Sleep Medicine
Conference Coverage
Sleep apnea diagnosis: Awareness and tools
“Sleep apnea is underdiagnosed because the most common symptoms, like excessive daytime sleepiness or snoring, are undervalued by patients.”
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Stress, insomnia tied to increased AFib risk for older women
The results support the hypothesis that psychosocial predictors account for additional risk for AF “above and beyond” traditional AF risk factors...
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Night owls have higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Those with a preference for waking up later had a 72% higher risk for diabetes and were 54% more likely to have unhealthy lifestyle behaviors,...
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Mepolizumab improves asthma after 1 year despite comorbidities
Patients with asthma and comorbid chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps showed especially significant benefits.
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Both too much and not enough sleep raises T2D risk
“These findings underpin the importance of promoting healthy sleep habits to avoid sleep deprivation.”
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Poor sleep and chronic pain prove pesky bedfellows
Two methods used by torturers – pain infliction and sleep deprivation – harm people in ways that also are experienced by many patients with pain...
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Sleep disturbance may predict increased risk of suicidal thoughts
Adding sleep disturbance questions to assessments could promote early intervention for active and passive suicidal ideation.
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Study questions if blue light–blocking glasses really work
“Our findings do not support the prescription of blue light–filtering lenses to the general population.”
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Inhaling pleasant scents during sleep tied to a dramatic boost in cognition
“To my knowledge, that level of [memory] improvement is far greater than anything that has been reported for healthy older adults ...”
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Father’s influence impacts whether their infant is breastfed, follows safe sleeping practices
The results suggest that including fathers in conversations about breastfeeding and infant sleep practices could help improve adherence.
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Poor sleep tied to increased injury from falls, motor vehicle accidents
Adults who get 4 hours or less nightly and those who have trouble staying asleep are significantly more likely to be injured.