Category: Sleep Issues

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Banking sleep ahead of this weekend’s change to daylight saving time is a smart way to avoid the frantic feelings and lingering fatigue associated with the lost hour of slumber— if you do it the right way.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Sleep keeps the brain working properly. It helps us control our weight, as well as our emotions. It is also plays a role in helping to heal and repair the heart and blood vessels.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Sleep. Your body needs it every day. Too little sleep may affect your body’s immune system. Too much sleep may result in poor quality of sleep. But what about sleep hygiene?

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CINCINNATI – In findings that one day may help people sleep better, scientists have uncovered the first molecular evidence that two anciently conserved proteins in the brains of insects and mammals….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Breathing too much carbon dioxide can be deadly, but it can happen during sleep if a particular sleeping position causes an obstructed airway or because of a medical condition like sleep apnea.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Sleep is important for good health. Experts say eight hours of shut-eye is a good idea for most adults.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Sleep quality partially mediates the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and pain in children and adolescents

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – HERSHEY, Pa. — When the weather is cold and the nights are long, new parents can be tempted to put extra blankets in a crib or bring their infant into bed with them.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PHILADELPHIA — Although more than one in three Americans still don’t get enough sleep, a new analysis shows first signs of success in the fight for more shut eye.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS – Jan. 4, 2018 – Sleeping sickness could use a more encompassing moniker.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Margaret Grill’s dreams have a recurring theme. “I regularly have dreams where I need to complete a task, but my body will refuse to move,” says Grill, an artist.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – How do you unwind before bedtime? If your answer involves Facebook and Netflix, you are actively reducing your chance of a good night’s sleep. And you are not alone:

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A synthetic cannabis-like drug in a pill was safe and effective in treating obstructive sleep apnea in the first large multi-site study of a drug for apnea funded by the National Institutes of Health.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Bethesda, Md. —Getting more sleep may help wound healing, and a nutrition supplement may also help, according to a new study.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may put elderly people at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Removing electronic media from the bedroom and encouraging a calming bedtime routine are among recommendations….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Ever sleep poorly and then walk out of the house without your keys? Or space out on the highway and nearly hit a stalled car?

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – BOSTON – A common and potentially serious sleep disorder, obstructive sleep apnea affects at least one quarter of U.S. adults and is linked to increased risk of diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – When it comes to your pooch and your bed, the verdict is in. For a good night’s sleep, there’s no need to let the dog out of the bedroom when you’re ready to go to sleep.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The amount of time spent sleeping in the United States has dropped significantly in the past twenty years with almost a quarter of women and 16 percent of men experiencing insufficient sleep.