, Karlsson now has the chance to pick up the winner’s cheque of 750,000 euros that could make him the first player to win a European Tour event after coming from the cut line.

Asked where he ranked the round, Karlsson just smiled and replied: ‘Probably the most unexpected.’

Rory McIlroy did just that in US recently while winning the Quail Hollow Open on the PGA Tour.

Wayne Rooney loves to hear a buzz while sleeping!

London, May 20 (ANI): Wayne Rooney’s obsession with hearing a buzz in the background as he sleeps extends much beyond the hairdryer – the Man U footie sleeps on the floor of planes when he flies to feel the jet engines’ vibration.

“If I”m staying in a hotel or I”m sleeping on my own I have the hairdryer on,” the Sun quoted Rooney, as saying.

He added: “When I”m with COLEEN I have the fan on. I don”t know what it is, but the noise just helps me sleep.

“If we”re on long-haul flights I”ve been known to sleep on the floor so I hear the engine, and on occasions when the manager has walked past he”s asked, ”What are you doing?”” (ANI)

How a pet pooch can help treat Parkinson”s

London, May 13 (ANI): A significant treatment for Parkinson”s disease has been revealed by doctors – a pet pooch.

Health of a 28-year-old woman with the brain disease improved thanks to her pooch.

The woman, who started taking large doses of four different drugs a day to control symptoms three years after being diagnosed, had a morphine pump for 14 hours a day and her health was deteriorating fast.

But after being given a highland terrier by a friend, docs reported improvements in symptoms and a drop in the drugs she needed, reports The Sun.

What’s more, she no longer needed her daily morphine.

Doctors at Imperial College London, who report her case in the Journal Of Neurology, said: “Remarkably sustained benefits occurred, with improvement in her walking and symptoms including appetite, sleep and bowel function, as well as socialisation.”

Docs are not able to zero in on the reason as to how the dog had such a dramatic effect, but they say that having to walk, feed and look after the pet encouraged her to exercise regularly. (ANI)

Russell Brand had a ‘sex team’ to help him choose girls!

London, May 13 (ANI): Funnyman Russell Brand has revealed that he had a sex team, who searched girls for him, when he was at his promiscuous best.

The Englishman said that the group followed his specific instructions, when looking for a woman.

“When I was at my most promiscuous, I was like a charging locomotive. My selection process was outsourced,” the Sun quoted him, as telling Playboy magazine.

He added: “I had a team of experts who took care of finding women for me. They had very specific instructions.

“It was as if I was talking to a wine steward – ”I”m looking for something French, a bit fruity, smells of oak.”

However, Brand, who is now dating singer Katy Perry, insists he is a changed man.

He said: “I”ve reached a point in my life where I understand empirically that this is not the answer.

“When you sleep with loads of women, it becomes a bit pointless and futile.”

Also, he dismissed suggestions that he had a gala time in sex rehab.

He said: “The majority of people in sex rehab are just disgusting men.

“There aren”t hot blondes ripping off their clothes and saying, ”I”m gorgeous, and I just can”t get enough!”

“It”s just sleazy men pleasuring themselves in dark corners. Let”s not shy away from it: they”re paedophiles and perverts.

“I”m sorry if I burst your bubble and took some of the magic out of it.” (ANI)

Sandra Bullock shares her bed with 9 dogs!

Sydney, May 7 (ANI): Sandra Bullock has an unusual sleeping habit – she shares her bed with all her 9 dogs.

The Blind Side star, who left her husband Jesse James over allegations of his affair with model Michelle ”Bombshell” McGee, slept with her 9 puppies even when James was around.

“I feel bad for her, I do. But they slept with nine dogs in the bed… she liked to sleep with all the dogs in the bed,” The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Michelle as saying.

When asked about her relationship with James, she told US radio host Howard Stern: “It was boredom. Had nothing better to do. It was a sexual thing. I also wished it was a relationship – but I wasn”t in love with him.” (ANI)

Henin reaches third final since comeback

Justine Henin reached her third final in fourth months since her comeback when she brushed aside Shahar Peer in her semi-final at Stuttgart’s indoor clay tournament on Saturday.

The Belgian wild card, warming up for her first appearance at Roland Garros since winning her fourth French Open title there in 2007, won 6-3 6-2 and will meet Samantha Stosur in Sunday’s final.

The Australian, seeded seven, beat Russian qualifier Anna Lapushchenkova 7-5 6-3.

Henin has already reached the finals at Brisbane and the Australian Open since returning to action in January following a 19-month break from the game.

Peer hit back from an early service break to level at 2-2 but after that had little answer to the ruthless Henin, whose only problem was with her first serve.

“It has been a great performance,” Henin told reporters.

“I feel really comfortable at the moment and am enjoying being on the court, especially at one of my favourite tournaments.

“My coach will nevertheless tell me first about the mistakes I made. But he’ll also say that I was good enough today. And that I’m better when I’m playing aggressively and going to the net.

“My quarter-final was long and intense. I was a little tired especially as I didn’t sleep that well. But physically, I was fine.

World number 10 Stosur continued her unbeaten record on clay this year against the rank outsider.

“I had a little bit of trouble at the start,” she said.

“There were hardly any rallies and I couldn’t really get into the match.

“Anna made me work hard and I had difficulties working out how to play her. It wasn’t easy today.”

(Editing by Justin Palmer)

Billy Corgan accuses Courtney Love of stealing his tunes

Melbourne, April 28(ANI): The Smashing Pumpkins member Billy Corgan has slammed former girlfriend Courtney Love for recording the tracks he had allegedly created.

Apparently, Love has used the tunes in her new Hole album ‘Nobody”s Daughter.’

“My face is my face, my heart is my heart, my money is my money. Oh, and my songs are MY songs,” News.com.au quoted Corgan as stating on Twitter.

He added: “If you can”t write your own songs maybe you should just be happy that you fooled someone into doing your work for you…

“Or maybe you should go somewhere nice and live off your husband”s money, u know the money he made for writing all those great songs.

“The world is aware of your lack of responsibility, as seen in the gov”t taking away your parental right.

“Only u could abandon such a beautiful, incredible child who is smarter than u, cooler than u, and better than u. Oops, did I say too much?

“So have your moment, burn up in the sun that laughs at u as equally as it appears to celebrate u and sleep knowing u have no honor.” (ANI)

Susan “Shrieking” Boyle given sedatives on Tokyo flight

London, April 24(ANI): Singer Susan Boyle had to be given sedatives while on a flight to Tokyo, as she kept “shrieking” which disturbed her fellow passengers, it has emerged.

The ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ star was onboard Upper Class section of a Virgin flight.

Apparently, the 49-year-old celebrity’s minders gave her pills to help her sleep but the medicine’s effect wouldn’t last for too long.

She allegedly walked up and down the aisle, shouting.

“The sedatives kept wearing off. It was lucky she was in the relatively small upstairs cabin, otherwise she would have disturbed the whole aircraft,” the Daily Star quoted a doctor on the flight, as saying.

A passenger on the flight said Boyle was “unbearable” and even her team of 10 minders could not keep her under control.

The onlooker said: “She was shrieking at the top of her voice and disturbing the other passengers.

“At one moment she was highly animated, then she would be in a drowsy state and helped back to her seat.

“Some of us were worried that she might do something silly because we were just outside the cockpit door.” (ANI)

Average Brit crawls to bed at 11.41pm

London, Apr 21 (ANI): The average Briton goes to sleep at 11.41pm on weeknights, according to new research.

The new time is almost an hour later than only three years ago, and the blame goes to money worries, long working hours and busy lifestyles, reports The Daily Express.

Professor Anthony Leeds, medical director of Cambridge Weight Plan, which carried out the research, said: “Everyone is so manic these days, that once we have fallen through the front door, had dinner, sorted out the kids and finished watching TV, it’s so late.”

According to the study, when Brits go to bed, 76 per cent of them find it hard to sleep with partners snoring, traffic, nightmares and eating too late causing problems. (ANI)

Life terms for murdering parents

A Perth man who claimed he was sleep walking when he murdered both of his parents will spend at least 15 years in jail.

Wearing steel capped boots, Vernon Silich kicked his parents Faye and Robert to death in their Yokine home in April 2008.

Today, Supreme Court Justice John McKechnie said while Silich’s alcohol intoxication provided an explanation for the crime, it did not provide an excuse.

He said the motive for the attack may never be known and sentenced Silich to two terms of life imprisonment.

He will have to serve 15 years before parole can be considered.

Carol Tipping is the mother in law of Robert and Faye Silich’s other son.

She says the murders have had a devastating impact on her son-in-law and her grandchildren.

“Right at the moment there’s not sufficient closure because there could still be an appeal and they’ve got to deal with it. It’s only 15 years and 15 years, it’s a possibility it may not be enough.”

Outbreak of parvovirus in Townsville dogs

The RSPCA says hundreds of dogs at the Townsville shelter in north Queensland have been put down after an outbreak of parvovirus.

RSPCA spokesman Michael Beatty says 200 dogs have been destroyed and many more animals have been surrendered.

He says pet owners need to make sure their animals have been immunised to avoid the spread of disease in the region.

“Since the beginning of the year, there’s been over 200 that have had to be put to sleep,” he said.

“That includes up to 50 puppies that have come in contact with the parvovirus.

“So that’s another message to people to please, please make sure that your animals are inoculated.”

He says Townsville is one of the busiest shelters in the state and there is no signs of the pressure easing.

“There’s no doubt about that and sadly I guess for all the wrong reasons,” he said.

“But having said that there have been well over 340 animals re-homed out at Townsville which is terrific but it’s been very, very busy and sadly for all the wrong reasons.”

School starts too early for dozy teens

Researchers at the University of South Australia say school hours should be changed to accommodate the sleep needs of teenagers.

A study published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health today looks at the sleep patterns of young people and its links to health problems such as obesity.

Professor Tim Olds says many teenagers are not getting enough sleep through the school week and would be better off if school started later in the day.

“It certainly seems that it’s not so much the absolute amount of sleep that teenagers are getting but the fact that they have these sort of cyclical sleep deficits,” he said.

“So they are underslept on school days and they accumulate a big sleep deficit through the week, then they get rid of that sleep deficit Friday and Saturday, then the whole thing begins again on Sunday.

“Adolescents who tend to go to bed a bit later don’t get enough sleep in the school days, so by putting back the school starting time to 10:00am or 11:00am that may remedy that.”

British couples’ irritating bedtime habits revealed

London, Mar 27 (ANI): A new survey has revealed British couples’ irritating bedtime habits.

The biggest cause of complaint was the “tuck and roll”, where a person holds on to the edge of the duvet and rolls away from the other, leaving them in the cold, reports The Telegraph.

The “midnight shuffle”, where one sleeper moves away from the other and is slowly followed across the bed by their partner, followed “tuck and roll” in the survey of 1,000.

Other irritating problems are grinding teeth, snoring, talking and fidgeting,

Jessica Alexander, from The Sleep Council, said: “Research shows that one in 10 couples currently have separate beds.

“However, one out of five would love to have their own bed if only their partner would suggest it.

“A really big bed and separate bedding might solve some of the problems, but if sleeping habits are desperately different, then separate beds or bedrooms is the only answer.

“You can still have all the cuddles and intimate moments before retiring to get a good night’s sleep.”

The top 10 bedroom complaints:

Tuck and Roll – 42 per cent

Midnight Shuffle – 19 per cent

Snoring – 9 per cent

Teeth grinding – 7 per cent

Kicking and fidgeting – 6 per cent

Talking – 5 per cent

Drooling – 4 per cent

Twitching – 4 per cent

Sleep walking – 3 per cent

Flatulence – 1 per cent (ANI)

MJ’s home search reveals ‘skin-whitening cream”

Melbourne, March 27 (ANI): Officials combing Michael Jackson’s home after his death were said to have stumbled on skin-whitening creams.

Several skin-whitening tubes and medical items, including four bottles of anesthetic, were found in a cupboard in the star’s room, according to released search warrants.

The documents were unveiled following a legal motion, News.com.au reported.

Jackson died aged 50 on June 25 last year at his home in Los Angeles. The coroner ruled the case as homicide mainly caused by an overdose of the anesthetic Propofol.

His personal doctor Conrad Murray admitted administering Propofol to help Jackson sleep hours before his death but said he gave him nothing to cause his death.

Murray has pleaded not guilty to the single charge of involuntary manslaughter over the singer’s death. (ANI)