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Understanding REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

What is REM sleep disorder? REM sleep disorder (RBD) is a type of parasomnia associated with synucleinopathies ––a diverse group of neurodegenerative disorders thought to share a common pathologic ...
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 ...
EurekAlert!

Searching for structure and purpose in disordered behavior

The inevitability of variation in human behavior is a phenomenon psychologists have long recognized and developed statistical methods to account for in their analyses. Human behavior varies not only ...
News Medical

Eating behavior associated with pelvic floor disorder symptoms in middle-aged women

According to a recent study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, eating behavior is associated with symptoms of pelvic floor disorders in middle-aged women. For example, higher ...
Healthline

Is There a Relationship Between Body Image and Eating Disorders?

Although reduced body image and low self-esteem are potential risk factors for eating disorders, they’re not the only factors at play. Body dissatisfaction can increase your risk of disordered eating ...
Healio

Machine-learning method detects REM sleep behavior disorder with nearly 92% accuracy

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. The AI-based algorithm analyzed movements during REM ...
CNN

He was the first person to be diagnosed with a new sleep disorder. It led to a scientific breakthrough

Donald Dorff could hear the crowd roaring as he snatched the quarterback’s pitch from the air and sprinted toward the goal line. “There was a 280-pound tackle waiting for me, so I decided to give him ...

Zebrafish reveal how environment influences social behavior in autism

Your surroundings may influence your social behavior more than you realize. New research from the Brain Research Institute at ...
EurekAlert!

TikTok videos glamorizing disordered eating behavior and extremely thin body image ideals make women feel worse about their bodies

Less than 10 minutes of consuming TikTok content can have an immediate impact on young women’s body image satisfaction and internalization of the thin ideal. Women who spend a lot of time on TikTok — ...
Forbes

YouTube Will Tighten Rules Related To Eating Disorders

Video-sharing service YouTube announced on Monday that in the coming weeks, it will update its approach to eating disorder-related content. (Photo by ERIC PIERMONT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC PIERMONT/AFP ...
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 ...