An article reporting the results of phase II and III trials shows the drug tasimelteon to be effective for transient insomnia of the kind caused by night shift work and jet-lag. As such, this drug could be a first-line therapy for people burdened with the effects of travel across time zones or working at night.
(Dr. Shantha Rajarathnam and Dr. Elizabeth B. Klerman of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA-Lancet, December 2, 2008)

A study in the journal Sleep shows that the use of light exposure therapy, dark sunglasses and a strict sleep schedule can help night-shift workers create a "compromise circadian phase position," which may result in increased performance and alertness during night shifts while still allowing adequate nighttime sleep on days off.
(Published: Monday, December 1, 2008 - 07:15 in Psychology & Sociology) Web link

"As we get older, the amount of nightly sleep that we need remains the same as that of what we needed when we were younger. However the ability to get the sleep that we need does change. Older people have a hard time getting the sleep they need because of the interference of medical illness, the medications they take for those illnesses, and changes in their biological clock," says Sonia Ancoli-Israel, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and director of the sleep disorders clinic at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System.
(Robert Preidt, AASM released to Health Day News in April 27, 2008)

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