Neuroscience
Muscle, not brain, may hold answers to some sleep disorders
Scientists exploring the brain for answers to certain sleep disorders may have been looking in the wrong place.
Aug 3, 2017
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Sleep disorders
Videotaping sleepers raises CPAP use
(HealthDay)—A video may be worth a thousand words for someone with sleep apnea.
Jul 24, 2017
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Sleep disorders may increase cognitive problems particularly in those at risk for Alzheimer's
People who carry a genetic susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease appear to be at greater risk of diminished cognition from sleep-disordered breathing than those without the susceptibility, according to new research published ...
Jul 21, 2017
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Study links restless legs syndrome to poor sleep quality, impaired function in pregnancy
A new study of pregnant women shows that restless legs syndrome (RLS) is common and is strongly associated with poor sleep quality, excessive daytime sleepiness, and poor daytime function, which are frequent complaints during ...
Jul 14, 2017
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Sleep extension improves response time, reduces fatigue in professional baseball players
Preliminary results from a new study suggest that short-term sleep extension improves response time and daytime functioning of professional baseball players.
Jun 5, 2017
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Neuroscience
Wake-promoting compound validated—the first step to deliver a magic bullet for curing narcolepsy
Narcolepsy, a serious sleep disorder in which patients often fall asleep uncontrollably, has been incurable because no effective therapeutic agents are available to date. Recent findings by Japanese scientists in the sleep ...
May 30, 2017
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Study finds that sleep disorders affect men and women differently
A new study suggests that men and women are affected differently by sleep disorders.
May 22, 2017
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Neuroscience
Link between sleep and cognitive impairment in the elderly
Daytime sleepiness is very common in the elderly with prevalence rates of up to 50 percent. Caused by sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), a disruption of normal breathing during sleep, these cause recurrent awakenings and subsequent ...
Jan 31, 2017
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Review: intentional weight loss improves daytime sleepiness
(HealthDay)—For overweight or obese adults, intentional weight loss is associated with improvement in daytime sleepiness, according to a review published online Jan. 24 in Obesity Reviews.
Jan 30, 2017
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Medical research
What causes sleepiness when sickness strikes
It's well known that humans and other animals are fatigued and sleepy when sick, but it's a microscopic roundworm that's providing an explanation of how that occurs, according to a study from researchers at the Perelman School ...
Jan 19, 2017
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