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Postpartum depression (PPD) can lead to poor sleep quality, recent research shows. A study published in the current issue of the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing shows that depression symptoms worsen in PPD patients when their quality of sleep declines. Sleep deprivation can hamper a mother’s a… |
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“UC Irvine researchers have discovered that circadian rhythms – our own body clock – regulate energy levels in cells. The findings have far-reaching implications, from providing greater insights into the bond between the body’s day-night patterns and metabolism to creating new ways to treat cancer, dia… |
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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 Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Lack of sleep can make us feel distracted, foggy and forgetful, and a new study helps explain why. Working with mice, Dr. Robert W. Greene of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and colleagues identified a key molecular mechanism that regulates the brain&… |
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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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About three-fourths of individuals with insomnia report experiencing the condition for at least one year and almost half experience it for three years, according to a report in the March 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Insomnia is the inability to fall asleep or stay asleep. “… |
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Truck crashes are a significant public health hazard causing thousands of deaths and injuries each year, with driver fatigue and sleepiness being major causes. A new study has confirmed previous findings that obesity-driven testing strategies identify commercial truck drivers with a high likelihood of obstructive sleep apnea … |
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People who sleep less than six hours a night appear to have a higher risk of developing impaired fasting glucose — a condition that can precede type 2 diabetes, researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s 49th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. Type 2 diabetes, the mo… |
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