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Photo by Simon Berger on Unsplash At night our bedrooms need to be a sanctuary, free of man made pollution such as EMF, light, noise, and chemical exposures. Some diffusers use household power to operate and may potentially expose you to electric and magnetic fields when used in close proximity.  As a precaution ensure that a...
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Kishore K, Cusimano MD. The Fundamental Need for Sleep in Neurocritical Care Units: Time for a Paradigm Shift. Front Neurol. 2021 Jun 17;12:637250. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.637250. PMID: 34220667; PMCID: PMC8248989. Abstract Intensive neurological assessments in neurocritical care settings for unduly prolonged period result in profound sleep deprivation in those patients that confounds the true neurological status...
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Ameen RW, Warshawski A, Fu L, Antle MC. Early life circadian rhythm disruption in mice alters brain and behavior in adulthood. Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):7366. Published 2022 May 5. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-11335-0 Abstract Healthy sleep supports robust development of the brain and behavior. Modern society presents a host of challenges that can impair and disrupt critical circadian rhythms that...
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Allison G Harvey, Treating sleep and circadian problems to promote mental health: perspectives on comorbidity, implementation science and behavior change, Sleep, Volume 45, Issue 4, April 2022, zsac026, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsac026 Abstract Insufficient sleep and mistimed sleep are prominent, yet under-appreciated and understudied, contributors to poor mental health and to mental disorders. The evidence that improving sleep and circadian...
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Neculicioiu, V.S.; Colosi, I.A.; Costache, C.; Sevastre-Berghian, A.; Clichici, S. Time to Sleep?—A Review of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sleep and Mental Health. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 3497. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063497 Abstract Sleep is intrinsically tied to mental and overall health. Short sleep duration accompanies the modern lifestyle, possibly reaching epidemic proportions. The...
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Citation: Clark GT, Yu Y, Urban CA, Fu G, Wang C, Zhang F, et al. (2022) Circadian control of heparan sulfate levels times phagocytosis of amyloid beta aggregates. PLoS Genet 18(2): e1009994. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009994 http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1009994 The findings provide a mechanism that links Alzheimer’s disease with circadian rhythm disruptions Peer-Reviewed Publication PLOS Researchers report that the immune cells...
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Beroukhim G, Esencan E, Seifer DB. Impact of sleep patterns upon female neuroendocrinology and reproductive outcomes: a comprehensive review. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2022 Jan 18;20(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s12958-022-00889-3. PMID: 35042515. Abstract Sleep is vital to human bodily function. Growing evidence indicates that sleep deprivation, disruption, dysrhythmia, and disorders are associated with impaired reproductive function and poor clinical outcomes...
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RCSI. “Researchers find new link between a disrupted body clock and inflammatory diseases.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 24 November 2021. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211124154033.htm>. Date: November 24, 2021 Source: RCSI Summary: New research has demonstrated the significant role that an irregular body clock plays in driving inflammation in the body’s immune cells, with implications for the most serious and prevalent...
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Yang Song, Kristin Sznajder, Can Cui, Yilong Yang, Ying Li, Xiaoshi Yang, Anxiety and its relationship with sleep disturbance and problematic smartphone use among Chinese medical students during COVID-19 home confinement — A Structural Equation Model Analysis, Journal of Affective Disorders, 2021, ISSN 0165-0327, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.095. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165032721010545) Highlights •Anxiety was associated with problematic smartphone use and...
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Francis N, Borniger JC. Cancer as a homeostatic challenge: the role of the hypothalamus. Trends Neurosci. 2021 Sep 21:S0166-2236(21)00167-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2021.08.008. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34561122. Abstract The initiation, progression, and metastatic spread of cancer elicits diverse changes in systemic physiology. In this way, cancer represents a novel homeostatic challenge to the host system....
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