Sleep apnea tied to diabetes and hypertension during pregnancy
Published December 21, 2016 | Reuters Pregnant women who experience certain breathing problems during sleep may be more likely to develop complications like high blood pressure and diabetes, recent U.S. research suggests. In the study of more than 3,000 women, researchers did home-based sleep studies twice during pregnancy to check for what’s known as apnea, a potentially serious sleep disorder that involves repeated stops and starts in breathing. Risk factors for sleep apnea include older age and obesity. Women who had sleep apnea were almost twice as likely to develop what’s known as preeclampsia, a type of pregnancy-related high blood …
Trump says he only sleeps a few hours each night — and there could be a scientific reason why
Lydia Ramsey | Dec. 8, 2016, 10:48 AM | BusinessInsider.com President-elect Donald J. Trump reportedly only needs a few hours of sleep every night. While on the campaign trail, he said, “You know, I’m not a big sleeper. I like three hours, four hours, I toss, I turn, I beep-de-beep, I want to find out what’s going on.” Trump’s not the only one: Corporate executives like PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi and even President Barack Obama rarely — if ever — get what’s considered a full night of sleep. While for many of us, getting too little sleep can have some …
Up all night: all about insomnia
James Evan Bowen-Gaddy / Staff Writer December 12, 2016 – PittNews.com Kelly Shaw is lying in bed, staring at the ceiling and wondering why she’s so tired, but she can’t sleep. At this point she’s just a third-grader, so she asks her father what to do. He tells her he bets she can’t count to 2,000 before falling asleep, so she takes him up on it. “It worked the first couple of nights,” Shaw said. “But once you start getting to 2,000, the counting isn’t as effective.” Shaw, now a senior at Pitt studying psychology and sociology, has given up …
Fatigue and sleep apnea played a role in fatal train collision in Arkansas in 2014
American Academy of Sleep Medicine Wednesday, December 7, 2016 Fatigue and inadequately treated obstructive sleep apnea contributed to an Aug. 17, 2014, collision between two Union Pacific Railroad freight trains in Hoxie, Arkansas, according to a report synopsis presented by the National Transportation Safety Board at a public meeting on Dec. 6, 2016. As a result of the collision, the engineer and the conductor from the southbound train died, and the engineer and the conductor from the northbound train were seriously injured. The NTSB found that the southbound train conductor was likely asleep at the time of the accident due …
How to Handle Snoring
Erica Van Buren Josephine Magazine | Dec 6, 2016 | NewPressnow.com For some couples, dealing with a snoring partner is an ongoing battle. But snoring could be a sign there’s something else going on. Some battle through it shoving and kicking throughout the night until neither one of you gets a good night’s sleep. But that isn’t the best way to handle it. “Snoring isn’t a disease per se,” says Dr. Asad Kabir with Mosaic Life Care. “It’s a symptom or a manifestation of a possible underlying disease.” Snoring is caused by vibrating tissues within the airways of the nose …
Short-term Sleep Deprivation Affects Heart Function
Published on December 6, 2016 – Sleep Review – The Journal for Sleep Specialists Too little sleep takes a toll on your heart, according to a study to be presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). People who work in fire and emergency medical services, medical residencies, and other high-stress jobs are often called upon to work 24-hour shifts with little opportunity for sleep. While it is known that extreme fatigue can affect many physical, cognitive, and emotional processes, this is the first study to examine how working a 24-hour shift specifically affects cardiac …
More than 60% of New Brunswick youth not getting enough sleep: study
Use of screen devices before bedtime partly to blame for ‘urgency of sleep deficit’ for those 5 to 17 By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News Posted: Dec 06, 2016 12:29 PM AT Last Updated: Dec 06, 2016 1:45 PM AT More than 60 per cent of children and youth in New Brunswick don’t get enough sleep, which can affect their mental and physical health, lead to accidents, and contribute to the use of tobacco or other substances, a new study shows. The recreational use of screen devices before bedtime is partly to blame for the “urgency of the sleep deficit,” according …
What are different levels of snoring?
December 05, 2016 – https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/169794-What-are-different-levels-of-snoring What is snoring-IV Mild resistance to airflow for any of the above reasons in the upper airways may result in some snoring that is not associated with any sleep disturbance. If resistance to airflow increases, the efforts to maintain adequate ventilation and breathing may cause transient arousal from sleep that is typically not severe enough to cause the level of oxygen in the blood to decrease (hypoxia). This is called the respiratory effort related arousal (RERA). When the resistance increases even further, the ventilatory efforts cannot keep up with the degree of resistance to maintain …
Regulators want train operators tested for sleep apnea after Hoboken crash
By MICHAEL R. SISAK – Associated Press | Posted: Fri 12:22 PM, Dec 02, 2016 | Updated: Fri 6:03 PM, Dec 02, 2016 Federal regulators want all U.S. train operators tested for sleep apnea after the engineer in September’s deadly New Jersey commuter train crash was found to have the fatigue-inducing disorder. The Federal Railroad Administration issued a safety advisory Friday calling for screening and treatment. It says engineers with severe sleep disorders shouldn’t operate trains until they are treated. The agency also is urging railroads to install inward-facing cameras in train cabs and take steps to ensure engineers abide …
Zzzzzzzzzzzz…Busting The Myths About Sleep And Sleep Disorders
By Mia Zaharna, M.D. and Henry I. Miller, M.D. Nov. 30, 2106, at 5:00am A certain amount of sound sleep is necessary for optimal health and can affect hormone levels, mood and weight. However, sleep problems, including snoring, sleep apnea, insomnia, sleep deprivation, and restless legs syndrome are common. In spite of being common, sleep and the problems associated with it are widely misunderstood. Here we address some of the myths. If you can’t recall your dreams, you’re not sleeping deeply. Not true. It’s normal not to remember your dreams, but most likely you are still having dream sleep otherwise …
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