Sleep Medicine
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Sleep Apnea Is Hard on the Brain
Patients who reported sleep apnea symptoms were about 50% more likely to also report cognitive issues versus their counterparts without such...
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea Linked to Higher Stroke Risk
For White patients, having OSA or being at high risk for OSA was linked to higher stroke risk, though the same was not true for Black patients.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: A Single Disease Entity?
“The sum of these results does not support the hypothesis that ME/CFS and ME/CFS+FM are distinct entities, as currently defined.”
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Transcranial Electrical Stimulation Effective for Insomnia
tACS resulted in a statistically significant decrease in insomnia severity compared with the control group.
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Light therapy a beacon of hope for Alzheimer’s?
Light therapy significantly improved sleep and reduced agitation and depression.
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Sleep disorders linked to increased mortality risk in epilepsy
The mortality risk assessment needs include sleep factors, including sleep disorders and sleep disturbances.
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Hitting the snooze button may provide cognitive benefit
“There is no reason to stop snoozing in the morning if you enjoy it, at least not for snooze times around 30 minutes.”
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Both too much and not enough sleep raises T2D risk
“These findings underpin the importance of promoting healthy sleep habits to avoid sleep deprivation.”
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Poor sleep and chronic pain prove pesky bedfellows
Two methods used by torturers – pain infliction and sleep deprivation – harm people in ways that also are experienced by many patients with pain...
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Inhaling pleasant scents during sleep tied to a dramatic boost in cognition
“To my knowledge, that level of [memory] improvement is far greater than anything that has been reported for healthy older adults ...”
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Smart-bed technology reveals insomnia, flu risk link
Sleep disorders, including insomnia, can dampen immune function and an individual’s ability to fight off illness.