| Chasing sleep: Part I
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Many Americans today are chasing sleep. Sleep deprivation is something most people deal with at some point in their adult lives. That's the case for Larry Jones; he even used to scare his wife and family while he slept. "They were concerned because when someone is lying beside you and you quit breathing even if it's for a second...so that would affect her because she would stay awake just to make sure I started breathing again," says Jones. He discovered he has sleep apnea, the most common condition that brings patients to sleep centers, like the one at genesis west. Larry's having a follow-up sleep study at Genesis to check the performance of his C-Pap, the machine he uses to relieve his sleep apnea. "Since I have retired and got out of military, I've picked up weight, so I just need to find out that the current settings are right," says Jones.
Bottoms up gets thumbs down for moms-to-be
One can�t help but notice that the holidays are soon approaching. With the holidays, come family, friends, holiday cheer and those wondrous scents of home-baked goods.
�Cheers� to you and me in the form of eggnog, wine and Bloody Marys can be a good thing in moderation, unless, of course, you�re pregnant.
If a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy, her baby can be born with fetal alcohol syndrome. FAS is one of the most severe effects of drinking during pregnancy.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fetal alcohol syndrome is characterized by abnormal facial features, growth deficiencies and central nervous system problems.
Children with FAS can have problems with the heart, kidneys and bones. People with FAS might have problems with learning, memory, attention span, communication, vision, hearing or a combination of these.
Infidelity can add to grief for spouses of Alzheimer's victims
A life-shattering disease, Alzheimer's may be cruelest to the devoted spouses who watch their partners slip away from them into dementia. That agony is compounded when patients embrace new romances with fellow nursing home residents.
Few may want to contemplate the problem, but many will encounter it, particularly as the 78.2 million American Baby Boomers age, live longer and flood the nation's residential care centers in coming years.
The family of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor cast a rare spotlight on this sensitive situation last week when Scott O'Connor told an Arizona television station that his 77-year-old father, John, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's 17 years ago, had fallen in love with a female resident of his Phoenix nursing home.
Residents Demand Help For Kids
Some Albany residents told the city's Common Council they want their city free from gangs and violence. They say city funding should be used to pay for community centers that might help young people steer clear of a life of violence. One 54-year-old man told how he was kicked and beaten by a group of ten teen-agers who he says only wanted to assault him - not rob him. He asked CBS 6 to not report his name because he's afraid someone will come to his home and put his family in danger. He wonders if the attack on Delaware Avenue on November 6 was part of a gang initiation. "The intensity and the hatred and violence was unbelievable. They were punching and kicking me with intense hatred and I don't even know these people. To me, this was a hate crime," he said. Some common council members agree community centers for young people are a good idea but others say that's just part of the solution.
I can't be away from Nicole, Urban
Country music star Keith Urban says he can't spend more than 12 days apart from movie star wife Nicole Kidman. Speaking with Channel Nine's 60 Minutes, Urban said that he will only tour for 12 days at a time, in order to be with his wife as much as possible. .
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