Health
Waking up to sleeping pill risks
Insomnia is a real medical issue. But is it so prevalent that millions of Americans need to take sleeping pills every night?
Mar 11, 2020
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Health
New VA/DoD guidelines address sleep-related issues in military personnel, veterans
Recognizing and addressing the widespread problem of sleep disorders in military personnel and veterans, the U.S. Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense (VA/DoD) jointly have issued new guidelines for assessment and ...
Feb 17, 2020
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Health
Refined carbs may trigger insomnia, finds study
An estimated 30% of adults experience insomnia, and a new study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons suggests that diet may be partly to blame.
Dec 12, 2019
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Health
Skipping one night of sleep may leave insomniacs twice as impaired, study says
A new study conducted by researchers at Washington State University shows that individuals with chronic sleep-onset insomnia who pulled an all-nighter performed up to twice as bad on a reaction time task as healthy normal ...
Dec 11, 2019
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Medical research
A new targeted insomnia treatment
Insomnia is one of the most common sleep disorders, and is most commonly treated with hypnotics. However, hypnotics have motor and cognitive side effects. According to new findings from the University of Tsukuba in Japan, ...
Nov 22, 2019
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Neuroscience
Trouble sleeping? Insomnia symptoms linked to increased risk of stroke, heart attack
People who have trouble sleeping may be more likely to have a stroke, heart attack or other cerebrovascular or cardiovascular diseases, according to a study published in the November 6, 2019, online issue of Neurology, the ...
Nov 6, 2019
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Autism spectrum disorders
Behavioral therapy for insomnia shows benefit for children with autism and their parents
Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and affects up to 80% of children with ASD. Several studies report a strong link between insomnia and the severity of ASD-related ...
Nov 5, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sleeping pills reduce suicidal thoughts in patients with severe insomnia
Insomnia is a driver of suicide, and particularly people with severe insomnia may safely benefit from taking a sedative to help address their sleep problems as it reduces their suicidal thoughts, investigators report.
Sep 30, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Chronic insomnia can be cured in cancer survivors with a basic sleep education class
Affecting as many as 30% of cancer survivors, chronic insomnia can be effectively treated with intensive cognitive-behavioral techniques, but such methods are time-consuming, costly, and limited by the availability of trained ...
Sep 24, 2019
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Health
Disturbed childhood can lead to adult insomnia
Parents should help their children with better sleep patterns, along with any problem behavioural issues, because this can lead to severe insomnia in middle age, a groundbreaking new study shows.
Sep 6, 2019
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