New Study Sheds Light on Working Nights

New Study Sheds Light on Working Nights
Title: New Study Sheds Light on Working Nights
Category: Health News
Created: 12/8/2008
Last Editorial Review: 12/8/2008

Postpartum Depression And Poor Sleep Quality Linked
Postpartum depression (PPD) can lead to poor sleep quality, recent research shows. A study published in the current issue of the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing shows that depression symptoms worsen in PPD patients when their quality of sleep declines. Sleep deprivation can hamper a mother's ability to care for her infant, as judgment and concentration decline.

Immune System Works Better at Night
Title: Immune System Works Better at Night
Category: Health News
Created: 12/16/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 12/16/2008

Diabetes Risk Linked To Body Clock Gene
Reviewing the results of ten genome-wide association scans covering over 36,000 people of European descent, an international group of scientists found that a variant of a gene involved in regulating the body clock may also be linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes.

Gasping Is Good When It Comes to Cardiac Arrest
Title: Gasping Is Good When It Comes to Cardiac Arrest
Category: Health News
Created: 11/25/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/25/2008

Type 2 Diabetes Patients With OSA Benefit From CPAP Which Improves Sleeping Glucose Levels
A study in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests that screening type 2 diabetes patients for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and treating those who have OSA with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy could improve the management of their hyperglycemia and might favorably influence their long-term prognosis.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea And Erectile Dysfunction: Still A Neglected Risk Factor?
UroToday.com - Erectile dysfunction (ED) and sleep disordered breathing (SDB) have recently been correlated in a scientific manner. Previous attempts to link these two entities consisted mainly of case reports as well as observations of the impact of hypoxic conditions on erectile function. The literature on this topic involves the review of early studies by Sir Edmund Hilary and his scientific team in the Himalayan expedition up to recent mice experiments performed in the lab.

Rising Costs Affect Women's Health
Title: Rising Costs Affect Women's Health
Category: Health News
Created: 12/2/2008
Last Editorial Review: 12/2/2008