CDC Finds Most Americans Experience Insufficient Sleep
A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds a majority of Americans experience insufficient rest or sleep at least once during a 30-day period. The findings come from an analysis conducted in 2008 of data from all 50 states (as well as D.C. and three U.S. territories) using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The system, run by state health departments in conjunction with CDC, gathered information through a random telephone survey of more than 400,000 adults 18 years and older. Participants were asked "During the past 30 days, for about how many days ...
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OSA More Prevalent in Patients with Severe Asthma
Researchers have found obstructive sleep apnea to be more common in patients with severe asthma compared with patients with moderate asthma, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Sleep apnea is a disorder in which breathing is briefly and repeatedly interrupted during sleep. The "apnea" in sleep apnea refers to a breathing pause that lasts at least ten seconds. Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when the muscles in the back of the throat fail to keep the airway open, despite efforts to breathe. The study — conducted by researchers at McGill University in Montreal, ...
Short Sleepers Could Develop Prediabetes
People who sleep on average less than six hours a night could develop impaired fasting glucose, or prediabetes, which can eventually lead to type 2 diabetes, according to research presented this week at the American Heart Association's Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. Researchers looked at the health records of almost 1,500 people taking part in the Western New York Health Study and found participants identified as short sleepers (less than six hours each night) were nearly five times as likely to convert from normal blood sugar levels to impaired fasting glucose compared with those getting six to ...
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