Wearable Patch Found to Detect Sleep Apnea
Published on June 5, 2017 | SleepReviewMag.com Results show that the total rate of clinical agreement between the patch and standard in-lab polysomnography was 87.4% with 95% confidence interval of 81.4% to 91.9%. According to the authors, the study results will be used in obtaining approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for SomnaPatch. The skin-adhesive diagnostic patch weighs less than one ounce and records nasal pressure, blood oxygen saturation, pulse rate, respiratory effort, sleep time, and body position. “Our study provided clinical validation of a new wearable device for diagnosing sleep apnea,” says principal investigator Maria Merchant, PhD, …
Why Lack of Sleep Is Costing Us Billions of Dollars
Published on June 2, 2017 | SleepReviewMag.com RAND Europe, a non-profit organization, realized what most of us know intrinsically—bad sleep habits have a negative impact on work performance — but researchers wanted to quantify the effects. They found that a person who, on average, sleeps less than 6 hours a night has a 13 percent higher risk of mortality than a counterpart sleeping 7 to 9 hours a night. On top of that, they found that the United States was the global leader in economic losses from bad sleep habits, losing approximately 2.92 percent of its total GDP due to …
Why Lack of Sleep Is Costing Us Billions of Dollars
If you’re sleep-deprived on the job, you risk hurting the economy — and yourself. Jun.02.2017 | 2:32 PM ET | NBCNews.com Everyone wishes they could get more done in a day, but there are extenuating circumstances, personal weaknesses, and sometimes, random factors that get in the way of us achieving our highest levels of productivity. You might experience a bit of extra stress, give in to a few extra distractions and deal with a finnicky internet connection on any given day, but there’s one factor that rises above the others in terms of its collective role in sabotaging our …
Night owls, rejoice: A late workout shouldn’t hinder your sleep
CAROLEE BELKIN WALKER | Last updated 14:44, June 8 2017 | Stuff.co.nz OPINION: If you have a 9-to-5 job, running outside during daylight may not always be an option. But running at night? Is that really a suitable alternative – wouldn’t exercising at night keep you awake? I know there are plenty of people of all ages who work out in the early evenings after work or school, because I see them running in my neighborhood or at the gym. And I’ve done this myself on occasion. Yet as my marathon training approached, I wondered what impact shifting to evening …
PTSD Awareness Day: AASM Urges Legislators to Co-sponsor House Resolution
Published on June 26, 2017 | SleepReviewMag.com As the nation recognizes National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day on Tuesday, June 27, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) urges U.S. House legislators to co-sponsor House Resolution 46, which expresses support for soldiers and veterans with obstructive sleep apnea and PTSD. The resolution seeks to raise awareness of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), support access to care for soldiers and veterans with sleep disorders, and promote CPAP therapy as an effective treatment option for sleep apnea in patients with PTSD. H. Res. 46 also encourages soldiers and veterans to practice healthy …
How to binge-watch Netflix without ruining your sleep
Have your screen time and sleep time too. By David Nield | June 8, 2017 | PopSci.com If you subscribe to Netflix, Amazon Prime, or any other streaming service, you’ve probably been there: Gazing at the screen as episode after episode autoplays, until you check the clock and realize just how late it is. After all, series like Stranger Things are seriously good television—so where’s the harm? The problem is that a growing body of evidence suggests the various demands of a modern-day lifestyle, including late-night video binging, are seriously disrupting human sleep patterns—which can damage our overall health. But …
Babies Born To Moms With Sleep Apnea Have Higher Risk Of Adverse Neonatal Outcomes
Published on June 5, 2017 | SleepReviewMag.com A study demonstrates a higher risk of congenital anomalies and resuscitation at birth in newborns of mothers who have obstructive sleep apnea. Preliminary results show that newborns of mothers with sleep apnea were more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit (25.3% versus 8.1%) or special care nursery (34.9% versus 13.6%), and they were 2.76 times more likely to have resuscitation at birth and 2.25 times more likely to have a longer hospital stay. The risk for congenital anomalies also was 26% higher in babies of women with sleep apnea. “Our …
Even Mild-to-moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea Linked with Hypertension, Diabetes
Published on June 6, 2017 | SleepReviewMag.com Preliminary data from two studies suggest that mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of developing hypertension and diabetes. “We found that even mild sleep apnea was strongly associated with increased risk of developing hypertension by 4 times compared to individuals without sleep apnea,” says principal investigator and lead author Alexandros N. Vgontzas, MD, professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, in a release. “Similarly, moderate sleep apnea was associated with increased risk of developing diabetes by almost 3 times compared to individuals without …
How Narcolepsy Blurs the Line Between Awake and Asleep
It’s all in the brain chemistry. By Jacqueline Ronson on May 29, 2017 | Inverse.com Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that can cause a variety of strange and often terrifying symptoms, including sleep attacks and temporary paralysis. It’s a neurological disorder that has to do with how our bodies regulate the boundary between being awake and being asleep, and while not every narcoleptic person has the same symptoms, scientists have a pretty good idea of how the disease works. Unfortunately, they’re still figuring out how to fix it. In 1999 researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine identified hypocretin, …
Tips and Tricks to Resolve Common Sleep Problems
June 01, 2017 | By Dr. Mercola | Mercola.com The importance of sleep is widely ignored and the cost rarely considered, even though it includes everything from reduced work productivity and increased risk of serious accidents to psychological deterioration and physiological dysfunction. The proof is quite clear: You destroy your health if you regularly ignore your body’s need for sleep to repair and recharge. Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that lack of sleep is a public health epidemic, noting that insufficient sleep has been linked to a wide variety of health problems. Skyrocketing rates of …
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