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Sleep Disorder
Definition
Sleep Disorder Definition
Insomnia (in-SOM-ne-ah) is a common condition in which you have difficulty falling or staying asleep. This condition can vary from mild to severe, depending on how regularly it occurs and for how long it last.
Sleep is extremely important for healthy life. Scientists and experts still have much to learn about this complicated physiological phenomenon. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, about 40 million people in the United States suffer from chronic long-term sleep disorders each year and an additional 20 million people experience occasional sleep problems.
Latest Sleep Disorder News
Michael Jackson Trial: Dr. Conrad Murray to Fight Manslaughter Charge
The trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, 58, who is accused of involuntary manslaughter in the death of pop singer Michael Jackson, began Thursday with the selection of the jury.more
09 08, 2011
Seniors abused during childhood face increased risk of sleep troubles
Suffering from parental abuse as a child increases a person’s chances of having poor sleep quality in old age, according to a research article in the current issue of the Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences(Volume 66B, Number 3).more
06 10, 2011
U-M researchers find potential new way to fight sepsis
By digging a little deeper, researchers may have found a potential target for reversing the deadly blood infection sepsis.more
06 10, 2011
Kids who bully, have aggressive behaviors are twice as likely to have sleep problems
Ann Arbor, Mich. – Children who are bullies or have conduct problems at school are more likely to be sleepy during the day according to University of Michigan Medical School researchers.more
06 01, 2011
Marriage problems related to infants' sleep difficulties
Couples having marital difficulties may have infants who are losing sleep, according to a new study – and that may have a continuing impact on the children.more
05 11, 2011
Parasite strategy offers insight to help tackle sleeping sickness
Fresh insight into the survival strategy of the parasite that causes sleeping sickness could help inform new treatments for the disease.more
04 22, 2011
Sleep strategy used by night nurses throws off their circadian clocks
As many as 25 percent of hospital nurses go without sleep for up to 24 hours in order to adjust to working on the night shift, which is the least effective strategy for adapting their internal, circadian clocks to a night-time schedule.more
04 14, 2011
Rising star of brain found to regulate circadian rhythms
The circadian system that controls normal sleep patterns is regulated by a group of glial brain cells called astrocytes, according to a study published online on April 14th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. more
04 14, 2011
Internet program reduces infant and toddler sleep problems, helps moms sleep better too
A study in the April 1 issue of the journal SLEEP demonstrates that an Internet-based intervention was effective at reducing infant and toddler sleep disturbances, as well as providing positive, indirect benefits for maternal sleep, mood and confidence...more
04 01, 2011
Risk of death is high in older adults with sleep apnea and daytime sleepiness
A study in the April 1 issue of the journal SLEEP suggests that the risk of death is more than two times higher in older adults who have sleep apnea and report struggling with excessive daytime sleepiness.more
04 01, 2011
