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If you have or suspect you have sleep apnea, getting treated is vital for many reasons. A new reason is that in addition to causing sleepiness during the day, increase risk for high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, obesity, and diabetes, an order affecting the eyes is now on the radar. A new study in [...]

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Some 19 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq have migraine and migraine is suspected in another 17 percent. While prevalence of migraine among the U.S. military is well documented, little is known about sleep quality in soldiers with chronic headaches including post-traumatic headache and migraine. A research team from the Madigan Army Medical Center in [...]

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Patients who were denied bariatric surgery for insurance reasons developed a slew of new obesity-related diseases and conditions within three years of follow-up, according to a study presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Researchers at Gundersen Lutheran Health System in La Crosse, Wisconsin, compared the [...]

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A new study shows that a sleep disorder may be a sign of dementia or Parkinson’s disease up to 50 years before the disorders are diagnosed. The research was published in the July 28, 2010, online issue of Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Using Mayo Clinic records, researchers identified 27 people [...]

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Getting a good night’s sleep often comes down to technique. Avoiding late-night technology use and keeping a regular sleep schedule are two important techniques to heed as kids head back to school.

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Parents understand the challenge of getting infants to sleep through the night, and now researchers show being receptive can help infants/toddlers sleep better.

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Burning the candle at both ends for a week may take an even bigger toll than you thought. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that five nights of restricted sleep – four hours a night — affect the brain in a way similar to that seen after acute total sleep deprivation.

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Study is the first experiment to systematically examine the relationship of the duration of sleep dose to the recovery of neurobehavioral deficits from sustained sleep restriction.

A study in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that a dose of extra sleep on the weekend may be good medicine for adults who repeatedly stay up too late or wake up too early during the work week.

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