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Celebrity Endorsements
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Oxytocin benefits for sleep
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Shelly J. Lane, PhD, OTR/L, is Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
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Weighted Blankets on Insomnia
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SDS Clinic, ESRS accredited Sleep Research Laboratory, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Hospital Trying Blanket Therapy
Article printed in the Republican Newspaper’s Health & Science Section
Friday, April 28th, 2006
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Exploring the Safety & Effectiveness
of the Use of Weighted Blankets with
Adult Populations
2007 American Occupational Therapy Association’s
Annual Conference Presentation
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Brian Mullen, MS
Debra Dickson, APRN, BC
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Diabetes:
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Heart Attack:
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Janice Lloyd, “Lack of Sleep Increases Stroke Risk”, USA TODAY, June 11, 2012.
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Cancer:
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Alzheimer’s Disease:
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