Daytime Sleepiness, Difficulty Falling Asleep Linked to Hypertension
Patients experiencing both excessive daytime sleepiness and prolonged sleep-onset latency face a significantly higher risk of hypertension.
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Daytime Sleepiness, Difficulty Falling Asleep Linked to Hypertension
Patients experiencing both excessive daytime sleepiness and prolonged sleep-onset latency face a significantly higher risk of hypertension.
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Placing a Financial Value on Sleep
Age, income, and personal attitudes influence the financial value individuals assign to their sleep.
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Severe Narcolepsy Linked to Damage in Two Brain Regions
Degeneration in the locus coeruleus, alongside the hypothalamus, contributes to sleepiness and muscle weakness in narcolepsy type 1.
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Irregular Circadian Rhythms Linked to Greater Dementia Risks
Dementia risk increased in patients whose circadian rhythms peaked later in the day or if the rhythms were weak and fragmented.
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Sleep Experts Call for End to Daylight Saving Time
On Sunday, November 2nd, the United States will shift from daylight savings time to standard time, but sleep experts are renewing calls to end the seasonal time shift.
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2-in-5 Adults Admit to Drowsy Driving
New survey results report that 41% of American adults have felt so sleepy while driving that it affected their ability to drive safely.
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Deeper Sleep Leads to ‘Eureka’ Moments
Scientists suggest sleep plays a role in boosting insight and the ability to experience “eureka” moments.
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Napping Behaviors Predict Mortality Risk in Some Adults
Certain objectively measured daytime napping behaviors are associated with an increased risk of mortality for middle-to-older aged adults, according to a new study presented at Sleep 2025.
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Parental Engagement Tied to Better Pre-teen Sleep
Strong family relationships and high parental engagement are among the aspects of social connectedness that are associated with sufficient sleep duration in pre-teen children.
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Middle-aged Women with Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Face Greater Mortality Risk
Excessive daytime sleepiness is associated with higher odds of all-cause mortality in middle-aged women but not in younger or older women, according to a new study at Sleep 2025.
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Oral Microbiome Diversity Linked to Long Sleep Duration in Teens, Young Adults
Oral microbiome diversity is positively associated with long sleep duration among teenagers and young adults, according to a new study to be presented at Sleep 2025.
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Antidepressants That Suppress REM Sleep Improve ALS Survival
Antidepressants that suppress REM sleep are associated with improved survival in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to research at ATS 2025.
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Daytime Sleepiness Tied to Greater Dementia Risk for Female Seniors
A study published in Neurology found that women in their 80s who experienced increasing daytime sleepiness over five years had double the risk of developing dementia.
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54% of Americans Want Daylight Saving Time Ended
As the annual “spring forward” to observe daylight saving time approaches on March 9, new Gallup polling data reveals a majority of Americans want to eliminate the practice.
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Global Sleep Study Reveals the Impact of Poor Sleep
Results from ResMed’s fifth annual Global Sleep Study reveal the toll that poor sleep takes on health, work, and relationships.
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Exercise May Reduce Negative Effects of Unhealthy Sleep on Lifespan
Sleeping too little or too long is linked with a shorter lifespan, but scientists have found that exercise counteracts some of these negative effects, according to a study of more than 90,000 adults.
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Poor Sleep Tied to Greater Risk of COPD Exacerbations
Poor sleep is associated with a significantly increased risk of COPD exacerbations, according to a new study supported by the National Institutes of Health.
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Sleep Quality Tied to Psychiatric Disease
Multiple measures of sleep patterns and sleep efficiency are associated with lifetime diagnoses of mental illness, according to a new study that used wrist accelerometer data to track sleep.
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Exercise Too Close to Bedtime Negatively Affects Sleep
Exercise that ended less than two hours before bedtime negatively impacted sleep, increasing time to fall asleep and reducing sleep duration, according to a meta-analysis published in the journal Sleep Medicine Reviews.
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FDA Approves Xywav for Idiopathic Hypersomnia
The FDA approved a new indication for Xywav for idiopathic hypersomnia, an uncommon chronic sleep disorder that causes people to be excessively sleepy during the day even after a good night’s sleep.
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COVID-19 Impact on Sleep Quality and CPAP Use
A Philips survey found 70% of people have experienced one or more new sleep challenges since the start of the pandemic and 72% of sleep apnea patients who discontinued CPAP therapy cited COVID-19 related reasons.
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Emory Neurologist Awarded $2.1 Million Grant to Research Hypersomnia
Emory neurologist Lynn Marie Trotti has been awarded a five-year, $2.1 million grant for clinical research.
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First Hypersomnia Foundation Grant Funds Research on Inflammation’s Role in Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
The Hypersomnia Foundation has chosen the first recipient of its new Research Award program: Caroline Maness, MD, of Emory University.
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Allergies Affect Sleep but These Changes Can Help
If you find you struggle to snooze during the springtime and summer months, it may be because...
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