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Sleep disorders affect nearly 44 million Americans, with an additional 35 million reporting occasional problems. It is a health problem of epidemic proportions, which has only recently been recognized.
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Do You Feel Refreshed? |
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Many people have the misconception that if they fall asleep easily, they must be sleeping well. However, many do not consider their daytime sleepiness and fatigue as a potential health hazard, often because they have never experienced how refreshed they should feel when waking up in the morning.
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At least forty-five percent of adults snore occasionally. Snoring is often a marker of Sleep Apnea or a risk factor for vascular complications such as Hypertension.
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Insomnia is a symptom that most people have experienced from time to time. In 6-10% of adults, it occurs frequently enough to be considered a disorder.
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Researchers at Fusion Sleep have developed a user-friendly questionnaire-based algorithm called the FSQ-10, which identifies individuals who are at risk for common sleep disorders.
Answering 10 seemingly simple questions will help you uncover many sleep-related conditions.
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Parasomnias are characterized by physical activity that usually does not occur during sleep. They include rapid eye movement (REM), sleep talking, sleep terrors, and sleepwalking.
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Sleep Apnea is one of the most common Sleep Disorders, affecting approximately 1 out of 10 people you know.
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Restless Legs Syndrome, or RLS, is a very common disorder that often occurs in families, due to inherited problems with a neurochemical called dopamine.
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Sleep deprivation is extremely common in modern society and can lead to issues with mood, alertness, and performance.
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Narcolepsy is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and intermittent, uncontrollable episodes of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
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Circadian processes refer to biological activities that occur "around the day", on a 24-hour cycle. The oldest and most powerful circadian process is our relationship to light and dark, or wake and sleep.
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