Is Sleep Disruption a Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease?

Is Sleep Disruption a Risk Factor for Alzheimer's Disease?

Sleep disturbances are routinely encountered in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and affect about 25-40% of patients in the mild-to-moderate stages of the disease. In many, sleep pathology may represent a symptom of the underlying neurodegeneration. However, a history of sleep disruption occurring years prior to onset of cognitive symptoms could represent a potential risk factor for AD. The aim of the ...

Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) is a Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease

Gender is a risk factor in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease

Background: Prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has increased in the last decades, and it is now one of the most common chronic and recurrent diseases. The present study aimed at determining the frequency of gender (sex) and age in Iranian patients with GERD symptoms.    Methods: In this study, 803 patients aged 11 to 84 years, with erosive and nonerosive gastroesoph...

obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for coronary artery disease

background and objective: obstructive sleep apnea (osa) is frequent and in some degree it affects about 24% of male and 9% of female in middle age adults. this study aimed to assess the association between risk of osa and cad. materials and methods : this case-control study was performed among 184 patients with a history of coro- nary angiography in two catheter labs at hospitals in qom, iran. ...

periodontal disease as a risk factor for ischemic heart disease

background: coronary artery disease is recognized as one of the three major causes of mortality around the world. the role of inflammation in producing coronary artery disease has been established in previous studies. since periodontitis, which is highly prevalent, is considered as a cause of inflammation, its influence on producing coronary artery disease was investigated in the present study ...