News and Features Related to Sleep Disorders

1. Obesity Ups Odds of Short Sleep
   

   May 1, 2008 -- The number on your bathroom scale may have a lot to do with how much shut-eye you get each night. A new study in the journal Sleep upholds the widely accepted notion that body weight plays a large role in how well a person sleeps. Francesco P. Cappuccio, MD, of Warwick Medical School

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2. Help for Snoring Hubby? Share the Bed
   

   April 15, 2008 -- We've all experienced it, or heard about someone who has. You drift off to sleep and next thing you know, it sounds like a lumberyard. It's not a nightmare, it's your husband snoring in bed. What do you do? A new study of married couples shows that the wife holds the key to helping

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3. Can’t Sleep? Adjust the Temperature
   

   Tony Roy is among the 30% of American adults with insomnia-related problems. “I can go to sleep, but I wake up three or four hours later,” says Roy, a 51-year-old philosophy professor at California State University, San Bernardino. When he sought help at the nearby Sleep Disorders Center at Loma Lin

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4. Why Sleepwalkers Need Regular Sleep
   

   March 19, 2008 -- Sleepwalkers may want to take extra care to make sure they get enough sleep. New research shows that when sleep deprived, sleep walkers are more likely to sleepwalk. That finding comes from a Canadian study of 40 sleepwalkers. The study supports recommendations for sleepwalkers to

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5. Sleep Deprivation at the Workplace
   

   Jack (not his real name) is an airport baggage screener who works a midnight-to-8 a.m. shift so he can take care of family matters during the day. He loves the flexibility of being able to take care of his son when he's off, but admits his energy and alertness have suffered as a result. "I'm always

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6. Undercover Investigation
   

   The night owl burns the midnight oil. The lark is yawning at 9:30 p.m. These aren't just stereotypes -- they are real scenarios. Our internal body clock sets our natural sleep schedule. "Every person's body clock does seem to have a natural setting," says Meir Kryger, MD, director of the Sleep Disor

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7. Not Enough Sleep All Too Common
   

   Feb. 28, 2008 -- U.S. adults are sleeping less than they did two decades ago, leaving few people feeling well-rested all the time, new CDC data show. The CDC today issued two new reports that peek into the sleep habits of U.S. adults. The first report comes from 19,589 adults in four states -- Delaw

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8. Ease Your Way to Daylight-Saving Time
   

   It's the wicked tradition of springtime -- setting the clock forward. Spring forward? For most of us, it's more like stumbling sideways into daylight-saving time. This year, the joy occurs before winter has a good chance to thaw. Prepare yourself -- it's this weekend when we reset the alarm clock. D

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9. How Loneliness and Sleep Are Connected
   

   Loneliness and sleep problems have long plagued me, beginning at age 7 when my family moved twice within one year. Struggling to make new friends, my self-esteem plummeted, and the shyness I developed established a pattern of persistent loneliness. Empty days matched insomnia-filled nights, and litt

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10. Snore No More!
    

    By Marisa Belger The best high-tech and traditional remedies to ease nighttime noise Snoring is more than just a nuisance--it disrupts the sleep habits and lives of 90 million American adults and their partners. OTC products like nasal strips (to open breathing passages) and sprays (to lubricate the

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