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Does Less REM Sleep Increase The Risk Of Dementia?

Does Less REM Sleep Increase The Risk Of Dementia?

Highlights Less REM sleep in older adults increases the risk of developing dementia There is a nine-fold increase in developing dementia risk in every one percent reduction in REM...

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Treatment-Resistant Cancer Cells - Curcumin Nanoparticles In For the Kill

Treatment-Resistant Cancer Cells - Curcumin Nanoparticles In For the Kill

Highlights: Neuroblastomas are cancers that occur in children below 5 years of age A new study has found that loading nanoparticles with a turmeric component called curcumin...

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People With Sleep Disorders at High Risk for Alzheimer's

People With Sleep Disorders at High Risk for Alzheimer's

Highlights: Sleep disorders increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease, finds a new study Sleep apnea causes less attention and thinking in individuals who carry Alzheimer's gene ...

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Zolpidem Drug: Surprising Effects of Insomnia Medication

Zolpidem Drug: Surprising Effects of Insomnia Medication

Highlights: Insomnia is a sleep disorder where people may have trouble in sleeping and medications may help to treat the condition. Scientists have studied the surprising effects of...

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Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Higher in Premature Infants

Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Higher in Premature Infants

Highlights Infants born between 24 and 27 weeks of gestation are at greater risk of dying from sudden infant death syndrome and other sleep-related infant deaths. To bring dow...

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Dronabinol: Anti-Nausea Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea

Dronabinol: Anti-Nausea Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea

Highlights: Sleep apnea is often characterized by one or two breathing pauses during sleep. Scientists have found an anti-nausea drug that could help to treat sleep apnea. Dronab...

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New Disposable Diagnostic Patch Could Improve Sleep Apnea Testing

New Disposable Diagnostic Patch Could Improve Sleep Apnea Testing

Highlights: Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder that causes pauses in breathing during sleep. Disposable, diagnostic patch was developed to effectively detect sleep apnea. The...

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Sleep For More Than 6 Hours To Reduce the Risk of Stroke

Sleep For More Than 6 Hours To Reduce the Risk of Stroke

Highlights People with a common cluster of risk factors for heart disease and diabetes were approximately twice as likely to die of heart disease or stroke if they failed to get mor...

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Increased Risk of Pregnancy Complications in Women With Sleep Apnea

Increased Risk of Pregnancy Complications in Women With Sleep Apnea

Highlights : Women with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) appear to be at greater risk for serious pregnancy complications. OSA in pregnancy resulted in an increased risk of preecl...

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Breast Cancer Survivors Can Now Use Tai Chi To Battle Insomnia

Breast Cancer Survivors Can Now Use Tai Chi To Battle Insomnia

Highlights Insomnia or sleepless nights common among breast cancer survivors can lead to depression, fatigue and a heightened risk of disease. Though cognitive behavioral therapy...

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Get More Sleep, Drink Coffee: Manage Chronic Pain

Get More Sleep, Drink Coffee: Manage Chronic Pain

Highlights: Sensitivity to acute and chronic pain is increased by the lack of sleep during night followed by day-time fatigue. Common pain killers or analgesics such as ibuprofen...

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Alternating Sleep Patterns Affect Attention, Creativity

Alternating Sleep Patterns Affect Attention, Creativity

Highlights Good sleep quality is essential for cognition, physical and mental well-being, and creativity factors. Variability in night to night sleep patterns affect cognition in ...

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’Sleep Gene’ Identified - Mechanism Reveals Why We Need Sleep

’Sleep Gene’ Identified - Mechanism Reveals Why We Need Sleep

Highlights Sleep plays an important role in maintaining good health. Scientists uncover a new ‘sleep gene’ that is involved in the quality of sleep experienced by mice, fruit flies ...

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Does Aging Disrupt Sleep?

Does Aging Disrupt Sleep?

Highlights Sleep duration or the amount of time spend sleeping is significantly reduced in older adults. As people get older, their ability to generate sleep is impaired due to th...

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Neck Circumference May Be an Independent Predictor of Sleep Apnea

Neck Circumference May Be an Independent Predictor of Sleep Apnea

Highlights An algorithm using the Berlin Questionnaire and neck circumference could help screen for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in obese women with gestational diabetes (GDM). ...

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