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REM Sleep is Vital

Here's the catch-22.  You are told by health professionals, sleep experts, magazine and news articles, headlines in the news - that adequate sleep is vital to your health.  You are one of those people, though, that has a chronic illness that poses discomfort or pain, and so you never quite get into a deep restorative sleep.  Experts... Read moreChevron
posted 07/30/2008, comments (0)|
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Your Sleep Questions Answered: Part 2

  I wanted to get back to your sleep questions.  Please see my disclaimer on last blog.  These questions and answers are meant to be educational and not to be used to replace your own physician.   Question: REM Behavior disorder (RBD) sounds interesting.  What if the person, in this case a nine year old... Read moreChevron
posted 05/02/2008, comments (2)|
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Lack of Sleep Leads to Sleepwalking

A study done by researchers at the University of Montreal suggests that sleep deprivation triggers sleepwalking.  The researchers studied 40 patients suspected of sleepwalking. After being deprived of sleep for 25 hours, sleepwalking increased. There is, at present, no proven method of diagnosing the cause of sleepwalking. However, when... Read moreChevron
posted 04/02/2008, comments (2)|
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REM and Memory

According to a report published in the February first issue of the journal Sleep, a short period of non-REM sleep during a daytime nap improves memory performance. However, this seems to be the case only when the person is quizzed on subjects he or she knows well.Matthew A. Tucker, PhD, of the Center for Sleep and Cognition and the department of... Read moreChevron
posted 02/04/2008, comment (1)|
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Night Terrors and REM Behavior Disorder (RBD)

Today we're going to talk some more about nightmares, particularly Night Terrors and REM Behavior Disorder. Nightmares are common in patients with psychiatric disorders, but in general, nightmares can simply be caused by stressful or traumatic experiences. There is a common myth that frequent nightmares, especially in children, are a... Read moreChevron
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