How to get more REM sleep — the internal 'therapy' that happens when you're unconscious

REM sleep is a stage of sleep when your heart rate increases, your blood pressure elevates, and your brain processes emotions ...
Los Angeles Times

Why REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Is a Warning Sign for Parkinson’s and Other Brain Diseases

RBD is marked by loss of REM sleep atonia, leading to physical dream enactment. Polysomnography is essential to confirm RBD and rule out other disorders. Idiopathic RBD is a strong predictor of ...
Inverse

This Rare Type of Nightmare Could Put You At Risk For Dementia

A little-known and poorly understood sleep disorder that occurs during the rapid eye movement, or REM, stage of sleep has been garnering attention for its role in foreshadowing neurodegenerative brain ...
PBS

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

Host Mark Evans welcomes back sleep medicine specialist Dr. Srinivasan Devanathan along with nurse practitioner Desiree Heim for an in-depth discussion on REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD)—a condition ...
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The Most Common Sleep Disorders, Explained

Almost everyone has trouble sleeping occasionally, but when you toss and turn often enough that it affects your health, moods ...
Science Daily

Researchers identify potential new treatment for those who act out their dreams while sleeping

Experts say medication commonly used to treat insomnia may also be a therapeutic option for the condition known as REM sleep behavior disorder. Mount Sinai researchers have published what they say is ...
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REM Sleep Disorder: The Hidden Early Sign of Parkinson's and Dementia

* Isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) is a strong predictor of future neurological disease, with 90% eventually affected// * Weaker glymphatic function in the brain predicts Parkinson's in ...
Yahoo

Sleep disorders can make life very tricky. Here's what parasomnias are — and how to treat them.

Imagine waking up in the morning only to be told that you didn’t spend all night curled up in bed. Instead, you maybe drove a car or ate last night’s leftover pizza. Perhaps you even initiated sex ...
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Here's When 'Restless' Sleep Can Be A Dementia 'Warning Sign'

Poor sleep has been linked to an increased dementia risk, though we don’t yet know exactly how one affects the other. But roughly 90% of people with the sleep condition known as isolated REM sleep ...
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Could REM Sleep Disorder put your loved one in jail?

KEIZER, Ore. - Sleep disorders can go far beyond snoring and nightmares. Indeed, one Oregon family says that it's because of a recently-diagnosed sleep disorder that they're now living a nightmare. On ...
News Medical

Breakthrough in predicting Parkinson’s and dementia in people with REM sleep behavior disorder

An international research team led by Université de Montréal medical professor Shady Rahayel has made a major breakthrough in predicting neurodegenerative diseases. Thanks to two complementary UdeM ...