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Saturday, July 30, 2016

WHAT'S HAPPENING: Chronic Illness and Sleep

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WHAT'S HAPPENING: Chronic Illness and Sleep

Sleep is a full-body process that involves every system in one way or another.

It makes sense, then, that chronic illness and sleep problems can go hand in hand.

Poor sleep can lead to or aggravate preexisting chronic illness, and chronic illness can exacerbate sleep disorders or disrupt sleep, as can medications, treatments, and therapies for chronic illness.

Below you'll find a wide-ranging discussion of illness-related sleep concerns in the news and media dating back to June 1.

If you have sleep troubles, and you also have chronic illness, you may find some interesting connections between the two here.

If you feel like a sleep problem you currently have is aggravating your health in other ways, or vice versa, please consult a physician if you haven't done so already. Often, treating one or the other provides relief for both concerns.

This week's links were published or updated between 6.1.16 and 7.30.16. 


 HEART DISEASE 
JUN 6 || SLEEP REVIEW
Too Much Or Too Little Sleep Linked With Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk

JUN 7 || SLEEP REVIEW
Bed Sensors Help Health Providers Detect Problems Early

JUN 16 || CARDIOVASCULAR BUSINESS
Study: Higher risk of cardiac events in sleep disorder patients post-PCI

JUN 17 || STRAITS TIMES
Vital to screen heart patients for sleep disorder

JUN 30 || AMERICAN SLEEP ASSOCIATION
Sleep Fragmentation and Disease in the Elderly

JUL 18 || SLEEP REVIEW
Differences in Circadian Blood Pressure Variation May Contribute to Ethnic Differences in Cardiovascular Morbidity

JUL 18 || SLEEP REVIEW
Hard-to-Treat Hypertension May Jeopardize Sleep Apnea Patients’ Heart Health

JUL 26 || SLEEP REVIEW
Sleep Apnea Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke After Coronary Revascularization

JUL 30 || SLEEP 
Effects of Zolpidem CR on Sleep and Nocturnal Ventilation in Patients with Heart Failure

 STROKE & VASCULAR DISEASE 
JUN 1 || TEXAS A&M
Shift work unwinds body clocks, leading to more severe strokes

JUN 2 || THE CONVERSATION
How a good night’s sleep could change the face of stroke rehabilitation

JUN 7 || SLEEP REVIEW
Shift Work Linked to More Severe Strokes

JUN 14 || JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Stroke Rehabilitation: A Pilot Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial

JUN 28 || SLEEP REVIEW 
Poor Sleep in Seniors Linked to Hardened Brain Arteries

JUL 1 || DOCTOR TIPSTER
Lack of Sleep Can Lead to Atherosclerosis

JUL 1 || SLEEP
Silent Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Restless Legs Syndrome

 DIABETES 
JUN 15 || REUTERS
More evidence poor sleep habits may raise diabetes risk

JUN 22 || US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
How Sleep Helps Manage Diabetes

JUN 29 || MD
Type 2 Diabetes and Sleep: Disturbances are Common

JUN 29 || MEDICAL NEWS TODAY
Diabetes risk increased for men who get too much, too little sleep

JUL 1 || MEDSCAPE MULTISPECIALTY
Does Too Much Sleep Increase Diabetes Risk?

 OBESITY 
JUN 8 || THE MIRROR
Why using your phone before you go to sleep can make you gain weight

JUN 12 || MEDICAL DAILY
Sleep Time, Duration Linked To Higher Fast Food Consumption And Lower Physical Activity

JUN 23 || WGN TV
Loss of sleep leads to gains in weight

JUL 25 || THE INCIDENTAL ECONOMIST
BMI and all-cause mortality: a review

JUL 25 || MASS APPEAL
Sleep & Weight Loss

 NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 
JUN 2 || NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Neuronal Connectivity in Brain Function and Disease
Brain disorders

JUN 7 || NEUROLOGY ADVISOR
Addressing Sleep Problems To Improve Seizure Control in Epilepsy
Epilepsy

JUN 13 || UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH LAB
In MS, Can Better Sleep Improve Cognition?
Multiple sclerosis

JUN 15 || SLEEP REVIEW
Examining Sleep in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Multiple sclerosis

 COPD, ALLERGIES & ASTHMA  
JUN 10 || SLEEP REVIEW
‘People with Asthma Sleep Less, Watch More TV

JUN 27 || JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GLOBAL HEALTH
The prevalence of allergic rhinitis and atopic markers in obstructive sleep apnea

JUL 20 || WOOLCOCK
Study helps coughing smokers sleep easy

 CANCER 
JUN 4 || SLEEP REVIEW 
Short Sleep Duration, Frequent Snoring Linked to Poorer Breast Cancer Survival

JUN 5 || HEALTH CENTRAL
Why Sleep Disturbances Linger Long after the Cancer Is Gone (and What to Do about It)

 GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS 
JUN 1 || HEALTH CENTRAL
Is a Leaky Gut to Blame for Your Insomnia?
Leaky gut

JUL 12 || CHEST
GERD and sleep disorders often go hand in glove
Acid reflux

 EYE HEALTH 
JUN 14 || THE SLEEP ZONE
Sleep Apnea Affect on the Eye

JUL 22 || SCIENCE DAILY
Why apnea patients are prone to suffer from glaucoma

 PAIN 
JUN 15 || SLEEP REVIEW
Pain and Sleep: Exploring the Bidirectional Connection

 BONE HEALTH 
JUN 6 || HEALTH CENTRAL
Lack of Sleep May Pose Osteoporosis Risk