Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pregnancy may reduce long COVID risk

Pregnancy may offer some protection from developing long COVID, found a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, University of Utah Health and Louisiana Public Health Institute. Previous ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Early Parkinson's symptoms often mistaken for normal aging

Parkinson's disease is often seen as a condition that primarily affects older adults. In reality, it can impact people at any age, with 10–20% of cases appearing before the age of 50, and about half of those are diagnosed ...

A sleep disorder, or 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. Polysomnography is a test commonly ordered for some sleep disorders.

Disruptions in sleep can be caused by a variety of issues, from teeth grinding (bruxism) to night terrors. When a person suffers from difficulty in sleeping with no obvious cause, it is referred to as insomnia. In addition, sleep disorders may also cause sufferers to sleep excessively, a condition known as hypersomnia. Management of sleep disturbances that are secondary to mental, medical, or substance abuse disorders should focus on the underlying conditions.

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