Scientific Study: Fragmented Sleep Linked to Early Death
An increase in fragmented sleep is the “strongest predictor of mortality,” according to a new review of sleep studies.
Fragmented sleep – when people wake up briefly several times at night without remembering it – is different from waking up and realising you’re awake, researchers say. This pattern is reported in sleep disorders like insomnia and sleep apnoea.
In their research, which appears in the journal Digital Medicine, scientists assessed 12,000 studies investigating characteristics of individuals during their sleep – including chin and leg movement, breathing, and heartbeat. The study was reported recently in The Independent, “How your sleep could be ‘strongest predictor’ of when you will die”
Scientists from Stanford University developed a system using machine learning to predict a person’s “sleep age” – and identify sleep variations most closely linked to mortality.
Researchers say that sleep age is a person’s estimated age based on the characteristics of sleep that are linked to their health. Previous research has shown that disturbed sleep is a primary factor in many medical disorders.
For example, Parkinson’s disease patients said that in most cases, they violently acted out dreams up to 10 years before other symptoms showed.
Fragmented sleep and sleep apnoea
Doctors have long recognised that frequent pauses in sleep – night after night – are a sign of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), a medical condition. These pauses occur when airways are briefly blocked, depleting the brain and body of much-needed oxygen.
Over time, this can lead to heart problems, diabetes or dementia. It is critical to get treatment for sleep apnoea.
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If you have mild to moderate OSA, the Somnowell Chrome is all you need to get the oxygen you require during the night… And it’s just what your body needs to get enough restorative sleep, night after night.
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Somnowell Inventor - Visiting Professor Simon Ash FDS MSc MOrth BDS
Prof. Ash is the inventor of the highly successful SOMNOWELL Chrome device for snoring and sleep apnoea.
The Somnowell Chrome is made to exacting standards in the Somnowell laboratory under the supervision of Visiting Professor Simon Ash. Prof. Ash and his master technicians create each Somnowell Chrome device using their wealth of experience and expertise.
Prof. Ash works at the forefront of his profession. He is a Consultant and Specialist Orthodontist with over 30 years clinical experience, with a special interest in sleep related breathing disorders, TMJD, and bruxism. He currently works in Harley Street London and two private hospitals in London as part of a multi-disciplinary team managing snoring and sleep apnoea, and is Visiting Professor of Orthodontics at the BPP University.
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