Sleep Medicine News

NEW YORK — Paying attention to one’s lifestyle is a cornerstone to maintaining and improving both physical and mental health, according to the new president of the American Psychiatric Association.

CHICAGO — Daily avocado intake for half a year did not significantly improve overall cardiovascular health, but it was associated with improvements in certain components, research presented at NUTRITION showed.

Nightmares and hallucinations may occur at any stage of disease course in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, according to recent findings.

CHICAGO — A higher intake of protein, particularly soy, a half-hour before bed was tied to improved sleep quality in older adults, according to the results of a study presented at NUTRITION.

Doxycycline was safe and may be effective as adjunctive therapy to antiseizure medication in young people with nodding syndrome, according to research from Lancet Global Health.

Nocturnal hypoxemia and sleep apnea raised the risk for late-onset epilepsy even after adjustment for several risk factors and comorbidities, according to results published in Sleep.

People with narcolepsy were more likely than propensity score-matched people without narcolepsy to develop heart disease, regardless of sleep apnea status, according to a retrospective cohort study.

Healio has launched a new special report on medical cannabis that summarizes the current scientific research and incorporates expert opinion.

A study identified a link between poor sleep and hypertension in children and teenagers, according to findings published in Pediatrics.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with migraine who received daytime psilocybin experienced reduced REM sleep, with effects lasting beyond the day of administration, according to a poster at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.