Sleep Medicine
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Sleep Duration Affects Likelihood of Insomnia and Depression Remission
BOSTON—Objective sleep duration moderates the probability of remission among patients with comorbid depression and insomnia,...
Literature Review
Light Therapy May Treat Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Parkinson’s Disease
Light therapy may reduce excessive daytime sleepiness and improve sleep quality in patients with Parkinson’s disease, according to trial results...
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Nearly half of patients who stop taking opioids for 6 months resume use later
SAN DIEGO – Study of medical records from 2.5 million people finds links between opioid use and lipid disorders, hypertension, and sleep-wake...
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Do sleep interventions prevent atrial fibrillation?
WASHINGTON – Obstructive sleep apnea treatment may not fend off arrhythmias in patients with cardiovascular disease.
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Most arrhythmia clinic patients have undetected OSA
BOSTON – “Just about every patient with an arrhythmia should have a sleep study.”
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Telemonitoring with feedback improves CPAP
BOSTON – A telemonitoring system could help patients adhere to their CPAP prescriptions.
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Daytime sleepiness linked to subsequent brain amyloid
BOSTON – The longest-running study of human aging in the U.S. shows a relationship between EDS and Alzheimer’s.
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OSA in pregnancy linked to congenital anomalies
BOSTON – Negative effects on newborns scene when mothers have OSA during pregnancy.
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Personalized snoring video boosts CPAP adherence
BOSTON – Showing patients videos of themselves having apneic episodes may convince them to use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP),...
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Mild OSA linked to hypertension
Younger adults with nonsevere OSA were at increased risk of hypertension.
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Late-to-bed adolescents may be early-to-diabetes
BOSTON – An endocrinologist presents findings of the first study to focus on chronotype and glycemic control in children on the cusp of or in...