Sleep Medicine News

Men with non-motor characteristics indicative of prodromal Parkinson’s disease exhibited poorer cognitive performance than men without these characteristics, according to cross-sectional study results published in BMJ Neurology Open.

A session from SLEEP on pediatric sleep medicine that was intended for technologists focused on helping these professionals “deliver top quality care to even the youngest of patients,” according to the session’s chair.

Sleep represents a “biological necessity” that is “essential to health,” according to a position paper published by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine in Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

Snoring adolescents correlated significantly with depressive symptoms and suicidality independently of sleep duration, insomnia and daytime sleepiness, according to a survey study conducted in South Korea.

More than 90% of patients in a prospective, observational study of approximately 600 experienced issues related to functional outcomes, activities of daily living, mental health and sleep 6 months after hospitalization for COVID-19.

A survey of patients with insomnia who participated in two phase 3 trials investigating daridorexant reported that “improved daytime functioning” was the most important treatment outcome for their condition.

Dayvigo for the treatment of insomnia had a favorable benefit-risk ratio as assessed by three measures, according to an analysis of phase 3 trials published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

TeleSleep — a telehealth program offered by the Veterans Health Administration Office of Rural Health — improved access to care for sleep-related disorders, researchers reported.

Recent cannabis users were more likely to report inadequate sleep durations than individuals who did not recently use cannabis, according to researchers. The association appeared to be stronger in heavy cannabis users.

Charlene Gamaldo, MD, medical director of the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center and professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, received the inaugural Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Award at SLEEP 2021.