“The less sleep you get, the less you want to socially interact.”
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Menopause and diabetes tied to more severe sleep problems
“Sleep-related symptoms are one of the most frequently reported symptoms among midlife women in menopausal transition across racial/ethnic groups.”
Sleep apnea testing shifts to the home, survey suggests
“Home sleep apnea tests are considered a cost effective and convenient initial screening for people with symptoms such as loud snoring, gasping during sleep and daytime sleepiness.”
Sleep Apnea Linked With Diabetic Macular Edema
“While earlier research showed a weak connection between both conditions, evidence is mounting that sleep apnea exacerbates underlying eye disease.”
Sleep apnea may affect peoples’ ability to form new spatial memories
“This type of memory is particularly affected in Alzheimer disease, and often is the root cause of why afflicted individuals are often found wandering lost.”
Women may be preferentially underdiagnosed for obstructive sleep apnea
“They found that a high proportion of women experienced sleep apnea during dream sleep, which is associated with adverse outcomes including cardiovascular disease.”
Obstructive sleep apnea may be one reason for treatment-resistant depression
“No one is talking about evaluating for obstructive sleep apnea as a potential cause of treatment-resistant depression, which occurs in about 50 percent of patients with major depressive disorder.”
Diagnosing the Wrong Deficit
“I don’t doubt that many people do, in fact, have A.D.H.D.; I regularly diagnose and treat it in adults. But what if a substantial proportion of cases are really sleep disorders in disguise?”
How drugs can influence sleep
“When it comes to substance abuse, which is one of the biggest public health problems, sleep disorders are extremely common.”
The dream lag effect
“The delayed incorporation of events from daily life into dreams has been proposed to reflect REM sleep-dependent memory consolidation”