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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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Self-reported sleep complaints among the elderly serve as a risk factor for completed suicide

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