According to a study of patients with persistent insomnia, a combination of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and medication for 6 weeks was associated with improvement in sleep, although for a longer treatment period CBT alone was more beneficial for insomnia.
Insomnia is a prevalent public health problem affecting large segments of the population on a situational, [...]
Researchers have developed software to analyze MRI studies of the brain that could allow diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and of mild cognitive impairment, a lesser form of dementia that precedes the development of Alzheimer’s by several years. The research team show how their software program can accurately differentiate patients with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s from [...]
According to a population-based cohort study, use of cholinesterase inhibitors is associated with increased rates of syncope (loss of consciousness or fainting), bradycardia (slow heart rate), pacemaker insertion, and hip fracture in older adults with dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Alzheimer’s has become a major public health problem around the world due to its increasing prevalence, long duration, [...]
Researchers have found the first hard evidence that the special masks doctors prescribe to patients with sleep apnea actually work.
Sleep apnea is a disorder that can cause interrupted breathing leading to choking and even death while asleep.
Sleep apnea usually is a chronic condition that disrupts your sleep 3 or more nights each week.
This results in [...]
In a randomized, multi-center study that compared the results of two obstructive sleep apnea diagnostic and treatment protocols, “simplified” and traditional, as well as their respective costs, researchers found that the simplified model of care was not inferior to the usual physician-led, more expensive hospital-based model.
Obstructive sleep apnea, which may affect as many as 20 [...]
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