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Sleep
If you have difficulty falling or staying asleep, it can affect all aspects of daily life. Here's what everyone looking for some quality shut-eye needs to know.
Yes, You Can Have a Better Night's Sleep
Sleep disorders such as snoring, insomnia, and restless legs syndrome can be treated with sleeping pills, natural supplements, and even meditation techniques.Sleep News
Could Catching Up on Sleep Lower Your Diabetes Risk?
TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — Catching up on your sleep on weekends may help protect you from developing diabetes, a small, early study suggests. The study found significant improvements in insulin sensitivity — the body’s ability to clear sugar from the blood — among sleep-deprived men after they had three nights of extra sleep. “We all [...]
Concussion Damage Looks Much Like Early Alzheimer’s: Study
By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — Concussion can lead to damage in the white matter of the brain that resembles abnormalities found in people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine said their findings should prompt a re-evaluation of the [...]
Hot Weather Takes Toll on Farmworkers: Study
MONDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) — Even after they leave the fields at the end of hot day, farmworkers still have to cope with high levels of heat and humidity in their living quarters, a new study shows. “We found that a majority of the workers are not getting much respite from the heat in the [...]
Restless Legs Syndrome Tied to Earlier Death Risk
By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) — Men with restless legs syndrome now have another health concern: New research has just linked the condition to an increased risk of dying early. In a study of nearly 20,000 men, Harvard researchers found that men with restless legs syndrome had a 39 percent higher risk of [...]
Sleep Apnea May Boost Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death
By Kathleen DohenyHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) — Sleep apnea raises the risk of sudden cardiac death, according to a long-term study that strengthens a link doctors have suspected. “The presence and severity of sleep apnea are associated with a significantly increased risk of sudden cardiac death,” said study leader Dr. Apoor Gami, a cardiac [...]
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