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Dialysis takes hours of kidney disease patients’ time several days a week, so why not do it at night while sleeping? Overnight dialysis is more convenient for some patients and offers significant benefits over shorter daytime treatments, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the … |
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There appears to be a link between sleep and weight control, with some studies indicating that sleep disruption can increase weight gain and others that diet affects sleep. Victor Uebele and colleagues, at Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, have now provided further evidence to support this association by showing that T… |
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For years your doctor, your mom and your friend who goes to the gym multiple times a week have probably been telling you to eat better and exercise more. It’s all you hear on television, in the newspapers and on talk radio. New doctors and dieticians usher in new diets, new fads, and so you’ve [...] |
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Now more than ever, Americans need their shut-eye. Unfortunately, sleep is usually one of the first things people scrimp on when time is short and stress is high. In a turbulent economy, nearly 30 percent of Americans lose sleep at least a few nights per week, according to a 2009 Sleep in America poll by [...] |
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Researchers at Université Laval’s Faculty of Medicine have found that people who sleep too much or not enough are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance. The risk is 2½ times higher for people who sleep less than 7 hours or more than 8 hours a night. The findings were [...] |
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Adults who suffer chronic sleep problems may face an increased risk of suicidal behaviour, new research indicates. In a study to be presented on April 1, 2009 at the World Psychiatric Association international congress “Treatments in Psychiatry,” scientists found that the more types of sleep disturbances people ha… |
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A new study appearing in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society has found that older women who reported taking daily naps had a significantly greater risk of dying. The results of the study are in contrast to a number of prior studies which have indicated that daily napping improves health. Four communities consisting of … |
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Joene Hendry NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among Australian high school students involved in a 4-week healthy lifestyle class, researchers report the “surprising” finding that 95 percent of the subjects had at least one type of sleep problem. Still, “It seems the Sunday morning sleep-in is something they… |
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Taking regular lunchtime siestas could increase the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to the findings of a research study being presented this week at Diabetes UK’s Annual Professional Conference in Glasgow. Researchers at the University of Birmingham looked at the napping habits of 16,480 people and found t… |
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By listening in on the chatter between neurons in various parts of the brain, researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have taken steps toward fully understanding just how memories are formed, transferred, and ultimately stored in the brain–and how that process varies throughout the various stag… |
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