The term “sleeping disorders” is usually associated with sleepwalking and insomnia or inability to sleep. Sleeping disorders are common in today’s society. As per Wikipedia, there are around 14 varieties of sleeping disorders beginning with twitching in the eyes to restlessness in the legs.
Sleeping disorder is a feature of the modern times caused by stress, [...]
Okay, so you are at the office after a night of tossing and turning. Your concentration level is not what it is normally. You think about it and realize that it was the lousy sleep you had the night before. You my friend, like millions of other people around the world, are suffering from Somnipathy [...]
Sleep disorders usually have their roots in a medical problem or a prescription drug taken to treat a disease. The common diseases leading to sleep disorders are cardiovascular, neurological, mental, kidney, and gastroesopheal disorders as well as arthritis.
1. Cardiovascular Disorders
The most common cardiovascular disorders that cause sleep disorders are coronary artery disease and congestive heart [...]
Sleep disorders are frustrating problems for many people. A lack of sleep, beyond making you tired, can cause other disorders as well, such as depression and anxiety.
Many people don’t recognize sleep disorders as a major problem so they try to take over the counter sleep medicine to do the trick. Sleep disorders are serious [...]
TransMedia Group was retained to get the word out about a ‘4 Good Night’s Sleep,’ all-natural sleep aid for people who can’t wait for pills to work, for those who cannot swallow pills, and who want to fall asleep fast and safely. MedGen Inc., the makers of Snorenz, which has over 5 million users, finally [...]
While scientists and physicians know what happens if you don’t get six to eight hours of shut-eye a night, investigators have long been puzzled about what controls the actual need for sleep. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine might have an answer, at least in fruit flies. In a recent study of [...]
An independent link between sleep apnea and mortality has been discovered by a group of Australian researchers, suggesting the prevention and treatment of this condition should be a higher priority for government bodies working to improve community health.
The study conducted by the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney found moderate to severe obstructive sleep [...]
It has long been known that aging is associated with a reduced capacity for sleep. Now, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have shown that when older people are asked to stay in bed during 16 hours of darkness, they sleep only about 7.5 hours compared to the 9 hours that younger people sleep [...]
New research from the Division of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School finds that sleep inertia, the grogginess and impaired cognitive performance experienced upon awakening from sleep, is much stronger when awakening during the biological night as compared to during the biological day. The findings have implications for people [...]
Sleep-disordered breathing (also known as sleep apnea) is associated with an increased risk of death, according to new results from the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort, an 18-year observational study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Researchers found that adults (ages 30 to 60) with sleep-disordered breathing [...]