Nightmares linked to anxiety and insomnia in people with heart disease
Scientists from Keio University found heart patients with weekly nightmares are five times more likely to feel depressed or anxious and even more likely...
Restless sleep may be an early sign of Parkinson’s disease
Scientists from Aarhus University found that restless sleep could be a sign of a disorder associated with diseases of the brain.
The research is published...
Age 40 is when busy Americans sleep least
Scientists from Medical College of Georgia found age 40 is when busy Americans get the least sleep.
They found a U-shaped pattern across people’s lives,...
Want to sleep better? Sharing bed with your partner
Scientists from the University of Arizona found that adults who share their beds with a partner have less severe insomnia, less fatigue and more sleep...
Daytime napping linked to Alzheimer’s disease
In a recent study from Rush University, researchers found there is a link between cognitive decline and excessive daytime napping.
The connection appears to occur...
Doctors and nurses need 20-minute power naps to keep patients safe in night shifts
Scientists from Newcastle Hospitals found effects of fatigue on doctors and nurses themselves, and its impact on the quality of their clinical work and...
Sleep loss linked to recurrent heart attack, stroke
In a study from the University of Oslo, researchers found that nearly half of heart disease patients have insomnia.
The findings suggest that heart patients should be...
Common anxiety and sleep drugs may harm your cognitive functions
Benzodiazepines are effective and widely used drugs for treating states of anxiety and sleep disorders.
Scientists from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich found while...
How climate change could harm your sleep
Most research looking at the impact of climate change on human life has focused on how extreme weather events affect economic and societal health...
Sleep loss in midlife may predict cognitive problems in older age
Scientists from the University of Helsinki found that insomnia in midlife may manifest as cognitive problems in retirement age.
The research is published in the Journal...