Sleep gives brain disease warning
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Canadian researchers studied 93 people with "REM sleep behavior disorder", which can involve punching or kicking out while dreaming.
The Neurology study found more than a quarter were diagnosed with a degenerative brain condition over the next five years.
UK experts said the research could help doctors predict the condition.
Normally, during "Rapid Eye Movement", or "REM" sleep, our muscles relax and do not move, but people with certain sleep disorders are able to lash out, or cry out.
It is a known symptom of some kinds of brain disease, including Parkinson's disease, and a rare form of dementia called Lewy body dementia.
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7c0m9
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i guess i'm screwed for life. i kick ass in my dreams. my girlfriend has the bruises to prove it. thats a good excuse. j/k
- 3 years ago
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7c0m9
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Katanajon
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OH Great, I have been having awesome flying dreams all week!!!
- 3 years ago
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Katanajon
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tursiops
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Well I always hit up things when I sleep... I though I just had too much imagination...
- 3 years ago
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tursiops
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pinkerbelle
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useful fact! Sometimes I twitch in my sleep but I wake up instead of continuing to sleep...does that count? Or when i was really really young like under 10 years old, I used to kick in my sleep....does that count since I don't do it anymore?
- 3 years ago
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pinkerbelle
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pinkerbelle:
nah, you're fine. it said over the course of the "next 5 years," but you had it when you were a kid and now its gone. so no worries =)
- 3 years ago
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Soap
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Jeffnfun631
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Very Interesting
- 3 years ago
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Jeffnfun631
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Axeam
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Very interesting article. I wonder if there was any psychological and emotional history regarding the patients being researched as well.
- 3 years ago
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Axeam
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Tayllerand
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I have wet dreams all the time , I dont think Ill go crazy.
- 3 years ago
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Tayllerand
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phoenixtoo
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Many members of my father's family have a tendency to have acting out dreams. It usually occurs when ill, after certain medications and during times of stress.There seems to be little or no incidents of dementia among those with this disorder. However most people on that side don't tend to live much past 65 because of heart attacks and strokes.
- 3 years ago
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phoenixtoo
