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A sleep disorder (somnipathy) is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning. A test commonly ordered for some sleep disorders is the polysomnogram.

New less invasive procedure for lumbar spinal stenosis

Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common spinal problem suffered mainly by people over 50 and is often associated with leg, buttock, groin and some times back pain.

4 Mar 2008

Tossing and turning at night...well so are over 50 million Americans

A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States has found that as many as 10 percent of adults are not getting enough rest or sleep every night.

4 Mar 2008

High prevalence of eating disorders in narcoleptics

The majority of patients with narcolepsy/cataplexy experience a number of symptoms of eating disorders, with an irresistible craving for food and binge eating as the most prominent features, according to a study published in the March 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.

3 Mar 2008

A similarity in the meaning of sleep quality between insomniacs, normal sleepers

Both insomnia patients and normal sleepers define sleep quality by tiredness upon waking and throughout the day, feeling rested and restored upon waking, and the number of awakenings they experienced in the night.

3 Mar 2008

New NIH cholesterol website for seniors

Many older adults have their blood cholesterol level checked regularly.

28 Feb 2008

Hot flashes may be getting an unfair rap for disrupting women's sleep at midlife

Studies have often reported that sleep problems increase during the transition into menopause, reinforcing the idea that hot flashes are to blame. But even under controlled conditions in sleep laboratories, the connection between hot flashes and sleep disruption remains unclear, reports the February 2008 issue of Harvard Women's Health Watch.

8 Feb 2008

For safety, NHLBI changes intensive blood sugar treatment strategy in trial of diabetes and cardiovascular disease

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped one treatment within a large, ongoing North American clinical trial of diabetes and cardiovascular disease 18 months early due to safety concerns after review of available data, although the study will continue.

6 Feb 2008

Changes in narcoleptics' skin, core body temperatures affect their vigilance and sleepiness

In healthy people, both sleepiness and vigilance show a relationship with core body temperature and skin temperature.

5 Feb 2008

Evidence strongly supports diuretics as initial metabolic syndrome therapy, especially in black patients

New research shows that in people with high blood pressure as part of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that increases the risk for heart disease, diuretics offer greater protection against cardiovascular disease, including heart failure, and are at least as effective for lowering blood pressure as newer, more expensive medications.

28 Jan 2008

Researchers look at link between inability to express emotions and sleep disturbances

A group of Finnish investigators has explored the relationship between alexithymia (the inability to express emotions) and sleep disturbances in the 2008 January issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

23 Jan 2008

Why we sleep - roundworm C. elegans unlocks sleep mysteries

The roundworm C. elegans, a staple of laboratory research, may be key in unlocking one of the central biological mysteries: why we sleep.

15 Jan 2008

New Sleep and Breathing Disorders Center at UT Southwestern

UT Southwestern Medical Center has assembled a comprehensive team of experts in pulmonary medicine, neurology, psychiatry, pediatrics, otolaryngology, surgery and rehabilitation medicine to work together in a new Sleep and Breathing Disorders Center.

10 Jan 2008

Researchers establish risk factors for Parkinson's disease

Doctors know an impaired sense of smell is an early indicator of Parkinson's Disease.

8 Jan 2008

Effects of sleep deprivation reversed

Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have shown that the effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance can be reversed when the naturally occurring brain peptide, orexin-A, is administered in monkeys.

3 Jan 2008

Undiagnosed OSA patients have altered cardiovascular responses during exercise recovery

A study published in the January 1 issue of the journal SLEEP finds that people with untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have altered cardiovascular responses during recovery from maximal exercise.

2 Jan 2008

Children's sleep duration influences weight, behavior

The duration of a child's sleep can vary, depending on the time of day, week and year.

2 Jan 2008

Preschoolers' nightmares less prevalent, are trait-like and associated with personality

Bad dreams in pre-schoolers are less prevalent than thought. However, when they do exist, nightmares are trait-like in nature and associated with personality characteristics measured as early as five months, according to a study published in the January 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.

2 Jan 2008

Catathrenia, or sleep related groaning can be successfully treated with CPAP

Catathrenia, or sleep related groaning, is an uncommon feature of a sleep-related breathing disorder that can be successfully treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), according to a study published in the January 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.

2 Jan 2008

Deep sleep maintains normal glucose control

Suppression of slow-wave sleep in healthy young adults significantly decreases their ability to regulate blood-sugar levels and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, report researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center in the "Early Edition" of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, available online as soon as Dec. 31, 2007.

2 Jan 2008

Children short of sleep three times as likely to be obese

According to new research by scientists in New Zealand children who do not get enough sleep face an increased risk of obesity and behavioral problems.

2 Jan 2008

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New less invasive procedure for lumbar spinal stenosis

Tossing and turning at night...well so are over 50 million Americans

High prevalence of eating disorders in narcoleptics

A similarity in the meaning of sleep quality between insomniacs, normal sleepers

New NIH cholesterol website for seniors

Hot flashes may be getting an unfair rap for disrupting women's sleep at midlife

For safety, NHLBI changes intensive blood sugar treatment strategy in trial of diabetes and cardiovascular disease

Changes in narcoleptics' skin, core body temperatures affect their vigilance and sleepiness

Evidence strongly supports diuretics as initial metabolic syndrome therapy, especially in black patients

Researchers look at link between inability to express emotions and sleep disturbances

Why we sleep - roundworm C. elegans unlocks sleep mysteries

New Sleep and Breathing Disorders Center at UT Southwestern

Researchers establish risk factors for Parkinson's disease

Effects of sleep deprivation reversed

Undiagnosed OSA patients have altered cardiovascular responses during exercise recovery

Children's sleep duration influences weight, behavior

Preschoolers' nightmares less prevalent, are trait-like and associated with personality

Catathrenia, or sleep related groaning can be successfully treated with CPAP

Deep sleep maintains normal glucose control

Children short of sleep three times as likely to be obese

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