Sleep Medicine News

INDIANAPOLIS — Sleep duration, latencies and loneliness were associated with problematic drinking among college students with and without substance use disorder in 2020.

Patients with knee osteoarthritis who experience sleep disturbances are more likely to experience catastrophizing and worsened knee pain, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

INDIANAPOLIS — Insomnia may be significantly associated with more and lengthier influenza-like illness episodes per year, Gary Garcia-Molina, PhD, senior principal scientist at Sleep Number Corp., explains in this video at SLEEP 2023.

Adolescents can overcome circadian phase delay and boost their sleep duration with an earlier bedtime, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

INDIANAPOLIS — For adults with narcolepsy, a switch in treatment to Xywav was safe, efficacious and preferred over treatment with Xyrem on a gram-for-gram basis, according to Wayne Macfadden, MD, in a Healio video from SLEEP 2023.

INDIANAPOLIS — Three out of four adults with insomnia reported better sleep after engaging in sex before bedtime, and most felt medication had similar or worse effect on sleep, according to survey data presented at the SLEEP annual meeting.

INDIANAPOLIS — Higher impulsivity and shorter sleep duration were predictive for increased mature-rated video gaming and movie watching after 1 year in early adolescents, according to research presented at the SLEEP annual meeting.

INDIANAPOLIS — Sleep subtyping can help identify patients at greater risk for developing atrial fibrillation, according to Catherine Heinzinger, DO, in a Healio video from SLEEP 2023.

INDIANAPOLIS — Results of a study presented here demonstrated that alcohol consumed within 1 hour of bedtime had a negative effect on psychomotor vigilance performance the next day.

INDIANAPOLIS — Compared with siblings, survivors of childhood cancer have an increased risk for sleep concerns up to 30 years after diagnosis, according to a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.