Sleep

Patients who used a mandibular advancement device (MAD) to address their obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) symptoms reported improvement in their sleep quality and tiredness on waking even if their sleep criteria did not indicate a response to treatment, indicating the importance of a posttreatment sleep study to ensure MAD efficacy.

The Sleep 2022 meeting from early June included talks on narcolepsy, the role of race in sleep disturbances, and the use of opioids in restless leg syndrome.

A study found that people with Down syndrome with caregivers who were aware of the updated American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines on screening for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) were diagnosed earlier and had better health outcomes for OSA.

A new study has found that food insecurity is associated with poor sleep quality and quantity in adults.

A meta-analysis found that postoperative atrial fibrillation was associated with sleep-disordered breathing in patients who underwent cardiac surgery.

A study found a high prevalence of insomnia in patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD), and results indicate that sex, depression, and physical activity can also be linked to insomnia in these patients.

A study found that a high risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was associated with men and chronic metabolic disease, especially in patients with diabetes, hypertension, and obesity.

A study in Brazil found that delaying the start to the school day by an hour improved sleepiness and mood profile in children attending high school.

A study found that gut microbiota composition was associated with sleep quality and cognitive performance in older adults with insomnia.

A systematic review found that the use of mobile phones before sleeping was associated with poor sleep quality in children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years.

A study found that including sleep health as part of a cardiovascular health assessment improved the ability to predict cardiovascular disease (CVD).

A cross-sectional study found that socioeconomic status and sleep quality affected the prevalence of multimorbidity in older adults.

A recent study evaluated the relationships between disturbed sleep and executive functioning, internal emotional distress, and worry related to school and sleep in adolescents.

Michael Thorpy, MD, director of the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center and professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the findings and implications of his study on the efficacy of JZP-258 in patients with narcolepsy and cataplexy.

Women, Hispanic individuals, and people with a body mass index above 30 kg/m2 are more likely to have an increase in insulin when they have severe snoring.

A trend study found that adolescents in Norway had poor academic performance in science and math when they were sleep deprived.

A recent study used longitudinal data to investigate current and future risks of metabolic syndrome and its potential links with sleep duration and insomnia.

A systematic review found that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) therapy could selectively improve autonomic function measures and may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

This new study has found that patients with short and long sleep duration had higher risks of clinically relevant depression.

A review illustrates how people in areas of immense heat can try to combat its adverse effects on sleep.

Night sweats were independently associated with a higher hypoxemia burden in patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

A randomized, controlled, experimental study found that a breathing exercise decreased fatigue and daytime sleepiness at the end of the fourth and eighth weeks of an intervention in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

A recent study found that people with intermediate and late chronotypes had more rapid eye movement sleep when they delayed their sleep before their first night shift.

A single-blind, parallel, randomized clinical trial found that a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine was more effective in normalizing polysomnographic parameters and improving quality of life in patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) compared with the mandibular advancement device.

A study found that adolescents who were more physically active had better sleep quality and heart rate variability than those who were sedentary.