News tagged with sleep problems

Sleep loss precedes Alzheimer's symptoms

Sleep is disrupted in people who likely have early Alzheimer's disease but do not yet have the memory loss or other cognitive problems characteristic of full-blown disease, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows old adage 'sleep on it' is true - but only if it's a really difficult problem

A new study from Lancaster University has found that sleeping on a problem really can help people to find a solution.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 12, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fragmented sleep, fragmented mind: A new theory of sleep disruption and dissociation

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientific research has shed new light on dissociative symptoms and dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder. This condition seems to arise most often when a vulnerable ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists redraw the blueprint of the body's biological clock

The discovery of a major gear in the biological clock that tells the body when to sleep and metabolize food may lead to new drugs to treat sleep problems and metabolic disorders, including diabetes.

Medical research created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sleep problems may be early sign of Alzheimer's

Sleep disruptions may be among the earliest indicators of Alzheimer's disease, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report Sept. 5 in Science Translational Medicine.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Sep 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Trouble sleeping? It may affect your memory later on

The amount and quality of sleep you get at night may affect your memory later in life, according to research that was released today and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New ...

Neuroscience created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Study is first to find significant link between sleepiness and vitamin D

A new study suggests that there is a significant correlation between excessive daytime sleepiness and vitamin D, and race plays an important factor.

Health created Dec 14, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Changes in sleep architecture increase hunger, eating

A new study shows that both length of time and percentage of overall sleep spent in different sleep stages are associated with decreased metabolic rate, increased hunger, and increased intake of calories (specifically from ...

Health created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Losing sleep? Scientists evaluate why

The issue of sleep deprivation has gone beyond the counting of sheep and into the scientific domain, as European researchers set up 'sleep labs' to study the biomedical and sociological factors keeping us ...

Health created May 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Treating sleep problems may be important in schizophrenia

(Medical Xpress) -- A study of schizophrenia patients has found profound disruptions in their sleep patterns, with half also having irregular body clocks that are out of synch with the pattern of night and ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New study shows how seals sleep with only half their brain at a time

(Medical Xpress)—A new study led by an international team of biologists has identified some of the brain chemicals that allow seals to sleep with half of their brain at a time.

Sleep apnea created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study of insomnia finds a new predictor for suicidal thoughts

A new study confirms a link between insomnia and thoughts of suicide and suggests that this relationship is mediated by dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep as well as nightmares. The study suggests that the targeted ...

Sleep apnea created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sleep issues contribute to cognitive problems in childhood cancer survivors

A new analysis has found that childhood cancer survivors often suffer from sleep problems and fatigue, which negatively impact their attention and memory. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the Am ...

Cancer created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Adult day care services provide much-needed break to family caregivers

Adult day care services significantly reduce the stress levels of family caregivers of older adults with dementia, according to a team of Penn State and Virginia Tech researchers.

Health created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Progress is seen on a blood test for Alzheimer's

Scientists are closing in on a long-sought goal: A blood test to screen people for Alzheimer's disease.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sleep disorder

A sleep disorder (somnipathy) is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning. A test commonly ordered for some sleep disorders is the polysomnogram.

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