August 3, 2006 — Elderly people with severe sleep apnea have more than twice the risk for ischemic stroke as their counterparts with no or mild apnea, a new Spanish study shows. "This is the first ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Elderly and middle-aged adults with obstructive sleep apnea may be a bigger drain on healthcare services than their counterparts without the common sleep disorder, new ...

Lack of Sleep Linked to Increased Risk of High Blood Pressure In a study supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, researchers from the United States, The Netherlands, and Mexico analyzed ...

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We are aware that the quality, quantity and nature of sleep changes across the life span. This is especially obvious as development occurs and we see the changes from infancy to childhood to ...

We know quality sleep is good for our overall health, but new research is pointing to its importance for brain health too. In the study, published Wednesday in online journal Neurology, researchers ...

A case-control study finds altered sleep events and characteristics exhibited in elderly patients with epilepsy compared to younger patients with epilepsy, as well as those without. Elderly patients ...

A new meta-analysis finds that listening to soothing, slow-tempo music can meaningfully enhance sleep quality in older adults, though researchers warn the evidence is still limited and highly variable ...