Parkinson’s Patients with Freezing of Gait Most Likely Have Sleep Disorders
Studies point to a more than 95% probability that a patient who experiences freezing episodes will also have a sleep disorder.
Studies point to a more than 95% probability that a patient who experiences freezing episodes will also have a sleep disorder.
Investigators found that positive sound exposure, used in conjunction with imagery rehearsal therapy, produced promising results for individuals with nightmare disorders.
The device provides gentle vibration through touch based on an analysis of heart rate and motion during sleep.
Read MoreThe researchers refer to the two types of Parkinson’s disease as body-first and brain-first. They found evidence RBD is a prodromal phenotype for the body-first type.
Read MoreScientists found that 32% of the contact sport athletes with CTE experienced sleep symptoms characteristic of REM sleep behavior disorder.
Read MoreSleep paralysis could be treated using a technique of meditation-relaxation, suggests a pilot study published today.
Read MoreMark W. Mahowald, MD, who dedicated his career to sleep medicine—much of it as sleep center director at the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, a part of Hennepin County Medical Center—died of pneumonia on March 18, with his family at his side.
Read MoreThe New York Times reports on how a dog named Bentley helped a young dancer heal from the abuse of the former physician Larry Nassar. When Grace French got her new puppy, Bentley, she began training him right away, but not the...
Read MoreElemental by Medium asks: Is there a reason our mind puts us through these frightening scenarios?“Dream content goes in repetitive circles the same way our waking thinking does. Everything you’re thinking about...
Read MoreDo bad dreams serve a real purpose? To answer this question, researchers from the University of...
Read MoreA rare sleep disorder characterized by acting out dreams during REM sleep is linked to the movement disorder Parkinson’s disease, reports MedPage Today. “It is widely believed that RBD is one of the earliest markers...
Read MorePsychologists at the University of Tulsa are looking into what causes nightmares and giving children the brain power to make them go away, reports KJRH.”Nightmares can be caused by anxiety, by stress,” Lisa Cromer,...
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Read MoreIn 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 MoreOverall, 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 MoreAmong 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 MoreMashable 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...
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