Seniors need 5+ hours of nightly sleep to prevent chronic disease, 25-year study suggests
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2022
Five hours or less of sleep each night is a recipe for multimorbidity in seniors, the authors of a long-term study contend.
Light exposure during sleep linked to obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure in seniors
Jun 24, 2022
Older men and women who are exposed to any amount of light while sleeping are more likely to have these chronic conditions than their peers who sleep in total darkness, investigators have found.
Poor sleep linked to more COPD flare-ups: NIH study
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 07, 2022
Poor sleep quality is a good predictor of whether a patient with COPD will have exacerbations, researchers say.
What’s the ideal number of sleep hours for older adults? Study says 7
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 02, 2022
Helping older adults achieve 7 hours of nightly sleep may help them maintain optimal cognitive health, especially those with dementia and psychiatric disorders, researchers say.
What makes patients with Alzheimer’s sleepy? Loss of neurons, investigators say
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Amy Novotney
Apr 07, 2022
The lethargy that many Alzheimer’s patients experience is caused not by a lack of sleep but rather by the degeneration of a type of neuron that keeps us awake, according to a study that also confirms...
Clinical briefs for Friday, March 18
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2022
Daytime napping changes may signal dementia’s progression … One-third of nurses polled plan to quit their jobs this year … CDC: Prepare for rebound in TB cases post-pandemic … ‘Long COVID’...
Study highlights nurses’ sleep challenges during pandemic
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 28, 2022
Nurses have lost a lot of sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic, and their sleep problems are closely tied to mental health issues that can affect well-being, a new investigation finds.
Most elders use sleep meds, but only half discuss use with their doctors: study
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Amy Novotney
Nov 05, 2021
Older adults frequently use medication to treat sleep difficulties, but only about half discuss it with their physicians, study results presented at Psych Congress 2021 this week found. In fact, the majority...
Treat nighttime BP swings to cut diabetes mortality risk, 21-year study suggests
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 28, 2021
Abnormal nighttime blood pressure dips can double the odds of death for patients with diabetes, a long-term study has found. Clinicians should regularly look for and treat the problem, investigators say.
Low exercise may amplify link between poor sleep, mortality risk
Jun 30, 2021
(HealthDay News) — Poor sleep is associated with increased risks of all-cause and cause-specific mortality, with risk exacerbated among those with insufficient physical activity (PA), according to a...