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Neurodegeneration related to Parkinsonian spectrum disorders may be identified with the use of non-REM hypertonia as a sleep biomarker.

Poor objective sleep efficiency may contribute to older adults overestimating their cognitive abilities, preliminary findings from a new pilot study suggest.

>> reporter: and na could be helped to use truck drivers whose work requires critical alertness. not just soldiers. the sleep profiler, harris, will determine whether you've got insomnia or not. it's brand-new break technology. >> dominic, thank you very much. well, a work in progress for you tonight as we are trying to find out exactly what will close and what will not close should there be a government shutdown. we know we're inside 30 hours to keep a deal to keep the government working. steve is working hard on this and check in with him right after the break. you like to keep your family...

In the end help other peoples out of the military find a good night sleep. >> oh, yeah, ending the torture and developing technology to give the troops better support. they call it a sleep profiler. phil westbrook helped design it. >> the snoring and sound and pulse rate and head movement can be used to identify little, brief physiologic arousals, what we call oautonomic nervous arousements in connection with that. >> reporter: that gives an idea how fragmented is or whether