This article reviews the hygiene of new sleep disorders such as delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS) and non-24-hour sleep-wake syndrome which are classified as the circadian rhythm sleep disorders in the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD) published in 1990. It was clear in this study that these sleep schedule disturbances developed by preference in adolescence and youth, and...

Sleep and wake in Alzheimer's disease (AD) are often fragmented as manifested by bouts of wakefulness at night and napping during the day. Management of sleep disturbances in AD is important because of their negative impact on both patients and caregivers. Pharmacological treatments, mainly sedative-hypnotics and antipsychotics, are often used but can be associated with significant adverse effe...

More than 20% of the industrialized workforce includes shift workers. The misalignment between their work schedules and circadian clock-driven sleep-wake cycles can result in excessive sleepiness during disturbed sleep after work. Shift is associated with various negative health consequences, workers are at risk for disorder. In this review, we focus on strategies to facilitate adaptation, incl...

Sleep plays a vital role in regulating physiological mechanisms in the human body. Nowadays, by the change of lifestyle and as a consequence of longer work hours and increased accessibility to media, sleep disturbance becomes a common problem in modern society. Many studies demonstrated that sleep disturbance triggers a systemic low-grade inflammation by increasing the level of several cytokine...

Doctor Ruggles is Division Medical Director and Head, Section of Epilepsy and Sleep Disorders, Marshfield Clinic. Doctor Hausman is Director, Marshfield Clinic Sleep Disorders Center. ABSTRACT Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) is a difficult clinical problem, which is often indicative of a serious underlying physiologic condition. EDS is associated with automobile accidents, work-related injur...

Sleep plays a vital role in regulating physiological mechanisms in the human body. Nowadays, by the change of lifestyle and as a consequence of longer work hours and increased accessibility to media, sleep disturbance becomes a common problem in modern society. Many studies demonstrated that sleep disturbance triggers a systemic low-grade inflammation by increasing the level of several cytokine...