Sleep apnea in children impairs memory consolidation
Published Thursday 9 November 2017 | By Tim Newman | MedicalNewsToday.com Fact checked by Jasmin Collier A new study examined how obstructive sleep apnea in children may interfere with memory consolidation, and it also uncovered a potential method of predicting the level of disruption caused by the associated sleep loss. Over the years, science has delved into the nature and function of sleep. Although there are plenty of unanswered questions, slowly, slumber is giving up its secrets. One role that sleep seems to play a part in is the consolidation of memories. And although rapid eye movement (REM) sleep has long been considered important, non-REM (NREM) sleep has gained more interest recently. If we conclude that …
The Potential Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Obstructive Sleep Apnea that may be a major contributor to AFib disease progression
CardioSleepSolutions.com Mechanical Stretch due to negative Intra-Thoracic Pressure Obstructive Sleep Apnea is defined as a physiological event that happens when upper airway is partially or completely blocked during sleep. Mostly, as a result of collapsed soft tissue in the throat while lying on your back. This makes your diaphragm and chest muscles work harder to open the obstructed airway and pull air into the lungs. As the obstruction persists, significant negative pressure is developed in the inner space of the thorax. Breathing usually resumes when the sympathetic nerve system is activated, regaining control over the throat muscles and reopening the airways – …
What’s the Difference Between Nightmares and Sleep Terrors?
Health| November 3, 2017 | By Nitun Verma, M.D. | Self.com Everyone has bad dreams. It’s like a scary movie playing in your mind, typically waking you up right before something terrible happens—like falling off a cliff or witnessing a murder—relieved when you realize it wasn’t real. But did you know there are actually two types of sleep conditionsthat fall under the “bad dream” umbrella? Nightmares and sleep terrors (also called night terrors). We’ll dive into both, and cover some ways you can stop having them. Nightmares are unpleasant dreams that you usually remember upon waking, while sleep terrors involve feelings of intense fear, screaming, and thrashing around …
MICRRH researcher explains multi-generational 30 year sleep study
Esther MacIntyre | October 30, 2017 | NorthwestStar.com.au A local researcher from Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health (MICRRH) has been involved in a mammoth sleep study tracking mothers and their offspring over more than 30 years. The study began in 1981 with Mater Private Hospital in Brisbane and the University of Queensland (UQ) recruiting around 8000 pregnant women and their offspring, who they are tracking from birth to 30 years old. Research Officer, Fatima Yaqoot, is one cog in a larger researching wheel, analysing data at MICRRH in Mount Isa. “My role is to look at the continuity of sleep problems …
How treating sleep may ease all forms of autism
BY SHAFALI JESTE / 31 OCTOBER 2017 | SpectrumNews.org In a clinic I run at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), I see children who have various genetic syndromes associated with autism. These children have a wide range of features, including intellectual disability, language problems and seizures. But they have one thing in common: poor sleep. The inability to fall or stay asleep, called insomnia, can have far-reaching consequences. Sleep helps us to consolidate memories, learn and grow. Insomnia can aggravate cognitive and social and communication problems, behavioral challenges and anxiety; it can also exacerbate seizures. Behavioral interventions and medications can help …
13 Weird Reasons Why You’re Still Tired When You Wake Up, According To Science
ByCAROLYN STEBER If morning grogginess and daytime exhaustion has become your MO, you’ll probably want to start figuring out why you’re still tired when you wake up. It may not seem like a big deal — I mean, everyone’s tired, right? But since your sleep directly impacts everything else you do, getting to the bottom of the issue can mean improving the rest of your life. As Dr. David Edelson, the medical director of HealthBridge Sleep Medicine tells me, some side effects of lack of sleep include daytime fatigue, poor job performance, hypertension, depression, anxiety, and an increased risk of motor vehicle accidents, among other …
Could It Be Sleep Deprivation and Not ADHD?
Experts weigh in on associations between ADHD and sleep, including whether ADHD will ever be considered strictly a sleep problem. By Jennifer Lea Reynolds, Contributor |Oct. 25, 2017, at 10:06 a.m. It’s a common chicken-and-egg question: Is it sleeplessness that may be causing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or is it ADHD that’s causing sleeplessness? Experts who gathered in September for the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Congress in Paris examined prior research on the topic, pointing to a strong association between sleep issues and ADHD. If sleeplessness was indeed causing ADHD, the experts addressed the possibility of eventually treating ADHD with nonpharmacological methods to reverse …
Snoring, Sleep Apnea Linked to Memory Loss
THU, APR 16 A new study finds heavy snorers and sleep apnea sufferers show signs of memory loss or dementia 10 years earlier than those who slept well. …
The Surprising Link Between Sleep and Gestational Diabetes
by Colleen de Bellefonds on October 19, 2017 Around week 24 to week 28 of pregnancy, your doctor will offer you a glucose screening, where you’ll have to chug a super-sweet orange liquid and then get your blood drawn. This screening looks for gestational diabetes (GDM) — a form of diabetes, or insulin resistance, that happens during pregnancy and affects approximately one in 10 expecting women. Your doctor has likely already talked to you about some of the ways you can lower your risk of GDM, including paying extra careful attention to the foods you eat. But a new study, published this week in …
Could This Common Sleep Condition Be Affecting Your Sex Life?
Dr Lewis Ehrlich | whimn.com.au Read this before bed tonight. Sleep is arguably the most important part of your day. It not only helps to restore and maintain our immune, skeletal, muscular and nervous systems but maintains our mental performance, mood, memory and even sexual health. With the over-stimulating rigours of day-to-day activities, poor lifestyle choices (we see you third coffee), deadlines, and our obsession with technology (hello, Instagram), it seems harder and harder to clock eight hours. But beyond environmental factors, there’s a host of medical conditions that can affect our sleep. The most common? Obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep what now? Obstructive sleep …
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