Doctors Who Sleep More Err Less
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Young doctors make far fewer mistakes when their hours are restricted to let them get enough sleep, according to the first study to directly examine the issue.
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Five-year-old children who snore or have sleep apnea -- the more serious disorder in which breathing stops intermittently while they sleep-- score worse on tests of memory and intelligence than unaffected kids, investigators report.
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CHICAGO -- A medical accreditation group says too many patients are waking up during surgery and hospitals need to do more to prevent the incidents.
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America&#39;s doctors-in-training are committing serious errors as a result of being forced to work over 80 hours a week, says new research which suggests the US medical community
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Description: The New England Journal of Medicine publishes a study that finds a connection between medical errors and sleep-deprived doctors.
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Having a sound sleep after cramming for exams consolidates that learning, a new research has revealed. Neurologist Philippe Peigneux and his colleagues analysed brain activity in sleeping volunteers and found
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NEW YORK  - Nearly two thirds of heart patients with implanted pacemakers have undiagnosed sleep apnea, a significantly higher prevalence than found in the general population, a study shows.
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Researchers say both too much and too little sleep is linked to a doubled risk of fatal cardiovascular disease.
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Survey shows many doctors are not proactively discussing breast cancer awareness with patients
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A less confident physician might have been humbled by the letters Dr. Mike Kelly received last year from two insurers.
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A handful of therapy sessions does more to help chronic insomniacs get to sleep than the top-selling sleeping pill, according to a new Harvard Medical School
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A new study suggests that doctors may devote too little time to talking with elderly patients about mental illnesses.
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a potential problem that led a national group of emergency-room doctors Monday to call for better preparation for the oncoming
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Musings on sleep from scientists, philosophers, artists and more.
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From prescribing overdoses to sticking a tube in the wrong vein, doctors-in-training made one-third more serious mistakes during typically long shifts than they did during &quot;short&quot; 16-hour ones, a Harvard study found.
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Americans have a harder time than residents of several other countries getting after-hours appointments with a nurse or primary care physician without going to an emergency room, a study released yesterday found.
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Loud snoring doesn't just annoy your spouse. It could signal dangerous sleep apnea, yet millions go undiagnosed.