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"Many people have a false sense of security about these herbal products because they are seen as 'natural,'" said Arshad Jahangir, M.D.,...
Another common form of dementia is Lewy body dementia (LBD). As its name suggests, LBD is characterized by the presence of Lewy bodies—...
A growing appreciation of the prevalence of sleep breathing disorders, especially as co-morbidities of disease syndromes such as chronic heart...
Both untreated OSA patients and heart failure patients are at increased risk of nocturnal death from cardiac ischemia and ventricular arrhythmia....
Surgery Childhood OSA is typically recognized between two and eight years of age when the tonsils and adenoids are the largest in relation to the...
PrevalenceThe prevalence of narcolepsy with cataplexy occurs with high variability, depending on the study population, and is thought to affect...
Humans afflicted with narcolepsy suffer a variety of symptoms due to the dysregulation of the REM cycles.3-5 These irregularities cause EDS, leading...
Definition A diagnosis of narcolepsy can be carried out using polysomnography (PSG) to document sleep patterns and exclude other sleep disorders, and...
DefinitionA diagnosis of narcolepsy can be carried out using polysomnography (PSG) to document sleep patterns and exclude other sleep disorders, and...
The Basic Neurobiology of Sleep Sleep is not a passive state. The neural substrates underlying sleep states include sleep- and wake-on neuronal...
The syndrome has attracted even more interest recently as it has been recognised as an independent cardiovascular risk factor and studies on the...
Insomnia—Symptoms, Daytime Disturbances, and Treatment Options Insomnia is the common complaint of difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep...
EpidemiologyDefinitionEpidemiological characterization necessitates a clear definition of disease. The first formal criteria for the diagnosis of RLS...
Treatment Options Behavioral changes, specifically weight loss, a reduction in alcohol consumption, and the cessation of cigarette smoking, can...
Researchers say these findings, presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, represent concrete progress toward a ...
Sleep-disordered BreathingSDB can be grouped into two major subtypes: obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and central sleep apnea.Obstructive Sleep...
NFLE is characterised by onset during infancy or childhood with persistence in adulthood, family history of similar NFL seizures and nocturnal...
Management of insomnia includes sleep hygiene education, cognitive behavioral therapy, and pharmacological therapy.2 Pharmacological agents include...
Up to 75% of adults report symptoms of a sleep problem occurring a few nights per week or more, while approximately 10–15% have chronic...
Thus far, the patients the people for whom these matters hold most importance have not been involved. This means that a number of decisions have...
