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Brain enzyme discovery may open new path to treat neurodegenerative diseas
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Israeli and European scientists have uncovered a previously unknown molecular mechanism that helps explain why aging and neurological disease are so often accompanied by sleep disturbances, mood disorders, and cognitive decline -- and, crucially, how those effects may be reversed.
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Heightened light sensitivity may contribute to Alzheimer's 'sundowning' an
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to recent Alzheimer's research from UVA Health, increased light sensitivity may be responsible for "sundowning," or the exacerbation of symptoms in the late afternoon, as well as for sleep disturbances that are thought to hasten the disease's progression.
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Worm genetics reveals key sleep-regulation pathways: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
lthough the brain is thought to regulate sleep--how much, when, and how much sleep occurs--sleep deprivation affects the body, and body signals can affect sleep. The mechanisms that the body uses to regulate sleep, on the other hand, are largely unknown. According to a recent study publishe
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Study: Schizophrenia patients' symptoms grow by disrupted sleep, wakefulne
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and those from Italy described common patterns of sleep disturbances and irregularities in daily rhythms of rest and activity across patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, or SSD, in a paper that was just published in Molecular Psychiatry
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New study investigates importance of sleep disturbance in dogs with dement
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Dogs with dementia have the same sleep disturbances as individuals with dementia. Researchers from North Carolina State University utilised electroencephalography, or EEGs, on elderly dogs to examine if brain-wave readings during sleep were associated with markers of cognitive deterioration.
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The Equilibrium decodes the impact of social media addiction in 2022 and i
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Checking notifications, scrolling through social media, following the trend, carrying your smartphone everywhere you go, all this has become a norm from the past decade. An increase in smartphone usage and internet accessibility
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Research shows science getting closer to reduce seizures, sleep disturbanc
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Las Vegas [US], February 23 (ANI): A recent study has given a new ray of hope by showing that science is getting one step closer to developing targeted drug therapies that may reduce seizures, sleep disorders, and related symptoms common in people with intellectual disabilities.
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Study reveals poor sleep, stress worsen in nurses who work night shifts
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Oregon [US], February 4 (ANI): A new study has found that nurses who work in night shifts experience more sleep disturbances and are more likely to suffer from psychological as well as physical health issues like PTSD, insomnia and inflammation.
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Sleep deprivation may exacerbate frailty's effects on mental health in old
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): Previous studies have linked sleep deprivation and frailty with depression. A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that examined their combined effect suggests that short sleep intensifies the impacts of frailty on depressiv
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Study finds older adults using cannabis to treat common health conditions
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], October 8 (ANI): Older adults use cannabis primarily for medical purposes to treat a variety of common health conditions, including pain, sleep disturbances and psychiatric conditions like anxiety and depression, reported researchers of University of California (UC) San Dieg
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Study links sleep disturbances with poor academic, psychological functioni
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], Aug 8 (ANI): Sleep disturbances are associated with diminished well-being by the time children are 10-11 years old, according to a recent study led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
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Child sleep problems associated with impaired academic and psychosocial fu
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [USA], August 4 (ANI): Irrespective of whether children have sleep problems since birth or not, a new study by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has found that sleep disturbances at any age are associated with diminished well-being by the time the childre
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