Helping others sleep better every night!
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Women who get less than the recommended eight hours sleep a night are at higher risk of heart disease and heart-related problems than men with the same sleeping patterns.
Research by the University of Warwick and University College London has found that levels of inflammatory markers vary significantly with sleep duration in women, but not men.
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Post-partum depression can lead to poor sleep quality, recent research shows. A study published in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing shows that depression symptoms worsen in PPD patients when their quality of sleep declines.
Sleep deprivation can hamper a mother’s ability to care for her infant, as judgment and concentration decline. Sleep-deprived mothers also may inadvertently compromise their infants’ sleep quality because infants often adopt their mothers’ circadian sleep rhythms.
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Post-partum depression (PPD) may lead to poor sleep quality, a study of 46 post-partum women shows.
Sleep deprivation may hamper a mother’s ability to care for her infant because judgment and concentration decline. Sleep-deprived mothers may also inadvertently compromise their infants’ sleep quality as infants often adopt their mothers’ circadian rhythms.
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Chances are that you have had difficulty sleeping at some point in your life. Over 100 sleep disorders exist, with insomnia being the most common and best-known sleep disorder. Insomnia is described as difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep — resulting in a negative impact during the day due to drowsiness, fatigue.
According to a recent survey, about 49 percent of Americans report difficulty sleeping at some point in their lives. “Women are more likely to experience insomnia than men,” states Trudy D. Helge, PsyD, Director of Health Psychology at Women’s Mental Health Associates. “Biological conditions unique to women like the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and menopause can affect how well you sleep.”
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In a study that examined the relationship between race, menopausal status and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), middle-aged black women were found to be more likely to experience OSA symptoms than their white counterparts.
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