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		<title>Sleep disturbances improve after retirement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study published in the November 1, 2009 issue of the journal Sleep shows that retirement is followed by a sharp decrease in the prevalence of sleep disturbances. Findings suggest that this general improvement in sleep is likely to result from the removal of work-related demands and stress rather than from actual health benefits of retirement.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2009/top-news/sleep-disturbances-improve-after-retirement/' addthis:title='Sleep disturbances improve after retirement '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Elderly women sleep better than they think; men sleep worse, study finds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study in the October 1, 2009 issue of the journal Sleep shows elderly women sleep better than elderly men even though women consistently report their sleep is shorter and poorer. Women reported less and poorer sleep than men on all of the subjective measures, including a 13.2 minute shorter total sleep time (TST), 10.1 minute longer sleep onset latency (SOL), and a 4.2 percent lower sleep efficiency.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2009/top-news/elderly-women-sleep-better-than-elderly-men/' addthis:title='Elderly women sleep better than they think; men sleep worse, study finds '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Sleep disorders may raise arrhythmia risk in men</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasingly severe sleep-related breathing disorders in older men appear to be associated with a greater risk of abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias), according to a report in the June 22, 2009, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, different types of breathing problems appear more closely associated with different categories of arrhythmia.

Sleep-disordered breathing is a common condition, according to background information in the article. It causes a number of physiologic events that could be stressful to the cardiovascular system, including inadequate blood oxygen levels at night and activation of the sympathetic nervous system (associated with the body's fight-or-flight response).<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2009/sleep-news/elderly-and-sleep/sleep-disorders-may-raise-arrhythmia-risk-in-men/' addthis:title='Sleep disorders may raise arrhythmia risk in men '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Apnea therapy helps cognition in Alzheimer&#8217;s patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment seems to improve cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer's disease who also suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial conducted at the University of California, San Diego.

The study led by Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and one of the nation's preeminent experts in the field of sleep disorders and sleep research in aging populations was published in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2008/top-news/cpap-helps-cognition-in-alzheimers-patients/' addthis:title='Apnea therapy helps cognition in Alzheimer&#8217;s patients '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Women over 70 who sleep little may face greater fall risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women age 70 and older who sleep five hours or less per night may be more likely to experience falls than those who sleep more than seven to eight hours per night, according to a report in the September 8, 2008 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. The use of sleep medications does not appear to influence the association between sleep and risk of falling.

"Falls pose a major health risk among older adults and are a leading cause of death, illness and premature nursing home placement," according to background information in the article. About one-third of adults older than age 65 experience falls each year. Insomnia and disturbed sleep as well as the use of benzodiazepines -- hypnotic medications to treat insomnia -- are increasingly common in older adults.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://awakeinamerica.info/2008/top-news/older-women-sleeping-little-face-greater-fall-risk/' addthis:title='Women over 70 who sleep little may face greater fall risk '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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