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Parasomnia is an abnormal disruption of sleep, such as sleep walking, sleep talking, nightmares, bedwetting, sleep apnea (problems with breathing that cause loud snoring), or nighttime seizures.

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Baby's conception and birth influences mother's dreams

Baby's conception and birth influences mother's dreams

The conception and birth of a child are emotional events that influence the dreams of most new mothers. In a surprisingly high number of cases, this influence reflects negative aspects of maternal responsibility, depicting the new infant in dreamed situations of danger and provoking anxiety in the mother that often spills over into wakefulness.

3 Sep 2007

Children from lower socioeconomic classes have more sleep problems

Children from lower socioeconomic classes have more sleep problems

Children from a lower socioeconomic environment have worse sleeping patterns than children from middle class status.

14 Jun 2007

Catastrophic events affect the quality and the quantity of a person's sleep

Catastrophic events affect the quality and the quantity of a person's sleep

A significant disruption of day-to-day life can take place in those areas affected by a natural disaster.

14 Jun 2007

Sexsomnia...the latest sleep disorder

Sexsomnia...the latest sleep disorder

According to new study many sleep disorders involve sexual behaviours and people with sleep disorders might also suffer from abnormal sexual behaviours.

3 Jun 2007

Lack of sleep may cause behavioral, learning and attention problems

Lack of sleep may cause behavioral, learning and attention problems

Nine-year-old Fernando Perry-Mendoza may no longer need medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder thanks to the results of a sleep study at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital’s new Pediatric Sleep Program.

1 Sep 2004

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