Sleep Medicine News

A traumatic brain injury diagnosis increased the risk for incident sleep disorders over 14 years, according to the results of a longitudinal cohort study of nearly 200,000 veterans published in Neurology.

Sleeping fewer than 5 hours per night was associated with increased risks for incident dementia and death among older adults in the United States, according to research published in Aging.

Children with epilepsy experienced more sleep-related problems such as night waking, parasomnias and sleep-disordered breathing than children without epilepsy, according to a meta-analysis published in Sleep Medicine Reviews.

Both conventional exercise and tai chi were associated with modest sleep improvements, which were sustained for 24 months, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open.

Poor sleep quality and duration can drive inflammatory and antiviral immune responses, which, in turn, often exacerbate sleep disturbances, according to a speaker at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.

Soft tissue surgery for obstructive sleep apnea was associated with lower risk for cardiovascular, neurological and endocrine systemic complications compared with CPAP in a large cohort of U.S. adults, researchers reported.

Published results showed preexisting conditions, insufficient sleep or stress can mimic the ICD-10 symptom criteria for postconcussion syndrome among individuals with no recent concussion.

Autoimmune encephalitis can affect any network of the brain related to sleep and result in various sleep disorders both during and after the acute disease phase, according to a review published in The Lancet Neurology.

Night-shift workers and other adults who sleep primarily during the day are at increased risk for diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease, but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood.

In a new study, the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment was high among patients referred to sleep clinics for suspected obstructive sleep apnea, particularly in older men who had moderate or severe OSA and other vascular comorbidities.