Sleep Medicine News

Patients with chronic pain and insomnia who frequently used medicinal cannabis to relieve those symptoms said the substance helped them maintain their sleep in the short term, researchers reported in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. However, over longer periods of time, these same patients appeared to develop a tolerance to the drug’s sleep-inducing properties.

Digital cognitive behavioral therapy was effective, scalable, safe and acceptable for improving insomnia symptoms among pregnant women, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Poor sleep in middle age is linked to cognitive decline later in life, suggesting improved sleep earlier in life may reverse or delay some age-related cognition issues, according to researchers.

Belsomra is now being marketed for the treatment of insomnia, according to a press release issued by Merck.

Half of melatonin products sold in the United States had significantly more or less melatonin than indicated on their labels, according to a recent study by the FDA.