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When Sleep Suffers, So Does Decisiveness

HealthDay - Sat Nov 21, 2:43 PM ET

SATURDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep-deprived people may put themselves and others at risk when they need to make split-second decisions, U.S. researchers have found.

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  1. The logo of social networking website 'Facebook' is displayed on a computer screen in London inr 2007. Facebook can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)
    Smiling on Facebook costs Canadian her insurance AFP - Sat Nov 21, 2:08 PM ETSent 983 times

    MONTREAL (AFP) - Facebook can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach.

  2. This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows Iowa State University senior Scott Moseley, of Bettendorf, Iowa, left, talking with ISU Atheist and Agnostic Society president Anastasia Bodnar, right, while stopping at the Ask an Atheist booth at a campus community center, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
    Atheist student groups flower on college campuses AP - 1 hour, 31 minutes agoSent 779 times

    AMES, Iowa - The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist."

  3. Smoke billows from factories in Moscow. Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)
    Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate AP - Sat Nov 21, 2:34 PM ETSent 391 times

    LONDON - Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online — stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.

  4. When Sleep Suffers, So Does Decisiveness HealthDay - Sat Nov 21, 2:43 PM ETSent 387 times

    SATURDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep-deprived people may put themselves and others at risk when they need to make split-second decisions, U.S. researchers have found.

  5. FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2009 file photo, singer Justin Bieber appears on the NBC 'Today' television program in New York. New York police shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber after thousands of young girls showed up and got a little too wild. Nassau County police say girls and adults in the crowd of nearly 3,000 started pushing and shoving as they waited for the 15-year-old sensation to arrive Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, N.Y. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
    Tween Justin Bieber fans lose control at LI mall AP - Sat Nov 21, 1:49 PM ETSent 347 times

    GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Police on Long Island had to shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber after thousands of young girls showed up, and got a little too wild.

  6. U.S. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
    Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle AP - 12 minutes agoSent 283 times

    WASHINGTON - Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.

  7. In this photo released by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, scientists react in the CERN Control Center after successfully restarting the Large Hadron Collider, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs. (AP Photo/Keystone, Brice, CERN)
    Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang AP - Sat Nov 21, 2:06 PM ETSent 245 times

    GENEVA - Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.

  8. The Day Global Warming Stood Still Investor's Business Daily - Fri Nov 20, 6:40 PM ETSent 161 times

    Climate Change: As scientists confirm the earth has not warmed at all in the past decade, others wonder how this could be and what it means for Copenhagen. Maybe Al Gore can Photoshop something before December.

  9. In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, left, meets with the archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. The archbishop of Canterbury held his first talks Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman Catholic church's unprecedented invitation to disaffected Anglicans with the Vatican saying the two sides still want to press ahead for closer relations. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, HO)
    Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations AP - Sat Nov 21, 2:29 PM ETSent 154 times

    VATICAN CITY - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans.

  10. U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Chinese Ambassador to the United States Zhou Wenzhong during a tour of the Great Wall of China in Badaling November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed
    Three Key Lessons from Obama's China Tour Time.com - Sat Nov 21, 1:05 PM ETSent 132 times

    What we learned from the American President's journey through the Middle Kingdom

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  1. Tween Justin Bieber fans lose control at LI mall AP - Sat Nov 21, 1:49 PM ET

    GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Police on Long Island had to shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber after thousands of young girls showed up, and got a little too wild.

  2. Smiling on Facebook costs Canadian her insurance AFP - Sat Nov 21, 2:08 PM ET

    MONTREAL (AFP) - Facebook can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach.

  3. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (C)(D-NV) speaks as Tom Harkin (L)(D-IA) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT) listen after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul on Capitol Hill in Washington November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)
    Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle AP - 12 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.

  4. Atheist student groups flower on college campuses AP - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

    AMES, Iowa - The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist."

  5. Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate AP - Sat Nov 21, 2:34 PM ET

    LONDON - Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online — stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.

  6. Mourners attend the funeral of one of the Fort Hood shooting victims. US Army Major Nidal Hasan, who is accused of killing 13 people earlier this month at Fort Hood, Texas, intensified his communications with a radical Yemeni American cleric just months before the shootings and began discussing with him surreptitious financial transfers, The Washington Post reported Saturday(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Banks)
    Fort Hood suspect ordered held until court-martial AP - 50 minutes ago

    FORT WORTH, Texas - The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday.

  7. Three Key Lessons from Obama's China Tour Time.com - Sat Nov 21, 1:05 PM ET

    What we learned from the American President's journey through the Middle Kingdom

  8. FILE - This Bexar County Sheriff's Office 2007 booking file photo shows Capt. Michael Fontana after he was arrested for racing on a highway in San Antonio. Fontana, 35, an Air Force nurse, goes on trial Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 accused of killing three terminally ill patients at last summer in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Bexar County Sheriff's Office, File)
    Ex-Air Force nurse acquitted of killing patients AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

    SAN ANTONIO - A court-martial acquitted a former military nurse of murder Saturday after he was accused of giving lethal doses of painkillers to hasten the deaths of three terminally ill patients at the Air Force's largest hospital.

  9. FILE - In this May 31, 2007 file photo, part of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) is seen in its tunnel at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, File)
    Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang AP - Sat Nov 21, 2:06 PM ET

    GENEVA - Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.

  10. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. An Iranian Tondar missile is ready for launch during a test at an unknown location in central Iran September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Fars News/Ali Shayegan
    Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear facilities Reuters - Sat Nov 21, 2:27 PM ET

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's military said it will begin large-scale air defense drills on Sunday, and a cleric in the Revolutionary Guards warned that the Islamic Republic would fire missiles at "the heart of Tel Aviv" if attacked.

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  1. A forensic scientist displays human bones found in the jungle of Huanuco in this undated picture provided by the police. Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang suspected of killing dozens of people and selling their fat to buyers to be used for making cosmetics. Four Peruvians were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, murder and trafficking in human fat. REUTERS/Handout
    Gang accused of killing to sell human fat Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 11:03 AM ET

    LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.

  2. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) walks to a lectern to speak to the media after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul on Capitol Hill in Washington November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)
    Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle AP - 12 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.

  3. Overview of the first element (L) of the huge magnet of the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experimental site at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN (Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire) before its lowering on Thursday in the French village of Cessy near the Swiss city of Geneva November 29, 2006. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
    Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang AP - Sat Nov 21, 2:06 PM ET

    GENEVA - Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.

  4. Clips' broadcasters suspended for Haddadi remarks AP - Sat Nov 21, 2:03 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Clippers longtime play-by-play announcer Ralph Lawler and color analyst Michael Smith were suspended one game by the Fox Sports Prime Ticket cable network for their comments about Memphis center Hamed Haddadi.

  5. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. An Iranian Tondar missile is ready for launch during a test at an unknown location in central Iran September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Fars News/Ali Shayegan
    Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear facilities Reuters - Sat Nov 21, 2:27 PM ET

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's military said it will begin large-scale air defense drills on Sunday, and a cleric in the Revolutionary Guards warned that the Islamic Republic would fire missiles at "the heart of Tel Aviv" if attacked.

  6. US President Barack Obama, center, walks to Air Force One with Gen. Walter Sharp, right, and US Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens , left, during his departure from Osan Air Base in South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy AP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.

  7. Palin as the Church Lady The Nation - Fri Nov 20, 4:40 PM ET

    The Nation -- You gotta give Sarah Palin's book tour credit for one thing: It's really putting the passive-aggressive instincts of the religious right on public display.

  8. Atheist student groups flower on college campuses AP - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

    AMES, Iowa - The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist."

  9. Tween Justin Bieber fans lose control at LI mall AP - Sat Nov 21, 1:49 PM ET

    GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Police on Long Island had to shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber after thousands of young girls showed up, and got a little too wild.

  10. Rescuers search for victims after a gas explosion at the Xinxing mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang province, China, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing scores of people and leaving at least 66 others trapped underground as rescuers worked hastily to save them. (AP Photo)
    China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87 AP - 43 minutes ago

    BEIJING - A state news agency says the death toll in a northeast China coal mine blast has jumped to 87.

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