Sleep Disorders News

Sleep Disorders and Your Health (ThirdAge)
If a good night's sleep helps the brain and body perform better, it's a good guess that sleep problems can cause more than just fatigue. Numerous studies have shown a connection between Sleep disorders and medical conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, and metabolic disorders, including the risk of obesity and diabetes mellitus.

Babies sleep to fight obesity (The Courier Mail)
THEY do little more than eat and sleep, but scientists have found in a study that the more babies sleep the less likely they are to become obese.

Babies fat without 10 hours sleep (Daily Telegraph)
THEY are renowned for doing little more than eating and sleeping, but scientists have found the more babies sleep the less likely they are to become obese.

Child weight gain linked to lack of sleep (UPI)
MONTREAL, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A Canadian researcher says 26 percent of children who sleep fewer than 10 hours a night become overweight by age 6.

A Quarter Of Children Who Sleep Fewer Than 10 Hours A Night Become Overweight By The Age Of 6 (Medical News Today)
Between the ages of six months and six years old, close to 90 percent of children have at least one sleep-related problem. Among the most common issues are night terrors, teeth-grinding and bed-wetting. For the majority, it's simply a stage that passes.