Sleep Medicine News

Sleep disturbances were found to be prevalent throughout the course of psychosis, and different psychosis stages showed shared and distinct abnormalities, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry.

Indira Gurubhagavatula, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine and director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship at Penn Medicine, spoke with Healio about the relationship between COVID-19 and sleep.

Imbrium Therapeutics LP, a subsidiary of Purdue Pharma LP, announced positive preliminary results from a phase 2 study of an investigational oral treatment for patients with insomnia during recovery from an alcohol use disorder.

Individuals with chronic sleep deprivation demonstrate a higher risk for developing systemic lupus erythematosus, with stronger effects in those with depression and bodily pain, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Although melatonin is not recommended by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine as an insomnia treatment, about 70% of primary care physicians believe it is, a survey from The Alliance For Sleep found.

I’ve been a primary care provider now for 37 years, but I still remember my early days of residency well.

In this edition, we bring you news and Healio-exclusive interviews from the American Neurological Association Annual Meeting.

Nearly two-thirds of patients with rheumatoid arthritis meet the criteria for at least one sleep disorder, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

CHICAGO — Pain, sleep and mood disorders were the most commonly found comorbidities among those with narcolepsy, with chronic pain being more than twice as likely to occur compared with matched controls, a poster showed at ANA 2022.

Premenopausal and perimenopausal women with a history of migraines were more likely to experience poor sleep vs. those who did not have a history of migraines, according to a cross-sectional study presented at the NAMS Annual Meeting.