News tagged with sleep health

Fitness products galore at gadget show

If your New Year's resolution was to get more exercise and you're slipping already how about a digital personal trainer?

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Group recommends stricter noise levels for Michigan wind farms

As the call for alternative energy grows louder in Michigan and more communities consider wind farms, a group led by a pair of Michigan State University professors has issued a report calling for stricter regulations on noise ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sleep-disordered breathing comes at a heavy cost

In one of the largest studies of its kind Danish sleep researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the Danish Institute for Health Services Research have examined the socio-economic consequences of the sleep disorders ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sleepless soldiers: Study suggests that military deployment affects sleep patterns

A study in the Dec. 1 issue of the journal Sleep found that deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan significantly influenced sleep quality and quantity in a population of 41,225 military service personnel. The study suggests that t ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Strengthening health systems research to achieve health-related Millennium Development Goals

A major obstacle to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals is the weakness of the health systems in many low and middle income countries, and their struggle to effectively provide health care to populations ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Poor sleep quality increases inflammation, study finds

People who sleep poorly or do not get enough sleep have higher levels of inflammation, a risk factor for heart disease and stroke, researchers have found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sleep disturbances show clear association with work disability

Sleep disturbances increase the risk of work disability and may slow the return to work process. This is especially true in cases where work disability is due to mental disorders or musculoskeletal diseases. These results ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exhausted? Feeling really tired can threaten your health

For many of us, exhaustion is a fact of life. But for the rich and famous, it seems acute weariness can be so debilitating that it requires hospitalization and, in the case of Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

UK: New guidelines to ease sleepless nights

Insomnia and other sleep disorders are very common, yet are not generally well understood by doctors and other health care professionals. Now the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) has released up-to-the-minute ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When does obesity become a child protection issue?

Childhood obesity alone is not a child protection concern, nor is failure to control weight. But consistent failure to change lifestyle and engage with outside support indicates neglect, particularly in younger children, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Pain, dry mouth may play role in sleep quality of head and neck cancer patients

Head and neck cancer patients who reported poor sleep quality one year after diagnosis had more symptoms of chronic pain and complaints of dry mouth related to radiation treatments, according to a recent ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Long-term use of anti-anxiety drugs continues in B.C. despite known health risks: study

Drugs to treat anxiety and sleep disorders are still being prescribed for extended periods to British Columbian patients - and increasingly so for baby boomers - despite warnings against long-term use, according to a University ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 20, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Sleeping well at 100 years of age: Study searches for the secrets to healthy longevity

A study in the May 1 issue of the journal Sleep is the first to examine sleep issues in a large sample of exceptionally old adults, including nearly 2,800 people who were 100 years of age and older.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

When it comes to sleep, few of us are getting enough

Sleep deprivation, it turns out, is colorblind.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 19, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Poll reveals sleep differences among ethnic groups

The 2010 Sleep in America poll released today by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) reveals significant differences in the sleep habits and attitudes of Asians, Blacks/African-Americans, Hispanics and Whites. It is the first ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0