Sleep Medicine
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Sleep apnea treatment may not prevent sleepiness
Physician survey indicates that patients may be excessively sleepy after airway optimization.
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Identifying insomnia in people with mental disorders
The Insomnia Severity Index could be a screening tool for patients with comorbid insomnia and mental disorders.
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Americans are getting more sleep
The younger population gained the most sleep, compared with older people included in the analysis.
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Poor sleep tied to suicidal behaviors in college students
Watch for specific components of sleep, such as shorter sleep duration and feeling too cold while sleeping, in at-risk college students.
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REM sleep behavior disorder predicts impending synucleinopathy
LOS ANGELES – “It’s time to move forward and start preventing disease.”
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MDedge Daily News: Lupus is quietly killing young women
And does substance abuse trigger schizophrenia?
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Is Sodium Oxybate Effective in Children With Narcolepsy?
LOS ANGELES—Sodium oxybate reduces cataplexy and excessive sleepiness in children with narcolepsy type 1, according to a study...
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Stroke patients benefited from CPAP
Significantly more OSA patients with a recent history of stroke experienced an improvement in their Modified Rankin Scale score after using CPAP,...
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MDedge Daily News: Doctors say no to pot for sleep apnea
And what’s the best antithrombotic therapy after TAVI?
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Don’t use cannabis to treat OSA, AASM recommends
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends that state legislators, regulators, and health departments exclude OSA as an indication for...
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Disrupted sleep tied to alexithymia
Researchers reported rising rates of alexithymia in patients with psychiatric conditions such as autism, eating disorders, schizophrenia, and...