Sleep Disorders News

A new study from the Uppsala University shows how a single night of sleep could increase blood levels of a recognised biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease.

A new study suggest that weight lost leads to upper airway changes such as reduced tongue fat, which could improve obstructive sleep apnea symptoms.

Sleep-related breathing disorders involve pauses in breathing or difficulties breathing during the night. If they are untreated, they can cause many serious problems, among which are heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, and low blood oxygen.

The term “sleep-related hypoxemia” refers to hypoxemia that manifests itself as a result of sleep-related breathing disorders or during sleep in general. While most of the symptoms are the same, it’s important to keep track of where the patient tends to fall asleep.

In reality, disturbed sleep is a core symptom of bipolar disorder. It is no surprise, seeing as how mania and depression both negatively affect it. Sleep disorders often go hand in hand with bipolar disorder, and make its symptoms even worse.

Hypoventilation during sleep is one of the sleep-related breathing disorders, and it involves slow or shallow breathing, known as respiratory depression.

Irregular sleep-wake rhythm disorder and non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder are typically the rarest forms of all circadian rhythm disorders.

People who suffer from sleep-wake phase disorder have a strong biological urge to stay up when most of the other people are sleeping and to sleep when others are already fully awake.

The advanced sleep-wake phase disorder (ASWPD) is a circadian rhythm disorder characterized by excessive sleepiness in the evening before the normally considered bedtime, not being able to resist falling asleep, and waking up way too early in the morning.