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What’s the Connection Between Sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease?—Sleeping with Science, a TED Series

2020

Does not getting enough sleep lead to Alzheimer’s disease? Sleep scientist Matt Walker explains the relationship between the two—and how researchers are exploring how to use sleep to decrease our chances of developing this condition. See more...

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Claudia Aguirre: What Would Happen If You Didn’t Sleep?

In the United States, it’s estimated that 30 percent of adults and 66 percent of adolescents are regularly sleep-deprived. This isn’t just a minor inconvenience: staying awake can cause serious bodily harm. Claudia Aguirre shows what happens to your body and brain when you skip sleep.

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2015
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Why Healthy Sleep is Crucial for Academic Success

Many students believe that the more they study, the better they will perform in school, even if that means sacrificing a night of rest.

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2018
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Cancer Treatment and Sleep Disorders

Early stage breast cancer patient talks about how her cancer treatment was put on hold because of heart problems caused by sleep apnea. The sleep disorder clinic at M.D. Anderson treated her, and discusses a variety of sleep issues in those diagnosed with and treated for cancer.

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2007
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Obsession: Andrew Solomon on Sleep

Author and essayist Andrew Solomon has written on a widely divergent range of topics, including Soviet artists, Libyan governance, childrearing, and the politics of the deaf. For this event, his famously obsessive attention focused on the topic of sleep.

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Andrew Solomon
2013
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Sleep Expert Reveals How You Can Optimize Your Brain with These Simple Hacks—Matthew Walker

More than 50 million Americans suffer with some form of sleep deprivation, and the chances are you may be one. According to World Sleep Day, “Sleep problems constitute a global epidemic that threatens health and quality of life for up to 45% of the world’s population.

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2021
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REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

REM sleep behavior disorder or RBD is a condition experienced during the REM phase of sleep in which a person acts out his dreams. Normally, during the REM phase of sleep, our brain is active similar to when we are awake but our muscles are paralyzed to prevent us from acting out our dreams.

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2017
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Treatment and Care of Sleep Disorders

Sleep Medicine - the treatment and care of various sleep disorders.

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2019
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Common Sleep Problems

Charlene Gamaldo, M.D. Johns Hopkins neurology sleep specialist and medical director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Sleep at Howard County General Hospital and Virginia Runko, Ph.D.

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2013
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Women and Sleep Problems

Charlene Gamaldo, M.D.

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2013
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How to Manage Sleep Disorders

Sleep disorders are one of the most common problems people face today. These disorders are also known as somnipathy in which sleep patterns are disturbed and can interfere with regular life routines and the physical, mental, emotional, or social ways of life.

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2020
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