
Emerging Trends in Sleep: Student Sleep Health Week, Sleep Duration and Alzheimer Disease Pathology, and More
A roundup of the latest news in sleep research reported across MJH Life Sciences™.
Second Annual Student Sleep Health Week
Speaking with
With an estimated 49% of children not meeting sleep recommendations on a regular basis, Malhotra noted that the annual sleep advocacy week serves to educate students, parents, teachers, and other school officials on the positive physical and mental health impact of sleep. As students return to the classroom this fall, sleep has been
Regarding the impact of the
Short Sleep Duration Linked With Increased Alzheimer Disease Pathology Risk
According to study findings published recently in
According to
When compared with people reporting normal sleep duration (7-8 hours), individuals with long sleep duration (≤ 9 hours) exhibited no significant difference in Aß burden, but did perform worse across multiple cognitive domains. Similar to those with short sleep duration, participants with long sleep duration also were more likely than normal sleep counterparts to have higher body mass index, depressive symptoms, and daytime napping.
Assessing Risk of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children With Sickle Cell Disease
As reported by
During sleep, polysomnography results of children with SCD reported significantly lower median oxygen saturation and lower minimal oxygen saturation in comparison with healthy control groups across 11 studies. Moreover, patients with SCD were found to have more severe and prolonged nocturnal desaturation and hypercapnia compared with children who had OSA but not SCD.
When the authors investigated possible treatment options for sleep-disordered breathing in children with SCD, interventions of adenotonsillectomy or oxygen supplementation were cited to potentially provide significant increases in mean nocturnal oxygen saturation. However, authors said that the effective clinical implications of these interventions remain unclear.
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