Northshore Sleep Medicine
A new study published in the journal Neurology found that individual differences in the way people fall asleep, stay asleep, and deal with insomnia can be predicted by looking for an allele called DBQ1*0602, according to CBS News. Results of the study led authors to believe that up to 25 percent of people in the [...]
A new study, which was presented at the American Heart Association’s annual meeting in Chicago, shows that shorter sleep duration is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease in men, according to Business Week. Findings indicate that shorter sleep duration is associated with a thickening of men’s carotid arteries which are located in the neck. [...]
Thursday, November 25th, is Thanksgiving. Although it is largely a myth that the Tryptophan in turkey causes sleepiness, eating a traditional Thanksgiving feast can cause you to feel tired. It may be because we overload on carbs which makes our glucose rise which stimulates insulin release which in turn lowers the glucose in the blood [...]
On Saturday, November 13, I will be speaking about the relationship between sleep disorders and weight gain at the American Society of Bariatric Physicians’ 60th Anniversary Celebration in New Orleans. During my lecture I will discuss the association of sleep disorders with impaired glucose tolerance, changes in appetite hormones, diabetes and weight gain/obesity. There is [...]
Today is the start of National Drowsy Driving Prevention Week, a National Sleep Foundation public awareness campaign that was created to raise awareness of the dangers of driving while fatigued as well as ti reduce the number of car crashes and to improve road safety. According to a study released by the AAA Foundation, the contribution [...]
The Quad City Times recently reported that fewer married couples are actually sleeping in the same bed, or even the same room. According to a 2005 survey conducted by the National Sleep Foundation, nearly one in four American couples sleep in separate bedrooms. Many of the participants in the study explained that they were choosing [...]
For those of us who don’t get the sleep we need during the week, sleeping in during the weekends may be exactly what the doctor ordered. According to an article published in the telegraph, the extra hour or two of sleep that you get during the weekend refreshes your brain and boosts energy, alertness and [...]
According to Sleep Review Magazine, a new study shows that the development of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder may be an early harbinger of dementia or Parkinson’s disease and can occur up to 50 years before such conditions are diagnosed. The research is published in the July 28, 2010, online issue of Neurology. Researchers involved [...]
A new study in the journal Sleep shows that sleep deprivation can lead to serious mental illnesses in young people and that these psychiatric disorders can last into adulthood. Young adults who are chronically sleep deprived (sleeping fewer than five hours a night) are three times more likely to develop psychiatric disorders when compared to those teens who [...]
Bethesda Home and Retirement Center has begun a revolution in nursing home care. The first major step involved in the cultural change was allowing its residents to sleep in, according to the Chicago Tribune. While some nursing homes continue to keep patients on a strict daily schedule, some are drastically changing the way they manage [...]
