Author: Marilynn Larkin

People who have sleep problems may be more likely to have a stroke, according to a study published online today in Neurology®. Sleep problems included getting too much or too little sleep, taking long naps, having poor quality sleep, snoring, snorting and sleep apnea. In addition, those who had five or more of these symptoms…

Both cluster headache and migraine have strong links to the circadian system, the internal clock that regulates body processes, including sleep, according to a new meta-analysis. For cluster headache, the meta-analysis found a circadian pattern of headache attacks in 71% of people. Attacks peaked in the late hours of the night to early hours of…

Both insomnia and sleep duration – i.e., five or fewer hours or more than nine hours of sleep per night — are “highly associated” with an increased incidence of myocardial infarction (heart attack), according to a recent meta-analysis of nine studies including more than one million patients with and without insomnia. The pooled analysis, with…

A study published on February 23 found that a half-hour nap in the afternoon is associated with a mid-day “refresh.” “Many know the benefits of napping, but the pressure to optimize time in the workday poses constraints for some on the practicality of napping regularly,” said study coauthor Dr Ruth Leong from the Centre for…

The rate of parental stress is greater among parents who have sleep disorders themselves, or have children with sleep disorders, according to a study published January 23 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE. Sleep and stress disorders are known to have a two-way correlation, with stress promoting sleep disorders and sleep disorders promoting stress. Among…