What Might Be Obstructing Your Patient’s CPAP Adherence
Insidious factors impact sleep disorder screening, diagnosis, treatment, and surprisingly, even the likelihood of a sleep disorder as seemingly based on a physical blockage as OSA.
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Study Finds Racial-Ethnic Differences in Sleep Health
"It’s not just identification of the problem, but also that there are some pre-existing solutions," says one of the authors.
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Scientists Sequence Genomes of 53,831 People of Diverse Backgrounds to Better Understand Sleep Disorders & More
Increased minority representation should translate into better understanding of how heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders should help reduce health disparities.
Read MoreTemple Researchers to Explore Sleep & COPD Connection in African Americans
“We are interested in finding out how sleep modifies the effects of smoking behavior on lung health and exercise tolerance in African Americans as compared to Caucasian smokers.”
Read MoreSleep Patterns & Cognitive Decline Linked in Middle-Aged Hispanics
Inventum: Taking longer to fall asleep was associated with lower measures of verbal learning, verbal memory, and other functions over a 7-year study period.
Read MoreRace & Ethnicity May Not Play Role in RLS During Pregnancy
Penn State investigators found differences between different racial and ethnic groups and the prevalence of restless legs syndrome during pregnancy, but they do not believe that race was the cause of the differences.
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Study of Infants: Sleep Differences by Race & Income Emerge Early
A study characterized sleep-wake patterns in infants at 1- and 6-months old using ankle-placed actigraphs and parent-completed sleep diaries.
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STOP-BANG Misses Sleep Apnea in Black Patients
Black Americans are disproportionately impacted by cardiovascular disease and untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) might be partially to blame.
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Women with Young Children & Minority Ethnic Groups Among Those Losing the Most Sleep During Pandemic, Finds UK Study
The pandemic lockdown led to a rise in the number of people experiencing sleeping problems from one in six of the sample to one in four.
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Low Respiratory Arousal Threshold in African Americans with OSA Offers Clues to CPAP Nonadherence
New data shows that over 60% of African American patients evaluated for obstructive sleep apnea have a low respiratory arousal threshold, compared to 30% to 50% in other populations.
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How Sleep Helps Teens Deal with Social Stress
Adequate sleep can help teens navigate challenging social situations.
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Severe Sleep Apnea Linked to Higher Blood Glucose Levels in African-Americans
African Americans with severe sleep apnea and other adverse sleep patterns are much more likely to have high blood glucose levels than those without these patterns.
Read MoreEthnic Differences for OSA
Denise M. O’Driscoll, PhD, and colleagues suspected OSA traits could differ between ethnicities as well, possibly posing challenges in diagnosis and treatment, reports Physician’s Weekly.For a study published...
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We Know Losing Weight Lessens Sleep Apnea Severity. This New Study Helps Explain Why.
Researchers have discovered that improvements in OSA symptoms appear to be linked to the reduction of fat in one unexpected body part.
Read MoreSleep Center in Rockville Says Help Is Available for African Americans Suffering from Sleep Apnea
For African-Americans, sleep specialist Asefa Jejaw Mekonnen says the potential to develop sleep apnea is particularly high, reports the Montgomery County Sentinel.“Lack of information and lack of access to...
Read MoreNearly One-Third of Americans Sleep Fewer Than Six Hours Per Night
The number of Americans sleeping six hours or fewer each night is on the rise, reports the Smithsonian. According to a new survey of nearly 400,000 individuals’ sleep patterns, 32.9 percent of respondents self-reported a poverty...
Read MoreAmericans Are Sleeping Less Than They Were 13 Years Ago
Light-emitting devices and high stress levels could be contributing to sleep deficits among Americans, especially minorities, reports Science News. Nearly one-third of American adults sleep less than six hours each night, a...
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