Sleep Deprivation
Sleep loss promotes increase in abdominal fat, cardiometabolic risk
Healthy nonobese adults consumed more calories, gained more weight and experienced an increase in visceral adipose tissue after 14 days of experimental sleep restriction compared with those who slept 9 hours per night, researchers reported.
AHA offers tips to ease effects of time change in heart-healthy ways
Losing an hour of sleep and “springing forward” for daylight saving time may negatively impact CV and brain health, according to a press release from the American Heart Association.
‘Springing forward’ but taking two steps back: The hidden dangers of daylight saving time
After a long winter, the switch to daylight saving time on March 13 may seem like a welcome sign of spring.
Pruritus may lead to sleep disturbance, psychological distress
Women more likely than men to experience CV effects of sleep loss
Sleep loss caused a significant increase in 24-hour and sleep-time BP among healthy young adults, particularly women, according to data published in Hypertension.
Later school start times linked to fewer car crashes involving teens
Delaying school start times by slightly more than an hour led to fewer instances of teenagers driving while drowsy and fewer motor vehicle accidents involving younger drivers, researchers reported at SLEEP.
Sleep 'intimately tied' to increased inflammation, worse disease course in IMIDs
Experimental studies indicate that sleep loss can lead to elevated concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines and enhance the perception of pain among patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, according to a speaker here.
Short sleep duration linked to dementia, death in older adults
Sleeping fewer than 5 hours per night was associated with increased risks for incident dementia and death among older adults in the United States, according to research published in Aging.
Sleep important factor in development of long-term CV outcomes
Sleep could have a significant effect on CV health and long-term CV outcomes, and factors such as obstructive sleep apnea and sleep duration may warrant consideration among patients with hypertension, a speaker reported.
Many Americans lose sleep on election night
Nearly one-third of Americans may lose sleep on election night, according to results of a survey commissioned by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.