Cardiology
Study reveals why heart failure patients suffer depression, impaired thinking
Heart failure patients often have trouble with thinking and depression.
Apr 5, 2019
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Sleep Disorders
Cardiology
Sleeping pill use linked to greater need for blood pressure medications
In a Geriatrics & Gerontology International study of 752 older adults with hypertension followed from 2008-2010 through 2012-2013, using sleeping pills on a regular basis was linked with use of an increasing number of blood ...
Apr 3, 2019
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Sleep disorders
New evidence on the association of shortened sleep time and OSA with sleepiness and cardiometabolic risk factors
A new study appearing in the journal CHEST may change the way we think about sleep disorders. In this study led by Dr. Luciano F. Drager, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and short sleep duration (SSD) were compared with excessive ...
Apr 1, 2019
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Neuroscience
New brain research challenges our understanding of sleep
An international study headed by researchers from Aarhus University has for the first time uncovered the large-scale brain patterns and networks in the brain which control sleep, providing knowledge which in the future may ...
Mar 22, 2019
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Neuroscience
Could medical marijuana help grandma and grandpa with their ailments?
Medical marijuana may bring relief to older people who have symptoms like pain, sleep disorders or anxiety due to chronic conditions including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, neuropathy, spinal cord damage ...
Feb 28, 2019
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Neuroscience
Neuroscientist probes sleep's role in learning and memory
Does "sleeping on it" help us make better decisions? Are sleep disorders just a natural part of aging? How important are naps, anyhow? Rebecca Spencer, Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and director ...
Feb 20, 2019
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Health
Study helps solve mystery of how sleep protects against heart disease
Researchers say they are closer to solving the mystery of how a good night's sleep protects against heart disease. In studies using mice, they discovered a previously unknown mechanism between the brain, bone marrow, and ...
Feb 13, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
PTSD alone didn't increase heart disease risk in veterans
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by itself does not explain the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in veterans with this condition. A combination of physical disorders, psychiatric disorders and smoking, that are ...
Feb 13, 2019
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Cardiology
Many women plagued by anxiety after stroke
Angie Read Doyal was unsure if she'd be the same after her stroke. So, when she felt ready to return to work after only seven weeks of intense physical, speech and occupational therapy, she was confident.
Feb 7, 2019
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Health
Researchers propose guidelines for the therapeutic use of melatonin
Sixty years after melatonin was isolated and with more than 23,000 published studies showing the many functions of this hormone secreted by the pineal gland, guidelines should be discussed and established for its therapeutic ...
Dec 12, 2018
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