Sleep Medicine
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The longevity gene: Healthy mutant reverses heart aging
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Will your smartphone be the next doctor’s office?
A fingertip pressed against a phone’s camera lens can measure a heart rate.
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Sleep complaints in major depression flag risk for other psychiatric disorders
Investigators studied 3-year incidence rates of psychiatric disorders in almost 3,000 patients experiencing a major depressive episode.
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Serum trace metals relate to lower risk of sleep disorders
Zinc, but not copper or selenium, was associated with self-reported sleep disorders in NHANES review.
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Sleep-disordered breathing promotes elevated arterial stiffness and preeclampsia
High-risk pregnant women with sleep-disordered breathing had increased odds of preeclampsia with each trimester.
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Severe OSA tied to poor prognoses in stroke patients
“There is a high comorbidity between stroke and OSA.”
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Improving sleep boosts cognition in refractory temporal lobe epilepsy
Study findings show significant improvement in REM sleep and language scores.
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Study finds chronic jet lag–like body clocks in people with HIV
The mistimed circadian phase in people living with HIV is linked to later sleep onset and earlier waking and has “important potential implications...
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OSA overlap impairs functional performance in COPD
Obstructive sleep apnea also increased exacerbations in adults with COPD in a prospective study.
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Positive sounds during REM sleep may help nightmares
Nightmare disorder is characterized as having such dreams so frequently that they cause “significant distress or impairment.
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OSA raises risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke
Silent atrial fibrillation was common in patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, compared with controls.