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Sleep Headlines
Sleep Quality Impaired In Children With Epilepsy And Their Parents
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital for Children in Boston have determined that pediatric epilepsy significantly impacts sleep patterns for the child and parents...
Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
New Mechanism For Anxiety Disorders Revealed By Mystery Gene
A novel mechanism for anxiety behaviors, including a previously unrecognized inhibitory brain signal, may inspire new strategies for treating psychiatric disorders, University of Chicago researchers report. By testing the controversial role of a gene called Glo1 in anxiety, scientists uncovered a new inhibitory factor in the brain: the metabolic by-product methylglyoxal...
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Sleepwalking More Prevalent Among US Adults Than Previously Suspected
What goes bump in the night? In many U.S. households: people. That's according to new Stanford University School of Medicine research, which found that about 3.6 percent of U.S. adults - or upward of 8.4 million - are prone to sleepwalking. The work also showed an association between nocturnal wanderings and certain psychiatric disorders, such as depression and anxiety...
Tue, 15 May 2012 04:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Hazardous To Health - Social Jet Lag
Social jetlag - a syndrome related to the mismatch between the body's internal clock and the realities of our daily schedules - does more than make us sleepy. It is also contributing to the growing tide of obesity, according to a large-scale epidemiological study reported online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication...
Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
New Research Explains How Proper Sleep Is Important For Healthy Weight
If you're counting calories to lose weight, that may be only part of the weight loss equation says a new research report published online in The FASEB Journal. In the report, French scientists show that impairments to a gene known to be responsible for our internal body clocks, called "Rev-Erb alpha," leads to excessive weight gain and related health problems...
Tue, 08 May 2012 03:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Headphones In Intensive Care Unit Help Patients' Confusion And Sleep Patterns
Patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) often become confused or delirious soon after, or within a few days of admittance to the ICU. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care, shows that use of earplugs can result in better sleep (as reported by the patients), lower the incidence of confusion, and delay the onset of cognitive disturbances...
Fri, 04 May 2012 15:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Fatigue May Impact Surgeons' Ability To Deal With The Unexpected
Sleep-deprived surgeons can perform a previously learned task or learn a new task as well as surgeons who are rested, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. However, in sleep-deprived surgeons, the brain must work harder, which could lead to problems during unexpected events...
Fri, 04 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Genetic Factors Related To Weight Gain May Be Counteracted By Sleeping Longer
Toss out another old wives' tale: Sleeping too much does not make you fat. Quite the opposite, according to a new study examining sleep and body mass index (BMI) in twins, which found that sleeping more than nine hours a night may actually suppress genetic influences on body weight...
Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Obesity, Depression/Anxiety, ADHD, Asthma Contribute To Fatigue Even After A Good Night's Sleep
Children who have learning, attention and behavior problems may be suffering from excessive daytime sleepiness, even though clinical tests show them sleeping long enough at night, a new study reports...
Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Plenty Of Sleep Helps Keep You Slim
The more we sleep the less our genes determine how much we weigh, while the less we sleep the more our genes impact - in other words, less sleep can contribute to people putting on the pounds, while plenty of sleep can help us stay slim, researchers from University of Washington Medicine Sleep Center in Seattle reported in the journal Sleep...
Tue, 01 May 2012 07:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Altering Attitude To An Ailment May Result In Less Day-To-Day Pain
Evidence of a study published in the journal Pain reveals that people with chronic pain who learn to divert the focus away from their ailments may sleep better and experience less day-to-day pain. Research leader, Luis F. Buenaver, Ph.D...
Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Insufficient Sleep Affects 30% Of US Workers
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 30% of the nation's workers are sleeping under 6 hours a day, which is less than the 7 to 9 hours that the National Sleep Foundation recommends for healthy adults. To assess the prevalence of insufficient sleep among US workers, the CDC analyzed data from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)...
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Sleep Deprivation And Pilot Performance
Night-time departures, early morning arrivals, and adjusting to several time zones in a matter of days can rattle circadian rhythms, compromise attention and challenge vigilance. And yet, these are the very conditions many pilots face as they contend with a technically challenging job in which potentially hundreds of lives are at stake...
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Reduced Activity In Brain's 'Reward Center' Found In Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients
Chronic fatigue syndrome, a medical disorder characterized by extreme and ongoing fatigue with no other diagnosed cause, remains poorly understood despite decades of scientific study...
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Circadian Rhythm Disturbances Lead To Brain Cell Changes, May Cause Sleep Troubles In Aging
Older animals show cellular changes in the brain "clock" that sets sleep and wakeful periods, according to new research in the April 25 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings may help explain why elderly people often experience trouble sleeping at night and are drowsy during the day. Like humans, mice experience shifts in daily activities and sleep patterns as they age...
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Tinnitus Linked To Insomnia
Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit have found a significant association between the severity of perceived tinnitus symptoms and insomnia. According to the researchers, over 36 million people experience tinnitus - chronic ringing, buzzing, hissing or clicking in the head and ears...
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
In Animal Model, Obstructive Sleep Apnea's Damage Evident After 1 Month
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disorder in which there are recurring episodes of upper airway collapse during sleep with ongoing effort to breathe. OSA is estimated to affect 1 in 5 adults in America. The serious nature of the problem was captured in a landmark study which found that middle-age and older men with even mild levels of OSA were in danger of increased risk of stroke and death...
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Infant Behavior, Cry And Sleep Clinic: Research Shows Efficacy Of Treatment Model
Having a new baby brings much joy to a new family.But for a family whose baby cries for hours on end, fusses through feedings, or has difficulty sleeping, the joy may be overshadowed by feelings of helplessness and frustration.The treatment of that infant - and that family - will impact the parent-child relationship for years to come...
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Back To Sleep: Safe Sleep Environments Key To Preventing Many Infant Deaths
Since 1992, the government's Back-to-Sleep Campaign has encouraged parents to place infants on their backs to sleep. Still, more than 4,500 infants die unexpectedly during sleep each year in the United States. Now, a University of Missouri injury prevention researcher says that safe, separate sleep environments for infants are critical to preventing sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUIDs)...
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Insomnia Takes Toll On Tinnitus Patients
For the more than 36 million people plagued by tinnitus, insomnia can have a negative effect on the condition, worsening the functional and emotional toll of chronic ringing, buzzing, hissing or clicking in the head and ears, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit...
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Less Than 6 Hours Of Sleep Can Impact Appetite Regulation And Increase BMI
Can lack of sleep make you fat? A new paper which reviews the evidence from sleep restriction studies reveals that inadequate sleep is linked to obesity. The research, published in a special issue of the The American Journal of Human Biology, explores how lack of sleep can impact appetite regulation, impair glucose metabolism and increase blood pressure...
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Depressed Moms May Disrupt Baby's Sleep
A baby whose mother is depressed is more likely to be woken up needlessly, and consequently suffer from disrupted sleep patterns, compared to otherwise healthy mothers, researchers from The Pennsylvania State University and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine reported in the journal Child Development. Co-author, Douglas M...
Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Sleep Disturbance Reduced By Esophageal Reflux Disease Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy
The use of proton pump inhibitors improves the sleep and daytime quality of life for sufferers of gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to a systematic literature review in the April 2012 issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. A 2003 Gallup survey linked gastresophageal heartburn with frequent sleep disturbances...
Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Irregular Or Not Enough Sleep Raises Diabetes Risk
People who have irregular sleep patterns and/or do not sleep enough have a higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome and diabetes, researchers from Harvard Medical School, and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Orfeu Buxton, PhD. and team examined healthy volunteers over a 29-day period...
Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Sleep Can Accentuate Positive Memories In Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Sleep plays a powerful role in preserving our memories. But while recent research shows that wakefulness may cloud memories of negative or traumatic events, a new study has found that wakefulness also degrades positive memories. Sleep, it seems, protects positive memories just as it does negative ones, and that has important implications for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder...
Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
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