How insomnia makes us sick, and how to put the problem to rest.
BY MEG HASKELL, BDN STAFF FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH 2016 Corky Potter of Orono sits with a head full of electrodes that will monitor his brain activity while undergoing a sleep study at St. Joseph Healthcare Center for Sleep Medicine in Bangor. (Ashley L. Conti | BDN) (BDN) — There’s nothing like a good night’s rest to get you off to a fresh start on a new day. But for many people, especially those in middle age and older, that sweet sleep is an elusive dream. Jann Jones, 62, of Glenburn remembers clearly the last solid night of sleep she …
Severe, untreated sleep apnea linked to aggressive melanoma.
May 30, 2016 (HealthDay)—Sleep is key to immune function and health, and a new study finds that may be especially true for patients battling melanoma. The study found that severe, untreated cases of sleep apnea—interruptions in nighttime breathing—are linked with more aggressive melanomas. “This is the first large, prospective multicenter study that was specifically constructed to look at the relationship between sleep apnea and a specific cancer,” explained study author Dr. Miguel Angel Martinez-Garcia, from La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital in Valencia, Spain. “While more research is needed, this study shows that patients in the study had markers of …
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