A study published in July 2016, by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, examines U.S. Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD is considered to be a mental health condition that develops after exposure to a traumatic event and can cause sleep disorders. These have been the chief complaints from over 9 million veterans. Sleep Disorders Sleep […]
A study on Alzheimer’s disease has revealed that people who get regular, sound sleep for at least eight hours a day, are at a decreased risk of suffering from it and losing their memory, which is one of the effects of Alzheimer’s disease. The study directly relates lack of sleep to increased chances of suffering from […]
Though insomnia is often viewed as being an unfortunate accompaniment to depression, research indicates that perhaps this sleep disorder represents a healthy response to an otherwise off-kilter body chemistry. This supposed link between insomnia and depression is the serotonergic system—the body’s system for recognizing the neurotransmitter serotonin. If this is the case, this […]