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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
Sleeping Well Leads to Aging Well
 Humans are living longer than at anytime in our history. Understanding what it takes to age well is important. Consumer Report's guide to healthy aging listed sleeping well as one of ten steps we should be taking towards aging well. |
Asians Report Getting the Best Sleep
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According to the National Sleep Foundation's 2010 Sleep in America poll, Asians are the most likely ethnic group to say that they had a good night's sleep at least a few nights or more a week. |
Sleep Linked to Gains in Abdominal Fat
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A recent study published in the journal SLEEP found that extremes of sleep duration are related to increases in abdominal fat in persons younger than 40 years old. Researchers found that persons sleeping less than five hours at night gained more abdominal fat over a five year period, versus those who averaged over six hours per night. |
