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[orleans]

Coming Up On 60 Minutes:
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The Wrong Medicine
Dennis Quaid's newborn twins nearly died when they were mistakenly given a drug overdose. The actor and his wife share their story to draw attention to hospital mistakes that kill as many as 100,000 Americans a year. Steve Kroft reports. | Watch Video
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The Science Of Sleep
Scientists are discovering that sleep is far more critical to human health than previously believed and have linked sleep deprivation to serious problems such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease. Lesley Stahl reports this double length segment. |

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[DesertFlower]

1. thanks for the "heads up". nt

[napi21]

2. I always watch 60 Minutes, but lack of sleep doesn't cause anything

but being tired! I worked 9PM to 5AM for 5 years while my kids were growing up. Hubby was home when I wasn't so we didn't need to find $$ for sitters. I also had to make sure the oldest got his breakfast and got the school bus and the younger one I had to take to nursery school which was 1 1/2 hours ong and the year after that, kindegarden was 1/2 day and I had to take him and pick him up. No time to sleep! I averaged about 3-4 hours a day at best. I felt fine, but I couldn't got to a movie because in the dark theater I just couldn't keep my eyes open, and I did fall asleep at a traffic light once on my way home. i'm 64 now and I don't have ANY diseases, let alone the ones referenced by 60 Mins!

[Vincardog]

3. JUst because it didn't happen to you does not mean there is no link. There are 80 yo people who

have smoked their whole lives. That does not mean that smoking is not linked to cancer.

[napi21]

4. Oh yes, I know. I smoke & drink too. Maybe all those bad habits are lniked to

diseases just not finding a body they want to inhabit! Ony the good die young ya know.

[marlakay]

10. thats for damn sure

friend i work with her dad and mom are high up in dem party here in WA, they know the gov & senators. her dad (late 60's in good health) was pruning a tree the other day fell and broke his neck, not the bad part, he stopped breathing for 20 min and now has no brain activity and they are turning the machines off today.

yeah, the good die young...he worked hard to get his pretty red city less red.

[orleans]

13. how sad. what a horrible story. very sorry for your friend, and for

the party he was working to change/fix.

[Frank Lemadeer]

6. Shhhh. Keep that on the down low

or you could mess up a market for designer sleep drugs. And you might stop people from worrying about getting enough sleep--worry that would result in sleeplessness and more demand for designer sleep drugs.

[pokercat999]

7. Screw those SCIENTISTS and doctors we got your

anecdotal life experience to prove them wrong!

They're probably fronting for some sleep drug anyway!

:sarcasm:

[bobbolink]

9. Then you're fortunate.

[orleans]

14. you posted before the show. did you watch it?

i think parents, in general, are sleep deprived. i know i certainly was. i managed to accomplish a lot of things--but...

[Danmel]

5. I'll lose sleep worrying about the Quaid Twins

Seriously, who can sleep? Everything is so fucked up.

I would take Ambien but I don't trust the pharmaceutical companies and those warnings scare me "Night driving and night eating can occur with amnesia of the event. Tell you doctor if you exprience these side effects" Excuse me....but if I have amnesia of the event, how am I gonna tell my doctor?

[pokercat999]

8. Get a note from the cop that pulls you from the wreck. nt

[Rick Myers]

11. Ask for a SMALL dose of Seroquel

About 50 mg. is a good sleep aid that doesn't have side effects. Anymore and you'll feel groggy. It's used in high doses to treat psychosis like schitzophrenia (200 to 600mg).

[Berry Cool]

12. They are assuming you have a bed partner or otherwise live with someone who might notice

if you were raiding the fridge or cupboards in the middle of the night or heading out to the car.

Isn't that nice? We single folks are on our own. If we're taking some sleep aid that's causing us to eat or drive at night with no memory of the event, the only way we'll know is if we a) wake up to an empty kitchen or b) crack into a telephone pole.

[orleans]

15. i was really disturbed about the stats dennis found:

100,000 die each year due to human error in hospitals.

when my mom was in the hospital i couldn't do enough to get her the hell out of there fast. one of the drs even threatened that if she leaves without being officially released her insurance won't pay for her hospital stay!

i was so relieved when her other doctor released her an hour later.