Health
Enjoy your nap, but be aware of the pros and cons
You could read this story now. Or you could take a nap first, and perhaps tackle it feeling more alert and refreshed. Health-wise, is that a good idea?
Jul 24, 2020
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Sleep Apnea
Dentistry
The toll of shrinking jaws on human health
For many of us, orthodontic work—getting fitted with braces, wearing retainers—was just a late-childhood rite of passage. The same went for the pulling of wisdom teeth in early adulthood. Other common conditions, including ...
Jul 22, 2020
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Health
As REM sleep declines, life span suffers
Deep sleep is essential for good health, and too little of it may shorten your life, a new study suggests.
Jul 7, 2020
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Sleep disorders
Sleep apnea is a public health threat: Researchers have developed an app to recognize it
Sleep apnea is a very common sleep disorder characterized by breathing pauses and periodic snoring. According to some studies, as much as ten percent of the population suffer from it, but up to nine out of ten cases remain ...
Jul 2, 2020
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Medical research
Hunger-blocking hormone reverses opioid overdose in mice
In 2018, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine showed that delivering the hunger-suppressing hormone leptin into the nose could ease breathing problems in sleeping obese mice. In addition to its role in metabolism, leptin ...
Jul 2, 2020
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Cardiology
More young Americans developing unhealthy predictors of heart disease
(HealthDay)—A new study finds that 1 in 5 people under age 40 now have metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that together increase the odds for many serious conditions, including diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
Jun 23, 2020
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Sleep disorders
Study links increased exercise with lower sleep apnea risk
A study published online as an accepted paper in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that increased physical activity is associated with a lower risk of obstructive sleep apnea, a common sleep-related breathing disorder. ...
Jun 23, 2020
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Diabetes
Sleep apnea in patients with T2DM ups risk for comorbidities
(HealthDay)—Patients with type 2 diabetes who develop obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at higher risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and other diabetes-related complications, according to a study recently published in ...
Jun 12, 2020
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Diabetes
BMI, tracheal intubation and death linked in diabetes with COVID-19
Body mass index (BMI) is associated with tracheal intubation and/or death within seven days among individuals with diabetes hospitalized for COVID-19, according to a study published online May 29 in Diabetologia.
Jun 3, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brazilian startup develops technology for monitoring of patients with suspected COVID-19
Developed by Biologix, a startup headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, researchers have developed a sleep apnea home diagnostic and monitoring system based on Internet of Things technology that can be used for the remote monitoring ...
May 18, 2020
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