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Postprandial somnolence (colloquially known as food coma, after-dinner dip, or "the itis") is a normal state of drowsiness or lassitude following a meal. Postprandial somnolence has two components: a general state of low energy related to activation of the parasympathetic nervous system in response to mass in the gastrointestinal tract , and a ...
It’s known as postprandial somnolence, which is basically a fancy word for a food coma, says W. Christopher Winter, MD, a neurologist and sleep medicine physician with Charlottesville Neurology ...
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Idiopathic postprandial syndrome, colloquially but incorrectly known by some as hypoglycemia, describes a collection of clinical signs and symptoms similar to medical hypoglycemia but without the demonstrably low blood glucose levels which characterize said condition.
Staffordshire and Stoke On Trent Partnership NHS Trust was the biggest integrated health and social care NHS organisation in England. [1] It intended to become an NHS Foundation Trust , but it was not clear at the time that the rules permitted a social care provider to do so [ citation needed ] .
The white paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS, [10] was followed in December 2010 by an implementation plan in the form of Liberating the NHS: legislative framework and next steps. [11] McKinsey & Company who have been influential in the British Department of Health for many years was heavily involved in the discussions around the ...
Treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) relies on identifying and treating the underlying disorder which may cure the person from the EDS. Drugs like modafinil, [22] armodafinil, [23] pitolisant [24] (Wakix), sodium oxybate (Xyrem) oral solution, have been approved as treatment for EDS symptoms in the United States.
An NHS trust previously involved in a legal battle over whether a 19-year-old could be moved onto palliative care can now be named, a High Court judge has ruled.