Sleep disorders are one of the main symptoms of menopause. Symptoms of sleep disorders
that menopausal women complain about include falling asleep, frequent awakening and/or …

Sleep problems are common in pregnant women. This review examines sleep in normal
pregnancy; discusses the physiologic bases for alterations in sleep, including hormonal and …

Pregnancy and the postpartum period are recognized as times of vulnerability to mood
disorders, including postpartum depression and psychosis. Recently, changes in sleep …

A huge amount of knowledge about sleep has accumulated during the last 5 decades
following the discovery of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Nevertheless, there are …

It is well known that insomnia is more frequent in women than in men throughout all age
groups. In this respect insomnia resembles other psychiatric disorders that occur more …

Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive, comparative pilot study. Setting: University-based
outpatient setting. Sample: 15 breast cancer survivors and 15 healthy women matched on …

This review summarizes recent developments in the field of sleep regulation, particularly in
the role of hormones, and of synthetic GABAA receptor agonists. Certain hormones play a …

Abstract Study Objectives: To investigate and explain sex differences in subjective and
actigraphic sleep parameters in community-dwelling elderly persons. Design: Cross …

The perinatal period introduces a myriad of changes. One important but often overlooked
change is an increased reporting of sleep disturbance. Although casually regarded as a …

Sleep difficulty is one of the hallmarks of menopause. Following recent studies showing no
cardiac benefit and increased breast cancer, the question of indications for hormonal …