Lives organism without enough sleep leads to raises the danger of pancreas cancer, especially for women. The relationship among sleep and pancreas cancer seems to be the hormone leptin. Leptin is an appetite-regulating hormone. Made in the fat cells themselves, this hormone sends a report to the brain from your belly fat essentially saying, “OK, [...]

Scientists of the Wisconsin-Madison University have identified a gene that appears to directly affect the daily sleep duration. These experimental studies could be crucial in understanding the processes of sleeping disorders. So far, this effect is found only in the lab investigation of mutant fruit flies, but the counterpart of this gene is also present [...]

Diagnosis Your physician will take a full medical record, execute a physical exam and may propose additional tests, including sleep studies. With accurate medical diagnosis, most sleeping disorders can be effectively treated. Diagnosis of your sleeping disorder begins with a complete medical history and focused physical test as well as use of standard questionnaires that [...]

Sleeping disorders alter in properties and grade. There are four sleeping disorders in international classification of sleep disorders (more details see here): 1. Dyssomnias A. Intrinsic sleep disorders B. Extrinsic sleep disorders C. Circadian rhythm sleep disorders 2. Parasomnias A. Arousal Disorders B. Sleep-Wake Transition Disorders