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Priory Grange Potters Bar welcomes Dr Raheja

March 25, 2010 by SallyPreston

PRIORY GRANGE POTTERS BAR WELCOMES NEW CONSULTANT

15/2/10

Dr Sunil Kumar Raheja has been appointed as visiting Consultant Psychiatrist at the Priory Grange Potters Bar.

Dr Raheja will have practising privileges on the Hadley Unit, working with adults with mild to moderate learning disabilities who have complex needs including challenging behaviour and mental health problems.

Catching up on lost sleep a dangerous illusion

January 16, 2010 by srrpenna

People who are chronically sleep-deprived may think they're caught up after a 10-hour night of sleep, but new research shows that although they're near-normal when they awake, their ability to function deteriorates markedly as night falls.

Some studies show that almost 30% of Americans get less than six hours of sleep at night. The research indicates that the body's daily circadian rhythm hides the effects of chronic sleep loss and gives such people a second wind between about 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., when the circadian rhythm is pushing them to be awake.

Stress could be a trigger for some cancers, new research suggests

January 14, 2010 by srrpenna

The findings, published in Nature, seemed to show for the first time that the conditions for developing the disease can be affected by your emotional environment including every day work and family stress.

Professor Tian Xu, a geneticist at Yale University who led the study, said: "A lot of different conditions can trigger stress signaling - physical stress, emotional stress, infections, inflammation – all these things.

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