The Brewers have placed Zach Braddock on the disabled list due to his sleep disorder. According to team officials, Braddock has a serious sleep problem. He has been seeing specialists for the past week and they have confirmed that he suffers from a sleep disorder. Braddock was sent to the disabled list last Tuesday after [...]

A new study in the journal Sleep and Breathing assessed the risk factors for the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Participants were severely obese patients being evaluated for gastric bypass surgery. Sleep studies were performed in patients undergoing gastric bypass from January 2004 to January 2007. Sleep apnea was noted as present or [...]

In the largest study of it kind to establish a link between sleep and diabetes, researchers found that people with diabetes who sleep poorly have higher insulin resistance, and a harder time controlling the disease. The findings, published in the June issue of Diabetes Care, suggest that poor sleep may contribute to worse outcomes in [...]

New research is looking into the possible effects of sleep loss on the decision-making process of people. Study co-author, National University of Singapore Neurobehavioral Disorders Program professor and senior author Michael Chee, MD, explains that “even if someone makes very sound, risky financial decisions after a normal night of sleep, there is no guarantee that [...]

There is a new solution for children with sleep apnea and bedwetting. Some professionals say that removing a child’s tonsils or adenoids can stop bedwetting among young sleep apnea sufferers. In a recent study, researchers closely observed four hundred kids with the condition for a year after surgery. They said that half of the participants [...]