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“The less sleep you get, the less you want to socially interact.”

“Sleep-related symptoms are one of the most frequently reported symptoms among midlife women in menopausal transition across racial/ethnic groups.”

“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.”

“While earlier research showed a weak connection between both conditions, evidence is mounting that sleep apnea exacerbates underlying eye disease.”

“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.”

“They found that a high proportion of women experienced sleep apnea during dream sleep, which is associated with adverse outcomes including cardiovascular disease.”

“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.”

“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?”

“When it comes to substance abuse, which is one of the biggest public health problems, sleep disorders are extremely common.”

“The delayed incorporation of events from daily life into dreams has been proposed to reflect REM sleep-dependent memory consolidation”