News tagged with sleep duration
Study shows that elderly women sleep better than they think, men sleep worse
Oct 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Oct.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that elderly women sleep better than elderly men even though women consistently report that their sleep is shorter and poorer.
Lack of sleep could be more dangerous for women than men
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Women who get less than the recommended eight hours sleep a night are at higher risk of heart disease and heart-related problems than men with the same sleeping patterns.
Extended or shortened sleep duration linked to weight gain
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Body Mass Index (BMI) varies as a function of habitual sleep duration, according to a new study.
Less sleep associated with high, worsening blood pressure in middle age
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Middle-aged adults who sleep fewer hours appear more likely to have high blood pressure and to experience adverse changes in blood pressure over time, according to a report in the June 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, on ...
Insomnia with objective short sleep duration in men is associated with increased mortality
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Men with insomnia and sleep duration of six or fewer hours of nightly sleep are at an increased risk for mortality, according to a research abstract that will be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated ...
Inadequate sleep leads to behavioral problems
Apr 27, 2009 |
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A recent Finnish study suggests that children's short sleep duration even without sleeping difficulties increases the risk for behavioral symptoms of ADHD.
Study suggests that inflammation may be the link between extreme sleep durations and poor health
Feb 02, 2009 |
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A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that sleep duration is associated with changes in the levels of specific cytokines that are important in regulating inflammation. The results suggest that inflammation may be ...
Skipping sleep may signal problems for coronary arteries
Dec 23, 2008 |
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One extra hour of sleep per night appears to decrease the risk of coronary artery calcification, an early step down the path to cardiovascular disease, a research team based at the University of Chicago Medical Center reports ...
Exercise and rest reduce cancer risk
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Exercise is good for more than just your waistline. A recent study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research suggests that ...
Getting little sleep may be associated with risk of heart disease
Nov 10, 2008 |
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Sleeping less than seven and a half hours per day may be associated with future risk of heart disease, according to a report in the November 10 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. In addition, a combination of little ...
Too much, too little sleep increases ischemic risk in postmenopausal women
Jul 17, 2008 |
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Postmenopausal women who regularly sleep more than nine hours a night may have an increased risk of ischemic stroke, researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
