Sentence examples for reduce sleepiness from inspiring English sources

Patients were also asked to take a brief nap prior to video recordings to reduce sleepiness, and were asked again whether they felt sleepy at the end of the procedure; this was done to avoid the confounding effects of sleepiness on the observation of cataplexy.

By year-end, Cephalon hopes to have results of a clinical trial in which Provigil is being tested to reduce sleepiness in people who work the graveyard shift.

It is possible that SD increases smoking because smokers expect that it will reduce sleepiness.

Besides being a useful tool for coping with sleep deprivation, naps can reduce sleepiness and improve cognitive performance.

Direct treatment of depression in OSA might improve acceptance of therapy, reduce sleepiness and fatigue and improve quality of life, but intervention trials are required to answer this question.

In fact, a 2013 study in the journal Ergonomics found that an hour-long nighttime nap helped night shift workers improve their performance and reduce sleepiness without reducing their daytime sleep.

The medication, modafinil, reduced sleepiness but had no effect on paralysis attacks, Dr. Mignot found.

Cephalon announced yesterday that its drug Provigil had reduced sleepiness in night-shift workers in a clinical trial.

The researchers tested sleep-deprived subjects in driving simulators and found that a "caffeine nap" improved driving performance and reduced sleepiness better than other commonly employed techniques, including cold air, a short nap, a break with no nap or 200 milligrams of caffeine, roughly the amount in a 10-ounce cup of strong brewed coffee.

In other experiments, blue also proved more powerful in elevating body temperature and heart rate and in reducing sleepiness, according to Gilles Vandewalle, of the Center for the Study of Sleep and of Biological Rhythms at the University of Montréal.

In a separate study among adolescents [ 26], a delay of school start time by 30 minutes led to an increase in sleep time by 45 minutes; more satisfaction with sleep; improved motivation; reduced sleepiness, fatigue and depressed mood; and improved class attendance.