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Poor Sleep Endangering The Health of Two-Thirds of Americans
FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2025 – About two-thirds of Americans are getting too little or too much sleep, risking their health, a new study suggests. In fact, people not getting the right amount of sleep – s...
Most Americans Don’t Know These Heart Disease Risks, Survey Shows
TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 – Many Americans don't realize how everyday habits and overlooked health issues can increase their risk for heart disease, according to a new Cleveland Clinic survey. The...
Melatonin Improves DNA Damage Repair Capacity in Night Shift Workers
TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 – For night shift workers, melatonin supplementation seems to improve oxidative DNA damage repair capacity, according to a study published online Feb. 24 in Occupational &...
Night Shift Workers Might Lower Cancer Risk With Melatonin
TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 – Night shift workers face an increased risk of cancer, as their disrupted sleep cycle causes wear and tear on their DNA. But taking melatonin might help ward off this risk, a...
Delayed Dream Sleep Linked to Alzheimer's Risk
TUESDAY, Jan. 28, 2025 – Delays in dreaming might be an early warning sign of Alzheimer’s disease. People who take significantly longer to enter the rapid eye movement (REM) phase of sleep could be e...
Sleep Apnea Surgery Linked to Lower Risk for Car Accidents for Patients
TUESDAY, Jan. 28, 2025 – For patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), sleep surgery is associated with a significantly reduced risk for motor vehicle accidents (MVA) compared with continuous...
Does Sleep Apnea Contribute to Car Crashes?
FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 – Many major maladies have been linked to disturbed slumber caused by sleep apnea, high blood pressure, heart problems and diabetes. Add car wrecks to that list, a study...
Recent Decades Saw Rise in Sedative, Hypnotic, Anxiolytic Use Disorders
FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 – Diagnoses of sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic use disorders (SHA-UD) increased threefold to fivefold between 2001 and 2019 for adolescent and young adult U.S. Medicaid...
U.S. Students Not Engaging in Healthy Diet, Exercise, Sleep Behaviors
FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 – U.S. high school students do not engage in adequate levels of healthy dietary, physical activity, and sleep behaviors, according to a report on data pulled from the U.S....
Job Strain Tied to New Sleep Disturbances Over Time
THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 – U.S. workers who report high job strain experience significantly more sleep disturbances over time, according to a study published online Jan. 8 in the American Journal of...
Sleep Deprivation Lets Intrusive Memories, Bad Thoughts Into the Mind
TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 – People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are plagued by unwanted and distressing memories over which they have little to no control. Doctors now think they...
Automated Analysis of 2D Camera Recordings Improves Detection of Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 – Automated analysis of two-dimensional (2D) camera recordings can improve performance for detecting isolated rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (iRBD),...
What Do Sleep Medications Do to Your Brain?
MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2025 (HealthDay news) – The sleep aid Ambien could be allowing toxic proteins to pollute the brain, potentially increasing a person’s risk of disorders like Alzheimer’s disease. Dru...
Job Strain Can Worsen Sleep Longterm, Data Suggests
FRIDAY, Jan. 10, 2025 – Ever woke in the night with your thoughts racing about work problems, co-worker disputes, or heavy career decisions? Well, it’s more common than you think. Job stress is r...
Poor Sleep Hurts Work Productivity, Survey Shows
THURSDAY, JAN. 8, 2025 – Got brain fog? Can't concentrate because you didn't sleep well – or sleep much at all – last night? Tiredness and fatigue from sleep deprivation are common problems, says...
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