This Simple Blood Test Can Help Predict Cardiometabolic Disease Risk in OSA Patients
New research finds that testing for an inflammatory marker is a stronger predictor than apnea-hypopnea index alone.
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Some believe diabetes is primarily a body weight issue, but studies have shown that more so than weight, the severity of the sleeping disorder can elevate someone with sleep apnea’s risk of developing diabetes,...
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What You Eat May Influence How You Sleep
Eating less fiber, more saturated fat, and more sugar is associated with lighter, less...
Stressed at Work and Trouble Sleeping? It’s More Serious Than You Think
Work stress and impaired sleep are linked to a threefold higher risk of cardiovascular death in...
Read MoreSleep Apnea Can Make Managing Diabetes More Difficult: What You Need To Know
Manage your sleep apnea and keep your diabetes in check, reports The Cleveland Clinic. If you have diabetes, sleep apnea can make it more difficult to manage your diabetes. This is because when your breathing pauses while you...
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Sleep Apnea During Pregnancy May Increase Risk of Childhood Obesity
The severity of sleep apnea in pregnant women is related to changes in glucose levels during...
Read MoreIs Year-round Daylight Saving Time a Good Idea? Maybe Not
USC experts confirm biological challenges of the time change; if anything, they say we should be on standard time all year, reports USC News. In California, daylight saving time could become year-round after voters in November...
Read MoreCVS Health Testing New HealthHUB Store Format
With the new format over 20% of the store is dedicated to health services, including new durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies and new product and service combinations for sleep apnea and diabetes care. CVS Health is...
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Daytime Nap Linked with 5 mm Hg Drop in Blood Pressure
New research being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 68th Annual Scientific...
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Yo-yo Sleep Schedule Can Be Worse on Some Measures Than Maintaining Sleep Debt
Think sleeping in on the weekend can repair the damage from a week of sleepless nights? Not so,...
Read MoreFellow Spotlight: Raj Bhui, MD
For Duke Neurology’s “Spotlight” interview, Raj Bhui, MD, talks about being a family medicine physician in a sleep medicine fellowship. As a family medicine physician who wore multiple hats, one of my common roles was to...
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In Teens, Split Versus Continuous Sleep Impacts Cognition and Glucose Differently
Many adolescent students sleep less than the recommended duration of 8-10 hours a night. But...
Read MoreEvidence Suggests that Sleep Quality Improves with Virta Health’s Nutritional Ketosis Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes Reversal
Virta Health, which promotes a nutritional ketosis care model and intervention for Type 2 diabetes reversal has published peer-reviewed research in Sleep Medicine. This study found significant improvement in self-reported sleep...
Read MoreHealth Matters: Sleep and Diabetes
Millions of Americans are living with diabetes—but doctors say lack of exercise and nutrition may not be the only causes driving this disease, reports NBC 2. “There is a correlation between sleep and diabetes. Disrupted sleep...
Read MoreNight Shifts Plus Unhealthy Lifestyle May be Recipe for Diabetes
Women who work rotating night shifts and also have unhealthy lifestyle habits may be much more likely to develop diabetes than peers with only one of these risk factors, according a large study. In the study of female nurses,...
Read MoreResearchers Link Sleep Health to Insulin Resistance in Obese Teens
Researchers at Children’s Hospital Colorado have identified a connection between overweight and obese teens’ sleep health and their insulin sensitivity.The study used an objective measurement of circadian...
Read MoreStudy Reveals Relationship of Sleep Duration, Diabetes Risk in Cancer Survivors
Long sleep duration may be protective against type II diabetes in cancer survivors, according to a study published in Cancer Management and Research. Sleep duration has cardiometabolic effects, and patients with cancer are at...
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Poor Sleep Efficiency Linked to Lower Cognitive Functioning in People with Diabetes
A study published in the journal Acta Diabetologica reports that people with diabetes and...
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