Not all sleep disorders are treated equal. In a new Northwestern Medicine study in the journal Sleep Medicine, researchers reviewed treatment on non-rapid-eye-movement disorders, like sleep apnea, ...

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Sleep walking remains a mysterious and challenging sleep disorder that can pose serious danger should the sleep walker fall down a flight of stairs or attempt to engage in complex behaviors such as ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have identified a previously uncharacterized neural circuit that directly links ...

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