One Night of Poor Sleep Could Equal Six Months on a High-Fat Diet.
Published on November 5, 2015 New research finds that one night of sleep deprivation and 6 months on a high-fat diet could both impair insulin sensitivity to a similar degree, demonstrating the importance of a good night’s sleep on health. The study, conducted by Josiane Broussard, PhD, and colleagues from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, used a canine model to examine whether sleep deprivation and a high-fat diet affect insulin sensitivity in similar ways. The findings were presented during a poster presentation today at The Obesity Society Annual Meeting at ObesityWeek 2015 in Los Angeles. When the body becomes less sensitive …
How snoring can be injurious to your health.
ET Bureau| 2 Nov, 2015, 11.15AM IST People who snore usually have no problem acknowledging that snoring is disruptive and uncomfortable. By Dr Sachin Kumar Habitual snorers can be at risk for serious health problems, including obstructive sleep apnoea. Recent studies have shown that nearly 80 per cent cases of hypertension, 60 per cent cases of strokes and 50 per cent cases of heart failure are actually cases of undiagnosed sleep apnoea. All too often, snoring is reGarded as a nuisance rather than a real health problem. Snoring is often treated as a laughable annoyance. Nevertheless, people who snore–and the partners …
Lack of sleep linked to risk factors for diabetes and heart disease.
Health | Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:41pm BST / BY LISA RAPAPORT A businessman takes a mid-day nap in the lobby of a midtown hotel in the Manhattan borough of New York August 1, 2014. REUTERS/CARLO ALLEGRI (Reuters Health) – People who get less than six hours of sleep a night may be more likely to have risk factors that increase their odds of diabetes, heart disease and strokes, a Korean study suggests. This combination of risk factors – including high blood sugar, high cholesterol, extra fat around the midsection, high blood pressure and excess amounts of fats in the …
Sleep Paralysis and Demons In The Bed
Published on October 29, 2015 A Medical Daily news report examines the phenomena of sleep paralysis, which is thought to be connected to REM sleep. For whatever reason — researchers still don’t have a concrete explanation — we can wake up right as we enter or exit REM sleep while our bodies remain rigid and unmoving. Even though we’re not in any danger of suffocating, the fact that we can’t breathe voluntarily leaves us petrified of that possibility, and the lingering traces of REM sleep also make us susceptible to auditory and visual hallucinations. According to UK researchers Christopher C. …
How Technology Can Help You Sleep Better.
Published on October 22, 2015 From Samsung’s SleepSense to 3D printing, The Week takes a look at the different types of technology available to help improve sleep. One option is using an under-mattress sleep tracker, like Samsung’s forthcoming SleepSense. The upside for owners of other smart devices is the potential to connect your sleep habits more directly to other aspects of daily life. The tracker can turn off your smart TV when you pass out, or work with your smart fridge to recommend midnight snack choices that promote more restful sleep. With enough disposable income, even your mattress itself could change …
For Our Returning Troops, Post-Traumatic Sleep Disorders Are the New PTSD
Published on October 22, 2015 Sleep deprivation during military deployment is archaic, harmful, and institutionally unavoidable. It may aggravate, and even cause, PTSD in veterans returning from combat, reports Van Winkle’s. The root of veterans’ chronic insomnia, and the PTSD that often develops alongside it, isn’t a disorder that can be cured as part of their post-discharge adjustment. It’s a symptom of larger problems that begin during deployment itself. The military indoctrinates healthy American adults into a “culture of sleep deprivation” that persists throughout their careers, says Shattuck, who works at the Naval Postgraduate Center in Monterrey, California. She says …
Sleep Deprivation Affects Stem Cells, Reducing Transplant Efficiency, Study Finds
Published on October 15, 2015 According to Medical Xpress, a sleep deficit of just 4 hours can effect stem cells of the blood and immune system and reduce the efficiency of transplants. Drowsy mice make poor stem cell donors, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. A sleep deficit of just four hours affects by as much as 50 percent the ability of stem cells of the blood and immune system to migrate to the proper spots in the bone marrow of recipient mice and churn out the cell types necessary to reconstitute …
There’s a fascinating reason why it feels like it keeps getting harder to sleep as you age
ERIN BRODWIN OCT 9, 2015, 09.56 PM Infants sleep all day. Little kids get roughly 12 hours of sleep each night. But older people clock in just 7 nightly hours of shuteye. We need to sleep. It helps us process memories, learn new skills, and stabilize our mood. So what gives? Are we destined to get duller and more irritable the older we get? The answer is a little bit of yes and no. Goodbye, deep sleep The difference between an older person’s and a younger person’s sleep schedule is relatively simple: Older people rarely get all their sleep in one solid …
High-risk obstructive sleep apnea and sleep/awake bruxism: How do they relate to TMD?
Aug 27, 2015 By Elizabeth Kornegay, RDH, BSDH Editor’s note: During the 2015 annual meeting of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, dentists gathered from across the world to review and present clinical research in the field of dental sleep medicine. This year, like last, DentistryIQ is pleased to share blog posts from some of the AADSM Clinical Research Award winners, including students, which detail the noteworthy findings about their new research. Here, Elizabeth Kornegay, RDH, BSDH, focuses on the connection between sleep apnea and bruxism as they relate to predicting first-onset temporomandibular disorders. Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is a musculoskeletal …
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