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Sleep - A Good Way to Manage Your Appetite and Weight?
 Did you know that losing sleep may increase your appetite and as a result your weight? Several studies have been published in recent years have looked at the relationship between sleep loss, weight and appetite and should serve as a guide for how we value sleep. |
Treating Sleep Apnea – A Good Idea for Truckers
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According to a recent study, treating obstructive sleep apnea is beneficial to truck driver's health and their health insurance budget. Obstructive sleep apnea is a disorder in which breathing is briefly and repeatedly interrupted during sleep. |
Circadian Simulation Software to Help Improve Astronauts and Shift-workers Sleep
 Shifting work schedules can wreak havoc on a person's ability to get enough sleep, resulting in poor performance on the job. Researchers have developed software that uses mathematical models that can help people who do shift or night work or who experience jet lag due to travel across time zones. |
Earplugs and Eye Masks Help Promote Sleep
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It's often difficult to sleep in a well lit room or one that is noisy. Unfortunately, patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) of most hospitals are not exempt from being subjected to light and noise as hospital staff care for them and other patients. |
Sleep Apnea - A Risk for Stroke
 The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is reporting that sleep apnea poses an increased risk for stroke in middle-aged and older Americans. Researchers looked at stroke risk in over five thousand participants without a history of stroke in the Sleep Heart Health Study. |
Childhood Sleep Problems Linked to Drug Use in Adolescence
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Researchers have identified a long-term relationship between childhood sleep problems and subsequent alcohol and drug outcomes. |
Maintaining daily routines associated with reduced rate of insomnia in the elderly
 Maintaining daily routines may be the key to reducing the rate of insomnia and improving quality of sleep in older adults living in a retirement community according to a new study being reported in the journal SLEEP. |
Sleep apnea linked to eye disorder
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A recent study published in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology is reporting that the condition known as floppy eyelid syndrome (FES) is strongly associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Floppy Eyelid Syndrome is caused by weakened muscles or decreased elastin in eyelids and is more prevalent in overweight males over sixty years old. |
Reduced Sleep Duration and Resistant Hypertension
 A recent study found that poor quality and reduced sleep duration are two likely conditions people with resistant hypertension (RH) are enduring. Hypertension is called resistant if a person's blood pressure remains above goal despite their taking three medications to lower it. |
Sleep and Social Media
