Stealing some shut-eye might be a lot harder if you’re a woman, according to experts. Women are more likely to report poor sleep quality and insomnia, while men are more likely to report sleep apnea, ...

Real quick: What image comes to mind when I ask you to picture a “typical” sleep apnea patient? Chances are, you imagined someone overweight, sedentary, middle-aged... and male. We’ve made some real ...

Older women with comorbid insomnia and sleep apnea (COMISA) experienced significantly worse verbal memory performance compared to those with sleep apnea alone, as well as men with COMISA, according to ...

Women’s health is understudied and, in many respects, poorly understood. Even the term “women’s health” is often used as a ...

HealthDay News — Initiation of incretin receptor agonists (IRAs) is associated with lower continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) use, hospitalization, and mortality among adults with obesity, type ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Known/suspected obstructive sleep apnea increased dementia risk for midlife men and women, researchers found. At ...

Women with moderate to severe sleep apnea were more than 30 percent likely to experience these adverse heart problems compared to women without sleep apnea. This relationship was not statistically ...

On November 29, 2017, after more than three years of collaborative work, the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) Interdisciplinary Network on Sleep released its Women & Sleep Apnea Toolkit to ...

Women sleep worse than men due to hormonal changes, mental strain, and a lack of shared responsibility. These factors affect ...

Sleep apnea, a common yet underdiagnosed sleep disorder, contributes to the development of dementia among adults -- particularly women, a new study suggests. At every age level, women with known or ...

New study finds obstructive sleep apnea may raise dementia risk, with aging women showing the highest vulnerability, underscoring the need for targeted interventions in sleep health and cognitive care ...

Study identifies sleep apnea in 50 percent of women Obstructive sleep apnea in women was linked to age, obesity, hypertension, not daytime sleepiness. HealthDay News — Half of adult women aged 20 to ...