SLEEP HEALTH: A NEW PARADIGM FOR SLEEP AND AGING RESEARCH

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Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: a new paradigm by chronic nocturnal intermittent hypoxia and sleep disruption

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is associated with severe cerebro-cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis, arterial thrombosis and metabolic syndrome, and recently has been associated with an increased incidence of cancer and death. A causal link between OSAS and atherosclerosis has been partially established. Recent research on athe...

Sleep in the Quran and Health Sciences

Background and Objectives: Sleep is a sign of the greatness of God. In this article sleep is described from Quran and modern health sciences. Methods: This is a qualitative systematic review. Data were gathered from the Quran, related Islamic narratives and literatures. Words that were searched included sleep,sleep stages, Subaat, Hojoo, Ruqood, Nu’ass, Sinah. Results: The results s...

Sleep and Human Aging

Older adults do not sleep as well as younger adults. Why? What alterations in sleep quantity and quality occur as we age, and are there functional consequences? What are the underlying neural mechanisms that explain age-related sleep disruption? This review tackles these questions. First, we describe canonical changes in human sleep quantity and quality in cognitively normal older adults. Secon...

Sleep and normal aging