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Researchers trying to determine if sleep dysfunction is related to tinnitus and its degree of expression.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 7, 2025 Source:Tinnitus Seems to Be Somehow Connected to a Crucial Bodily Function Reference: Tinnitus: at a crossroad between phantom perception and sleep
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Interesting research evaluating the effect sleeping pills have on the brain’s ability to restore itself during a specific sleep stage.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 12, 2025 Source:Common sleep medication may prevent brain from clearing ‘waste’ Reference:Norepinephrine-mediated slow vasomotion drives glymphatic clearance during sleep
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Night owls’ cognitive function ‘superior’ to early risers, study suggests but cannot prove.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 15, 2024 Source:Night owls’ cognitive function ‘superior’ to early risers, study suggests
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Lots of anecdote from people who have financial interests in supporting the act of taping your mouth shut to improve your sleep quality. Should be a straight-forward clinical trial to prove determine if the claim holds water.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 9, 2024 Source:It’s the hottest trend in sleep. All you have to do is tape your mouth shut
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Study reports lack of sleep linked to high blood pressure in children and teens but selection bias and self-reported data cloud the results
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 19, 2024 Source:Lack of sleep linked to high blood pressure in children and teens
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Eating a healthy plant-based diet may make sleep apnea less likely? Nothing inherent in plants that reduces the risk, rather adopting healthy eating reduces risk of weight gain; one of the risk factors for developing sleep apnea.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 28, 2024 Source:Eating a healthy plant-based diet may make sleep apnea less likely Reference:Plant-based and vegetarian diets are associated with reduced obstructive sleep apnoea risk
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Sleep disruptions in 30s and 40s linked to cognitive decline a decade later, study finds
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 5, 2024 Source:Sleep disruptions in 30s and 40s linked to cognitive decline a decade later, study finds Reference:Association Between Sleep Quantity and Quality in Early Adulthood With Cognitive Function in Midlife
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Behavioral training and therapy is always the preferred first choice for many children who are having difficulty falling sleeping. Melatonin commonly taken by kids not a magic bullet, pediatricians say.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 7, 2023 Source:Melatonin commonly taken by kids not a magic bullet, pediatricians say Reference:Characteristics of Melatonin Use Among US Children and Adolescents
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Team finds a medication that can partially mitigate severity of sleep apnea.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 11, 2022 Source:Team finds a promising medication for sleep apnea Reference:The norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor reboxetine alone reduces obstructive sleep apnea severity: a double blind, placebo controlled, randomized, cross-over trial