REM Sleep Disorder Patients Have Altered Blood Flow in Brain
"We can see complications in the small blood vessels of the brain in patients with RBD, although these patients don't otherwise have any symptoms."
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Sleep Paralysis in Narcolepsy: 4 Steps Help Ease the Experience, Finds a Pilot Study
Sleep paralysis could be treated using a technique of meditation-relaxation, suggests a pilot study published today.
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Uncontrolled Intimacy: Sexual Sleep Disorders
Troublesome bedroom behavior posed by sexual sleep disorders can damage relationships and present serious problems for patients and bed partners.
Should REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Patients Be Screened for Changes in Their Blood’s Immune Cells?
In addition to paving the way for supplemental medication for patients who have already been diagnosed with Parkinson’s, Nissen also points out that the study suggests new ways of preventing or delaying the development of Parkinson’s disease.
Read MoreWhy Are Some People Affected by Sleep Paralysis?
Overall, there’s still a lot scientists don’t know about sleep paralysis and why some people are more prone to it than others, reports The Conversation. Falling asleep is a bit like flicking off a light switch....
Read MoreImpulse Control Disorders in Parkinson’s and REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Among patients with early Parkinson’s disease, impulse control behaviors (ICBs) are common in the early stages of the disease, with a significant proportion having symptoms of subsyndromal impulse control disorders...
Read MorePeople Are Having Stress Dreams About Losing Their AirPods
Mashable interviews sleep experts on what it means that people are having nightmares about their gadgets.Our growing dependence on devices could be influencing our dreams, says Guy Leschziner, a neurologist, sleep physician, and...
Read MoreStartup Wins Competition to Evaluate Telehealth Sleep Solution with 800 Members of US Armed Forces
A Pittsburgh-based start-up company, Rehat LLC (dba NOCTEM), was selected for a competitive $1.33M award by Medical Technology Consortium Enterprise (MTEC) to pilot a telehealth platform treating the unmet sleep healthcare needs...
Read MoreApple Watch App for Nightmare Disorder Receives FDA Breakthrough Designation, Opens Enrollment for Two RCTs
To see light as a prescription digital therapeutic for PTSD patients affected by nightmares, NightWare is testing its app among veterans and the general public, reports MobiHealthNews. “[Breakthrough status] is a really nice...
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Sleep Study Advances Understanding of Emotions Experienced During Dreaming
Researchers have identified a pattern of brain activity that predicts anger experienced during...
Read MoreNightmares Can Plague Adults, Too
Nightmares often co-exist with other sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, and others, reports Fox13. Sometimes a sleep study is needed. “We are able to assess if there is any coexisting sleep...
Read MoreWhat Nightmares Can Tell Us About Our Health
Nightmares could be a sign of mental health issues, reports CNN. If bad dreams start frequenting your nights, it could be a sign of health problems. An estimated 2% to 8% of adults can’t get rest because terrifying dreams...
Read MoreStudy Finds Risk Factors for REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Taking antidepressants for depression, having post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or anxiety diagnosed by a doctor are risk factors for rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder. This is according to a study published...
Read MoreResearchers Seek REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Patients for Future Clinical Trials and to Develop Tests to Predict Neurodegenerative Disease
A new study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Mayo Clinic aims to understand REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), which leads people to act out their dreams. The goal is to...
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REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Gets a Textbook: Carlos H. Schenck, MD
RBD expert Carlos H. Schenck, MD, starts at the beginning. Interview by Sree Roy | Photography by...
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Drug Used for PTSD May Worsen Nightmares
Nightmares and insomnia often accompany posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and increase suicide...
Read MoreHow Sleep Paralysis In “The Haunting Of Hill House” Works, According To Science
To help parse fact from fiction, some experts explain exactly how sleep paralysis in the Netflix show The Haunting of Hill House works, reports Bustle. “Sleep paralysis often rears its ugly head when you’re just starting to fall...
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Burger King Ordered Sleep Studies to Prove Its Halloween Burger Increases Nightmares
Can a burger give you nightmares? That’s what the Burger King brand set out to prove with an...
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