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Association between frequency of sleep medication use and brain morphology (P3.058)
Conclusions:This is the first study to examine the association between frequency of sleep medication use and brain morphology in a healthy group of older adults. Metabolic effects or a possible neurotoxicity could play a role to the observed associations.Study Supported by:NIH R01AG038465-02NIH R01AG026158-07Research programs of excellence IKY/SIEMENS for Angeliki Tsapanou, Nikolao ScarmeaDisclosure: Dr. Tsapanou has nothing to disclose. Dr. Gu has nothing to disclose. Dr. Haider has nothing to disclose. Dr. Stern has received personal compensation for activities with Takeda, Axovant, and Eli Lilly and Company as an adviso...
Source: Neurology - April 17, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Tsapanou, A., Gu, Y., Haider, L., Sakhardande, J., Scarmeas, N., Stern, Y. Tags: Sleep Disruption and Medical Co-Morbidities Source Type: research

Oversleeping: The Effects and Health Risks of Sleeping Too Much
This article originally appeared on the Amerisleep blog. Rosie Osmun is the Creative Content Manager at Amerisleep, a progressive memory foam mattress brand focused on eco-friendly sleep solutions. Rosie writes more posts on the Amerisleep blog about the science of sleep, eco-friendly living, leading a healthy lifestyle and more. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cholesterol, Unscrambled
There seems to be a whole lot of passion in response to the recent disclosure that this year's Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is recommending we stop fretting about cholesterol. Note that the committee merely advises, so these are not yet the official dietary guidelines for Americans. Famously, the politicians have the final say there. That passion over cholesterol runs in both directions, with enthusiasts of more animal food intake -- Paleo, dieters, for instance -- feeling vindicated; and my vegan friends contending that an excess of cholesterol must have scrambled the brains of the Advisory Committee members, a...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news