The Sleep Hunter
Observations About The World Of Sleep Medicine From A Sleep Physician
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Feb 22, 12 11:30PMREM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD) is a form of sleepwalking where patients will enact their dream while asleep. This dream enactment behavior is not normal, as usually we are completely paralyzed whi le...
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Feb 05, 12 10:20PMA few, small studies have shown that regular exercise can reduce the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as determined by the number of times the upper airway collapses per hour of sleep (AHI). There...
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Jan 29, 12 11:31PMStudies have shown a link between short sleep duration and obesity, but few studies have researched food intake and sleep patterns. There is a research study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine that...
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Jan 15, 12 11:28PMThere is an interesting article in the November edition of the Sleep Journal about the relationship between loneliness and sleep. The study authors describe a previous study that showed that loneline ss...
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Jan 08, 12 11:58PMSleep problems are very common in people that have fibromyalgia syndrome(FMS). I saw an abstract for a study published in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism that was done to determine the prevalenc e...
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Jan 02, 12 12:13AMCertain medications for insomnia have been shown to impair driving performance the morning after they are taken. These medications are valium-like compounds called benzodiazepines. However, Rozerem ramelteon...
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Dec 25, 11 10:17PMWe know that driving while sleepy is dangerous. Driving in the middle of the night is especially dangerous. Most studies of driving while sleepy have been on driving simulators, which are not the sa me...
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Dec 19, 11 12:51AMObstructive sleep apnea is becoming more common, especially as obesity rates increase. Some of the medications used to treat psychiatric conditions can contribute to obesity, putting these patients a t...
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Dec 12, 11 12:38AMSleep paralysis occurs when a person becomes completely paralyzed when either going to sleep or waking up. The only muscles that can be moved are the eye muscles and the diaphragm. It is very fright ening...
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Dec 04, 11 11:00PMI'm not an anesthesiologist, but I always learn cool things about sleep from them - after all they are always putting people to sleep. Apparently, there is an association between patients that are di fficult...
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