Category: Sleep Issues

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Newswise – Stony Brook, NY – – Sleeping in the lateral, or side position, as compared to sleeping on one’s back or stomach, may more effectively remove brain waste and prove to be an important practice to help reduce the chances of developing Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other neurological diseases, according to researchers at Stony Brook University.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHICAGO – Cognitive behavioral therapy is a widely used nonpharmacologic treatment for insomnia disorders

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – HERSHEY, Pa. — Poor sleep is associated with negative mood in women with bipolar disorder

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – BUFFALO, N.Y. – When you’re having trouble sleeping, light is the last thing you assume you need.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Newswise – (PHILADELPHIA) — Most of us need seven to eight hours of sleep a night to function well, but some people seem to need a lot less sleep.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New Haven, Conn.-Easy access to electricity and artificial light triggers a measurable reduction in human sleep, according to a new study of hunter-gatherer communities in Argentina.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – White Plains, New York – May 28, 2015 – An estimated 60 million Americans experience insomnia each year, according to the National Institutes of Health, and they increasingly turn to the supplement melatonin for potential help.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Boston, MA – People with restless legs syndrome (RLS) describe it as a tingling, aching, pulling, itching, cramping, or “creepy-crawly” feeling in the legs.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Each year, more than 60 million Americans fail to get enough sleep at night due to a chronic sleep disorder.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – TUCSON, Ariz. – An association between persistent insomnia, inflammation and mortality has been found by a University of Arizona research team led by Arizona Respiratory Centerfaculty members Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, and Stefano Guerra, MD, PhD, MPH.
 

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – KENILWORTH, N.J., Feb. 3, 2015 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), , today announced that BELSOMRA®(suvorexant) is now available at pharmacies in the United States for the treatment of insomnia in adults who have difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Giving employees more control over their work schedules may help curb sleep deficiency, according to health researchers.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Most parents are not surprised by the irregularity of a newborn infant’s sleep patterns…

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBIA, Mo. – Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have found that drinking alcohol to fall asleep interferes with sleep homeostasis, the body’s sleep-regulating mechanism.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Tonight, after a long day at work, chasing the kids around the house, getting dinner ready and trying to find a little bit of “you” time before the day is through, you will crash into your bed like a ton of bricks. Your glorious bed: so cozy, so warm, so inviting, and so delightful.
 

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – BUFFALO, N.Y. – A sleep-promoting circuit located deep in the primitive brainstem has revealed how we fall into deep sleep.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) –  Parsippany, NJ, July 2014 – Almost everyone has occasional trouble sleeping. Stress, anxiety, something we ate, jet lag or any number of other things might keep us tossing and turning restlessly once in a while.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Ann Arbor, Mich. – Taking part in an educational sleep program resulted in a 30-minute average increase in sleep duration at a one-month follow-up for preschoolers, according to a new study from the University of Michigan.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DETROIT – Here’s a wake-up call for snorers: Snoring may put you at a greater risk than those who are overweight, smoke or have high cholesterol to have thickening or abnormalities in the carotid artery, according to a study published by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ANN ARBOR, Mich. —  One in two hypertensive pregnant women who habitually snore may have unrecognized obstructive sleep apnea, a sleeping disorder that can reduce blood oxygen levels during the night and that has been linked to serious health conditions, new University of Michigan-led research shows.