Category Archives: Sleep

Lack of sleep can greatly increase your risk of a heart attack. Shocked? You shouldn’t be, as lack of sleep has been linked to a number of serious health problems. To fully understand this connection, let’s examine sleep and heart disease, along with ways to boost our health and reduce the risk. The World Health Organization (WHO) ...click here to read more

Schizophrenia symptoms are triggered by sleep deprivation and irregular sleep patterns. If a healthy person goes without sleep for 24 hours, this can trigger symptoms similar to schizophrenia. The researchers from the University of Bonn, Germany, and King’s College in London, U.K., suggest that the findings should be examined further, especially for those who work ...click here to read more

You’ve just enjoyed eight hours of what you believed to be a sound sleep, yet you are still struggling to get out of bed. What gives? Sleep is supposed to energize you and have you feeling refreshed come the morning, yet many of us still have to face the daily struggle of leaving our beds. ...click here to read more

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common after a spinal injury. The study suggests that patients who experienced a spinal injury could benefit from a sleep assessment test to diagnose sleep apnea. The results of the study showed that 77 percent of spinal cord injury patients have symptomatic sleep-disordered breathing and 92 percent have poor sleep ...click here to read more

Obstructive sleep apnea may increase heart failure and mortality in women. Risk factors for both sleep apnea and heart failure do differ between men and women, and it has been unclear whether the effects of sleep apnea on cardiovascular health were the same for both sexes. To establish any differences, researchers evaluated the links among ...click here to read more

Obstructive sleep apnea symptoms in bariatric surgery patients are not visible, according to a sleep disorder study. The researchers at the Rhode Island Hospital found that majority of bariatric surgery patients have clinical obstructive sleep apnea but report fewer symptoms, compared to other sleep disorder patients. Lead researcher Dr. Katherine M. Sharkey said, “Patients with ...click here to read more

Obstructive sleep apnea may be associated with a vitamin D deficiency. A vitamin D deficiency has been linked to numerous health problems including multiple sclerosis, diabetes, kidney disease, asthma, and cardiovascular disease. The recent findings now suggest that a vitamin D deficiency may also be associated with obstructive sleep apnea, too. The findings come from ...click here to read more

Sleep hyperhidrosis, or night sweats as it is commonly called, is a condition characterized by excessive sweating during the night. Normally, if the bedroom is unusually hot or if the bedclothes are not appropriate for the season, one may begin to sweat during sleep. That’s different. People with sleep hyperhidrosis will typically wake up at ...click here to read more

How did you sleep last night? Or even the night before? If you’re constantly tossing and turning, struggling to fall asleep, or simply aren’t getting in your seven to eight hours, you could be putting your health at risk. Sleep is the time when our bodies can restore themselves, so if we don’t get proper ...click here to read more

Epilepsy patients who sleep on stomach face sudden death risk similar to SIDS (sudden infant death risk), according to research. Study author Dr. James Tao said, “Sudden unexpected death is the main cause of death in uncontrolled epilepsy and usually occurs unwitnessed during sleep.” Among epileptics, the risk of death while asleep is highest among ...click here to read more

Obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia increase the risk of workplace injury. A Canadian study looked at workplace injury and obstructive sleep apnea, and found that the risk of injury increased with severity of obstructive sleep apnea. The researchers looked at over 1,200 sleep clinic patients and found that individuals with sleep apnea had double the ...click here to read more

Sleep apnea might raise cancer-causing tumor growth due to intermittent hypoxia. Previous research has linked sleep apnea with worsened cancer outcomes and even increased the risk of cancer deaths. For the new study, researchers believe that intermittent hypoxia reduces the amount of oxygen to blood cells thus contributing to cancer tumor growth. The researchers studied ...click here to read more

Obstructive sleep apnea and heart disease may be linked by serum uric acid. There is much research to support a link between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but the mechanisms behind this link are still unknown. Recent research suggests that serum levels of uric acid may act as a ...click here to read more

Sleep apnea positive airway pressure (PAP) treatment in heart failure patients reduced hospital readmission and emergency room visits. First author Dr. Sunil Sharma said, “Our research showed that early recognition and treatment of patients hospitalized with decompensated congestive heart failure is associated with a reduction in readmissions, for patients who use their positive airway pressure ...click here to read more