Medical Notes: Week of March 25, 2018
A look at the top medical headlines for the week of March 25, 2018.
Sleep Sub-categories:
- Lucid Dreaming (2)
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
Experts describe cyclic vomiting syndrome, and how the syndrome is often misdiagnosed and remains difficult to treat.
ADHD and Sleep Disorders (2018)
Experts discuss new research showing that most people with ADHD have a disordered body clock and how fixing the body clock could lessen the impact of both ADHD and other health problems.
Medical Notes: Week of January 28, 2018
A look at the top medical headlines for the week of January 28, 2018-February 3, 2018.
Medical Notes: Week of January 14, 2018
Increased risk of heart disease death for people with restless leg syndrome, an experimental test for whether an upper respiratory infection is caused by a virus or bacteria, and genes that cause bad breath.
Exploding Head Syndrome
A sleep disorder strangely named "exploding head syndrome" may keep more than 10 percent of people awake at night by inflicting them with crashing sounds that only they can hear.
Why the Opposition to Later School Start Times?
The day at secondary schools begins around 8 am but research says biological sleep schedules of teens are about two hours behind the rest of the population. Even still opposition to starting the school day later remains.
Social Jetlag
New studies show that changing your weekday sleep schedule by sleeping in as a little as an hour every weekend can have severe health impact.
Medical Notes: Week of April 30, 2017
Firefighter heart attack deaths, a link between sleep and dementia, and avoiding eating junk food by...waiting.
Medical Notes: Week of April 23, 2017
Dogs that can sniff out cancer, depressions and heart disease, lack of sleep connection to more arguments, and how parents feel about their kids playing sports.
Why Taming Sleep Leaves Us Restless
Sleep used to be natural, governed by darkness, light, and fatigue. Now it’s highly processed and scheduled.
Medical Notes: Week of April 9, 2017
A look at important medical, health and science headlines for the week of April 9.
