If you have a difficult time staying awake and alert during the day, you may be experiencing excessive daytime sleepiness. Dr. Virend Somers, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist with a focus on sleep medicine, explains the difference between being tired and being sleepy and how excessive daytime sleepiness can have a negative effect on the heart....
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Childhood sleep disturbance linked to suicidal thoughts and behaviors two years later
Association between sleep disturbance at age 10 years and suicidal behavior at age 12 years. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.33734 Kids who have a lot of difficulty sleeping are at heightened risk for developing suicidal thoughts and behaviors as they enter adolescence, a new Stanford Medicine-led study found. The research, published recently in JAMA Network Open, tracked more...
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Bad sleep, bad diet… bad heart?
(HealthDay)—It’s a dangerous equation: Poor sleep triggers a bad diet, and the two can equal a higher risk for obesity and heart disease in women, a new study contends. “Women are particularly prone to sleep disturbances across the life span, because they often shoulder the responsibilities of caring for children and family and, later, because...