WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Many couples may be painfully familiar with the scenario: One partner snores loudly all night long, so the other partner seeks better sleep in another bed. Now, a new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) shows just how common theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Exercise near bedtime won’t necessarily wreck a person’s sleep, a new study says. Intense exercise is typically discouraged as bedtime approaches, since such activity can disturb sleep by increasing body temperature and heart rate, researchers said. But short resistance exercise “activity breaks” atContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Millions of Americans struggle to fall or stay asleep, a new survey finds. Some struggle more mightily than others: Roughly 12% of Americans polled said they have been diagnosed with chronic insomnia, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) survey revealed. Who wasContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The wee hours of the morning could be the most dangerous for someone on the brink of suicide or homicide, a new study shows. There’s a five-fold greater risk for suicide and an eight-fold greater risk for homicide between 2 a.m. and 3Continue Reading
THURSDAY, May 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Add one more damaging consequence of sleep apnea to the list: New research suggests it’s related to late-life epilepsy. Late-onset epilepsy is defined as seizures that tend to begin only after the age of 60. The condition might be related to underlying heartContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Zepbound, one of the wildly popular weight-loss drugs that millions of Americans now take, eased sleep apnea in obese adults in two company trials, drug maker Eli Lilly announced Wednesday. First approved to treat obesity by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lastContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Four-year-old Theo Scott was born with Down syndrome, and since the age of 1 he’s also had to wear a CPAP device whenever he sleeps, to help ease his sleep apnea. He’s not alone: Eight out of 10 kids with Down syndrome haveContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Phillips Respironics, the company responsible for the recall of millions of defective sleep apnea machines since 2021, must overhaul its production of the machines before it can resume making them in the United States, federal officials announced Tuesday. Under a settlement reached withContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Obese folks are less likely to benefit from a nerve-stimulation treatment for sleep apnea that’s recently been made available to them, a new study reports. The treatment is likely to be 75% less effective among obese people with BMIs of 32 to 35,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks who consistently work out two to three times a week are less likely to suffer from insomnia, a new study says. That sort of long-term commitment to exercise also helps people get the recommended amount of sleep each night, according to findingsContinue Reading