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:: 26 July, 2008
What is it?
This disorder describes a group of different circadian rhythm sleep disorders (CRSDs) that are directly caused by a drug or substance. People with these disorders have sleep times that seem to be out of alignment. Their sleep...

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:: 26 July, 2008
What is it?
This insomnia can also be called “bad sleep habits.” It involves the things that you normally do every day. These habits keep your sleep from being refreshing. They can also keep you from feeling alert during the day. These...

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116 days
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:: 26 July, 2008
What is it?
Periodic limb movements are when you have episodes of simple, repetitive muscle movements. You are unable to control them. They usually do not keep you from falling asleep. Instead, they severely disrupt your sleep during the...

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116 days
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:: 26 July, 2008
What is it?
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is when you have a strong urge to move your legs. This urge is very hard to resist. It often comes with other uneasy feelings deep inside the legs. You can have a very hard time trying to explain what...

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:: 26 July, 2008
What is it?
Sleep terrors is also called “night terrors.” It is a parasomnia. A parasomnia involves undesired events that come along with sleep.
In a typical episode, you will sit up in bed and pierce the night with a "blood-curdling"...

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:: 26 July, 2008
What is it?
Sleepwalking is also called “somnambulism.” It is a parasomnia. A parasomnia involves undesired events that come along with sleep.
Sleepwalking occurs when you get up from bed and walk around even though you are still asleep....

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What is it?
Shift work sleep disorder is a circadian rhythm sleep disorder that occurs due to a work schedule that takes place during the normal sleep period. This schedule requires you to work when your body wants to sleep. Then you have to...

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116 days
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:: 26 July, 2008
What is it?
Jet lag is a circadian rhythm sleep disorder that is also called time zone change syndrome. It involves a mismatch in the timing of your natural tendency to be asleep and the time when you are naturally awake. It occurs due to...

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What is it?
The term narcolepsy is used to describe a group of people affected by excessive sleepiness. It also includes features of dreaming that occur while awake. Narcoleptics are often refreshed by short naps. However, after two or three...

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* What is it?
Obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, is a sleep related breathing disorder that causes your body to stop breathing during sleep. OSA occurs when the tissue in the back of the throat collapses and blocks the airway. This keeps air...

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A sleep disorder disrupts and disturbs your overall quality of life. It can affect a child, teen, single adult, parent or senior citizen. More than 70 million people in the U.S. have a sleep disorder. Most of those who have one are completely...

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This Sexual Disorders topic center contains information about paraphillias (more commonly known as sexual perversions or deviancies). Please explore our Sexual Problems topic center if you are interested in more run-of-the-mill sexual...

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UCLA researchers have discovered that people with sleep apnea show tissue loss in brain regions that help store memory. Reported in the June 27 edition of the journal Neuroscience Letters, the findings emphasize the importance of early detection...

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:: 23 July, 2008
women who regularly sleep more than nine hours a night may have an increased risk of ischemic stroke, researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Compared to women sleeping seven hours, the risk of ischemic stroke...

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:: 15 March, 2008
Chronic sleep disruption can cause heart and kidney disease, researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre of the Toronto General Hospital have discovered.
“Disrupted circadian rhythms have a devastating effect on the heart, kidney and possibly...

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