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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/women-are-twice-as-likely-as-men-to-experience-problems-sleeping/">More Women Experience Problems Sleeping</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted July 4, 2008 at 10:00 AM by Kathleen Blanchard</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">It’s no secret that women are the worst when it comes to ignoring fatigue.&nbsp; It’s estimated that over 80% of women experience insomnia because of premenstrual syndrome.&nbsp; Compared to men, twice as many women have some form of sleep dysfunction.&nbsp; It gets worse over age 40 - as we age, sleep quality declines.&nbsp; We experience worsening insomnia, wake up frequently, and sleep lightly, making us more prone to daytime fatigue.&nbsp; The impact on job performance and stress is not something to be ignored. The goal is to figure out what’s happening and take it from there.&nbsp; Underlying problems should be evaluated by a physician.&nbsp; Examples include breathing disorders that might indicate obstructive sleep apnea or upper airway abnormalities.&nbsp; Men have more difficulty than women with sleep disordered breathing, but the…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/women-are-twice-as-likely-as-men-to-experience-problems-sleeping/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/women-are-twice-as-likely-as-men-to-experience-problems-sleeping/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/women-are-twice-as-likely-as-men-to-experience-problems-sleeping/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/women-are-twice-as-likely-as-men-to-experience-problems-sleeping/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a><br /><br /> </P>