December 23, 2010
New York City dentist Farhad Hakimi says his 12 years of research of more than 3,500 patients suffering from sleep apnea and snoring shows they lower sex drive, inhibit orgasm, and contribute to erectile dysfunction in some men.
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December 23, 2010
Hypersomnia has far-reaching consequences for both the individual and society as a whole, according to Danish sleep researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the Danish Institute for Health Services Research. The researchers studied the socio-economic consequences of the sleep disorder hypersomnia in one of the largest studies of its kind. Tweet
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December 22, 2010
Researchers found that 75 percent of children surveyed consumed caffeine on a daily basis, and the more caffeine the children consumed, the less they slept.
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December 21, 2010
Chronic jet lag alters the brain in ways that cause memory and learning problems long after one’s return to a regular 24-hour schedule, according to research findings.
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December 21, 2010
It’s not a happy holiday thought, but an important one: The number of babies who die of SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome, surges by 33 percent on New Year’s Day.
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December 20, 2010
Each year Santa and his elves and team of reindeer stay awake for days and nights so he can deliver presents to children the world over on Christmas.
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December 18, 2010
Exposure to even dim light at night is enough to cause physical changes in the brains of hamsters that may be associated with depression, a recently released study shows. Researchers found that female Siberian hamsters exposed to dim light every night for eight weeks showed significant changes in a part of the brain called the [...]
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December 18, 2010
Image via Wikipedia University of California Irvine researchers have identified a novel mechanism in the brain that boosts memory. In collaboration with scientists at Germany’s University of Munster, the UCI team found that a small protein called neuropeptide S can strengthen and prolong memories of everything from negative events to simple objects. Tweet
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December 6, 2010
A British study finds that the condition known as floppy eyelid syndrome (FES) is strongly associated with obstructive sleep apnea
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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.
