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Archive for the ‘Sleep’ Category

March 2nd, 2008

Snoring linked to heart disease

 (Courtesy Daniel P Urban DDS) 
More than 12,000 people were interviewed in their homes and questioned about snoring.
It is estimated that about 40% of adult males and 24% of adult females are habitual snorers.  For several years now, scientists have been aware of a relationship between snoring and cardiovascular disease.  However a team of Hungarian scientists interviewed […]

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January 16th, 2008

Snoozing worms help explain why sleep evolved

                               
Caenorhabditis elegans (C.elegans)
I’m sure like all of you with young kids, I don’t get enough sleep. I don’t need much naturally but an extra hour or so here and there would be great!  The roundworm C. elegans, a staple of laboratory research, may be key in unlocking one of the central biological mysteries: why […]

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