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Sep
1
2010
This entry was posted by admin on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 11:58 am (UTC), and is categorically filed in Sleep Deprivation, Top News.
Some 19 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq have migraine and migraine is suspected in another 17 percent. While prevalence of migraine among the U.S. military is well documented, little is known about sleep quality in soldiers with chronic headaches including post-traumatic headache and migraine. A research team from the Madigan Army Medical Center in [...]
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Jul
23
2010
This entry was posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2010 at 12:26 pm (UTC), and is categorically filed in Medications, Top News.
Head and neck cancer patients who report poor sleep quality one year after diagnosis had more symptoms of chronic pain and complaints of dry mouth related to radiation treatments, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Dec
12
2008
This entry was posted by admin on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 4:38 pm (UTC), and is categorically filed in Top News, Women and Sleep.
Post-partum depression (PPD) may lead to poor sleep quality, a study of 46 post-partum women shows.
Sleep deprivation may hamper a mother’s ability to care for her infant because judgment and concentration decline. Sleep-deprived mothers may also inadvertently compromise their infants’ sleep quality as infants often adopt their mothers’ circadian rhythms.
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Self-reported sleep complaints among the elderly serve as a risk factor for completed suicide
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Interesting Apnea Statistics
~~ Apnea in United States ~~
As of May 2, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. (-0500) (ET), the U.S. population
was 306,340,710. Sleep researchers estimate approximately seven percent
of the population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Using that
estimate, there are potentially 21,443,850 apneics in the U.S.
~~ Apnea around the world ~~
As of May 2, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. (-0500) (ET), the world population
was 6,777,286,604. Sleep researchers estimate approximately seven percent
of the population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Using that
estimate, there are potentially 474,410,062 apneics in the world.