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 …
Dream Deprivation Is Just as Unhealthy as Sleep Deprivation—Here’s Why
To sleep, perchance to dream? Actually, we’re dreaming less than ever and the deprivation could be opening the door to all kinds of health troubles. BY ALEXA ERICKSON You might already know how important sleep is, and how sleep deprivation can cause a slew of health problems. But have you thought about your dreams? Do you dream? And can you remember your dreams from last night? Whether you can or not, if you’re not dreaming—and more and more people aren’t, according to new research—you’re putting yourself at higher risk for obesity, memory loss, and inflammation throughout your body, which can lead to …
Why Women—More Than Men—Can’t Sleep
By CARA ROSNER | Conn. Health I-Team Writer | September 28, 2017 9:31am | Courant.com Millions of Americans will have a hard time falling or staying asleep tonight, and research says most of them will be women. “Insomnia is definitely more common in females, and it seems to begin fairly early on,” said Dr. Meir Kryger, a professor at the Yale School of Medicine who studies sleep. Sleep problems can appear in women as early as their teens or 20s, he said. Various research shows women are more likely than men to experience the sleep disorder. Women are about 1.5 times more likely to …
What if your partner drives you nuts in the bedroom? 13 signs you’re sleep incompatible
It seems sleep is the key to happiness, according to new research. But what if your partner drives you nuts in the bedroom, asks Shane Watson Shane Watson | September 27 2017 2:30 AM | Independent.ie I don’t know about you, but I was excited to discover, courtesy of the UK’s National Centre for Social Research, that money barely increases happiness but what does, more than anything else, is – wait for it – spending time in the bedroom. I know what you’re thinking. One word, beginning with ‘s’, the cure for everything. It’s just as our mothers have told us …
More Medical Sleep Problems, Fewer Behavioral Sleep Problems, Found in Study of Preterm Children
Published on September 23, 2017 | SleepReviewMag.com A study suggests that while healthy preterm children have more medical sleep problems than full-term children, they are more likely to fall asleep independently. Results show that preterm children displayed more medical sleep problems such as nocturnal movement, restlessness during the night, and breathing problems, compared with those born at full term. However, a lower degree of behavioral sleep problems were present in preterm children. “Preterm children needed less support to fall asleep and fell asleep more often alone in their own bed compared to those born at full term,” says principal investigator Barbara …
Sleep plays a vital role in memory retention
By TAKE CARE STAFF • SEP 23, 2017 • WRVO.org Your memory is getting worse. If you don’t write it down you can forget to do everyday tasks like picking up groceries or the kids after school. You chalk it up to stress or getting older, but your sleeping habits could be affecting your memory as well. Dr. Phyllis Zee is a professor in neurology and chief of the division of sleep medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. She joins us today to discuss the impact sleep has on your memory. Listen to WRVO’s Health & Wellness Podcast on How …
Is CPAP the Answer for Kids With Sleep Related Breathing Disorders
By Susie LaFredo, Director of Internet Marketing September 25, 2017 | NewWire.net Sleep Disordered Breathing is the Hot Topic in the News. Parents do not realize that snoring and mouth breathing can cause complex health concerns. (Newswire.net — September 25, 2017) Winnetka, IL — Sleep Disordered Breathing is the Hot Topic in the News. ABC’s Good Morning America aired a recent segment addressing children with sleep concerns including snoring. Most parents do not realize that snoring and mouth breathing can cause complex health concerns. The natural position for healthy breathing is always inhaling and exhaling through the nose. When a child’s mouth falls …
The Effects of Sleep Apnea on the Body
Written by Stephanie Watson | Medically Reviewed by Elaine Luo, MD on June 29, 2017 | Healthline.com Sleep apnea is a condition in which your breathing repeatedly pauses while you sleep. When this happens, your body wakes you up to resume breathing. These multiple sleep interruptions prevent you from sleeping well, leaving you feeling extra tired during the day.Sleep apnea does more than make you sleepy, though. When left untreated, it can contribute to heart disease, diabetes, and other long-term health risks. Sleep apnea happens when your airway becomes blocked or collapses during the night. Each time your breathing restarts, you might let …
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