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Children have more difficulty initiating sleep than maintaining sleep. Further, parents tend to underestimate their children’s sleep problems. This highlights the importance of having treatment options…

One of the first large-scale studies to examine the association of sleep behaviors, neuromuscular performance and daytime function in a community dwelling of older women…

Researchers in Brazil have found that treating patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) dramatically reduces early indications of atherosclerosis in…

Researchers from the University of Warwick, and University College London, have found that lack of sleep can more than double the risk…

Teenagers are one of the most sleep deprived segments of the population. Most teens require at least nine hours of sleep but get much, much less.

It’s a time when…

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder. The principal symptoms are excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), cataplexy (loss of muscle tone), hypnagogic hallucinations, sleep paralysis, disrupted night-time sleep and automatic behaviour (being unaware of what you are…

STUDY OBJECTIVES: To assess the presence of polysomnographic characteristics of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) in narcolepsy; and to quantify REM sleep parameters in patients with…

Defining the precise nosological limits of narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia is an ongoing process dating back to the first description of the two conditions. The most recent step forward has been…

When loud snoring is interrupted by frequent episodes of obstructed breathing, it is known as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). As many as 12 million people in the U.S. suffer…

The noisy sounds of snoring occur during sleep when there is an obstruction to the free flow of air through the passages at the back of the mouth and nose. Forty-five…

Older men who snore or have moments when breathing ceases or nearly ceases during sleep may be at increased risk for heart related problems, study findings suggest.

Dr. Reena Mehra, of…

Approximately 50 million Americans suffer from symptoms of snoring, daytime somnolence, and other sequelae of obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). Several treatment options exist for dealing…

AIMS AND METHOD
To review the efficacy and safety of melatonin in the treatment of insomnia in children and adolescents, through a Medline search covering the…

Preschoolers who habitually get less than the recommended amount of sleep each night may have difficulty when they enter school, new research suggests.

In a study that followed nearly…

New research led by researchers at Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick reveals that women’s health is much more at risk from sleep…

After giving birth, women commonly experience anxious dreams of their new infants being in peril, a study shows.

In one particular type of dream, researchers found, the mother may act…

A study from the Monell Chemical Senses Center reports that nicotine in the breast milk of lactating mothers who smoke cigarettes disrupts their infants’ sleep patterns.

“Infants spent less…

Work time is the primary lifestyle factor with the largest reciprocal relationship to a person’s sleep time – the more hours a person works,…

The use of modern means of interpersonal and mass communication has become an essential part of being young. Technology has enabled two people to connect with…

The internal clock in living beings that regulates sleeping and waking patterns - usually called the circadian clock - has often befuddled scientists due to its mysterious time delays. Molecular…

Sleep disorder and ear, nose and throat specialists at Thomas Jefferson University are examining an innovative procedure to treat obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

In the procedure, known…