Various factors contribute to why women may need an average of 11 minutes more sleep than men. Hormonal changes throughout the month and with age, gender-based responsibilities (e.g., caregiving), increased risk of sleep disorders, and other health concerns such as chronic pain and other health and life differences all contribute.
Semaglutide or tirzepatide should be the first line treatment for people living with obesity and most of its complications, according to a new framework for the pharmacological treatment of obesity and its complications from the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) published in the journal Nature Medicine.
Military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or concussion suffer from a thrashing form of sleep behavior at a rate that is far higher than the general population, according to a new study. Researchers next want to probe whether the sleep disorder might provide an early signal of the development of neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's disease.
New research has explored the link between sleep apnea and depression and suggests that the former may be one reason that depression treatments fail.
Myofunctional therapy — previously defined in Sleep as isotonic and isometric mouth exercises geared toward the lips, tongue, soft palate and lateral pharyngeal wall — reduced apnea-hypopnea indices in older patients with obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, according to research discussed at the SLEEP annual meeting.
