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More than a third of high school students say they’ve been plagued by feelings of depression or hopelessness, and one in five say they’ve contemplated taking their own life. Even more alarmingly, this generation of teens is the most sleep-deprived in human history. Most children and adults (70%) get enough sleep, but only 15 percent…
How much sleep does our brain require to function effectively over time? A recent study published in the journal Nature, offers an explanation. In a group of approximately 500,000 adults from the UK BioBank, the researchers discovered that both insufficient and excessive sleep contributed to decreased cognitive function. The main finding was that seven hours…
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is linked to a variety of Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) conditions, including hypertension, heart failure, coronary artery disease, pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and stroke. Unfortunately, most occurrences of OSA in the United States go unnoticed and untreated, which means patients may be affected by this comorbid disorder. To address this health-care issue…
According to a study led by ResMed and presented at the American Thoracic Society‘s annual International Conference, sleep apnea sufferers can benefit from PAP (positive airway pressure) treatment in as little as two hours each night. The study looked at the deidentified usage data of 180,000 PAP users in the United States to see what…
Disrupted sleep may increase the risk of dementia, according to growing data. A recent study from the University of Sydney shows that treating sleep apnea in older persons with mild cognitive impairment can enhance memory in the short term, but not other areas of cognition. Because there is currently no therapy or cure for dementia,…
Highlights: People who have sleep apnea wake up fatigued in the morning, regardless of how much they sleep.They stop and restart breathing dozens, if not hundreds, of times per night as a result of the disorder.Even if such breathing disruptions do not usually disturb persons suffering from apnea, they hinder them from falling into deep,…
The findings of a randomized trial undertaken by the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) and presented at the European Congress on Obesity suggest that better and longer sleep patterns may help people lose weight for good. It is generally recognized that not getting enough or poor quality sleep raises the risk of high blood pressure, high…
Highlights: According to a University of Buffalo peer-reviewed study, during the last two decades, more Black men have died from obstructive sleep apnea than White persons or Black females. They are the only group whose death rate from sleep apnea has continued to climb over the last two decades. For the first time, the study…
