Sleep is a basic behavior in humans. There are some research reports on the cyclical patterns of different types of sleep and their relationship to breathing, heart rate, brain waves, and other physical function. More recently, scientific research has begun to show how music therapy interacts with relaxation and sleep cycle. This research is focusing on the following hypotheses: 1. Music could ...

Previous attempts have been made to address sleep disorders in women; however, significant knowledge gaps in research and a lack of awareness among the research community continue to exist. There is a great need for scientists and clinicians to consider sex and gender differences in their sleep research to account for the unique biology of women. To understand the role of sex differences in sle...

1 Sleep Medicine Services, Department of Medicine, Lankenau Medical Center and Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA, USA 2 Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Minneapolis, MN, USA 3 Academic Department of Sleep and Ventilation, Birmingham Hearltands Hospital, Birmingham, UK 4 NHMRC Centre for Integrated Research and Understanding Sleep, Woolcock...

introduction: one of the most common complaints in pregnancy is sleep disturbances which can cause depression. depression, too, is one of the most common complaints in pregnancy that can affect mother and fetus and even mother and neonate in postpartum period. therefore this research was accomplished by the objective assessment of relationship between sleep pattern and depression in the third t...