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Menopausal and post-menopausal women report less satisfaction with sleep and as many as 61% report insomnia. Good news: If you're tossing and turning, your doctor might be able to help.
Older people are likely to find it harder to sleep because of changes in the body as we age, said Professor Jason Ellis, director of the Northumbria Centre for Sleep Research.
A comparison of data collected from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' American Time Use Survey from 1965 to 1985 and 1998–2001 has been used to show that the median amount of sleep, napping, and resting done by the average adult American has changed by less than 0.7%, from a median of 482 minutes per day from 1965 through 1985 to 479 minutes ...
The National Sleep Foundation's 2023 Sleep in America Poll, which surveys a nationally representative sample of the U.S. population, found that 65% of adults who are dissatisfied with their sleep ...
The 2002 Sleep in America poll (1,010 people surveyed) first suggested that as many as 47 million Americans were risking injury and health problems because they were not sleeping enough. [7] Media coverage of 2002 Sleep in America poll suggested a sleep "crisis" and an "epidemic," and included headlines suacha as "Epidemic of daytime sleepiness ...
In Zimbabwe, the elderly are recruit to help younger people handle mental-health issues. (Those with serious problems are referred to professionals.) [61] To deal with the increased demand that could be placed on the healthcare system, telehealth and virtual health monitoring has arisen as a way to help support a larger population of older adults.
In a Prudential survey, the median 55-year-old respondent said they had less than $50,000 in retirement savings. Brunswick Group conducted the survey between April and May and interviewed 905 ...
Short sleep duration of less than seven hours is correlated with coronary heart disease and increased risk of death from coronary heart disease. Sleep duration greater than nine hours is also correlated with coronary heart disease, as well as stroke and cardiovascular events. [125] [126] [127] [128]