Sleep Patterns & Cognitive Decline Linked in Middle-Aged Hispanics
Inventum: Taking longer to fall asleep was associated with lower measures of verbal learning, verbal memory, and other functions over a 7-year study period.
Inventum: Taking longer to fall asleep was associated with lower measures of verbal learning, verbal memory, and other functions over a 7-year study period.
African Americans with severe sleep apnea and other adverse sleep patterns are much more likely to have high blood glucose levels than those without these patterns.
A study suggests sleep problems and energy product use are associated with increased alcohol use in teens, even after controlling for sociodemographics and mental health. Results show that both sleeping problems and use of...
Preliminary data from a recent study show high levels of emotional distress could be causing immigrants to have more sleep disorder symptoms than non-immigrants. Migration can be a stressful experience and may lead to poor...
Read MoreIt’s likely that, over the course of their lifetimes, white students have slept hundreds of hours more than black students, reports The Washington Post. According to a forthcoming paper by Tiffany Yip, a psychology professor at...
Read MoreA US study suggests that black and Hispanic drivers are at twice the risk of falling asleep at the wheel compared to whites, and differences in sleep quality explain at least some of the disparity between blacks and whites,...
Read MoreBad sleep may fuel health disparities in America, reports Vox. Research shows black Americans on average simply don’t sleep as well white Americans do. They don’t sleep as long, they don’t sleep through the night as often, and...
Read MoreUCLA researchers have found that teenagers who face ethnic discrimination sleep less than those who do not, according to the Daily Bruin. In a study published last month, researchers at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and...
Read MoreOnce again researchers have called into question the practice of sleeping in late on weekends to...
Read MorePediatric severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in the Washington, DC metropolitan area is most...
Read MorePeople who perceive more discrimination in daily life have higher rates of sleep problems, based...
Read MoreThe Washington Post looks at what sleep looks like across the United States, as broken down by marital status, geography, race/ethnicity, and employment. 3. People with college degrees or higher were more likely to get enough...
Read MoreA multi-ethnic study has shown that vitamin D supplements can benefit sleep, particularly in African Americans, as reported by the Clinical Advisor.
Read MoreA study suggests that sleep disturbances and undiagnosed sleep apnea are common among middle-aged...
Read MoreA new study suggests that marijuana use is associated with impaired sleep quality. Results show that any history of cannabis use was associated with an increased likelihood of reporting difficulty falling asleep, struggling to...
Read MoreResults of the National Sleep Foundation 2010 Sleep in America Poll.
Read MoreRecognizing obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease in minorities.
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