Kids' Sleep Disorders Linked with Problem Behavior
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Sleep-disordered breathing is associated with higher rates of behavioral problems in children, researchers report.
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Researchers may have found the reason why children who go to bed too late often fare badly at school: lack of sleep appears to disrupt functioning of the hippocampus, an area of the brain that formulates new memories.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 1  (HealthDay News) -- Children who get less than nine hours of sleep a night are more likely to be overweight or obese, new research shows.
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SATURDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure is associated with sleep breathing problems in children, say U.S. researchers.
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Obese children often have undetected sleep disorders which could be affecting school performance, researchers warn.
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Scientists know so little about a disorder that links a strep infection with obsessive-compulsive disorder in children that some question whether it even exists.
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SUNDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) -- The nightly trip to dreamland is a frustrating one for millions of American children suffering from insomnia, night awakenings and even sleep apnea, experts say.
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Three new studies examine Americans' state of sleep deprivation, pointing to cellphone use and work as chief culprits, and showing  the consequences of sleeplessness for young kids
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Children tend to vary widely in  their sleep habits, with some being naturally "short sleepers"  and others needing more time in bed, a study suggests.
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Many children of depressed mothers also have antisocial fathers, new study findings show, and both parents' problems are associated with an increased risk of depression and conduct disorder among the children.
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NEW YORK  - Children who snore are about   four times more likely than those who don't to wet the bed, a   new study from Greece shows.
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NEW YORK  - Sleep problems and depression   in children may share a genetic source, a study of twins hints.
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Babies who cry a lot for no apparent reason may be more likely to have problems later in childhood, according to a study by American and Norwegian researchers.
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If some children seem like they  were born to be bad, new research suggests it may be true.
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NEW YORK  - A wide range of sleep disorders carry some risk of inappropriate sexual behaviors during sleep, or even waking hours, according to a new report.
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A new study conducted in rats by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School suggests that the misdiagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) combined with prescription drug use in children may lead
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Black children are less likely to get  enough sleep than their white counterparts, which makes them  susceptible to poorer school performance and behavioral  problems, a study said on Monday.