Sleep Medicine News

Among individuals aged 18 years or younger, neighborhood-level deprivation did not raise the odds for severe obstructive sleep apnea, according to results published in Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology.

A psychological sleep intervention reduced severity of insomnia and mental health symptoms as early as 3 months in young people at ultra-high risk for psychosis and warrants further study, according to research in The Lancet Psychiatry.

Research supports an association between sleep and brain health, and suggests that people who have consistent difficulty initiating and staying asleep may be negatively impacted.

Better sleep was linked to improved global cognition, highlighting its potential role in maintaining cognitive function for aging adults, according to researchers.

Individuals with essential tremor may have an increased risk of decline in attentional abilities when having less habitual sleep efficiency, according to a poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.

The FDA has approved an expanded indication for a proprietary neurostimulation technology to treat those with severe obstructive sleep apnea.

Older adults that suffer with hypoxemia while sleeping showed decreased measures of cognition over a 5-year period, according to study results published in European Respiratory Journal.

INDIANAPOLIS — Treatment with Xywav was effective in addressing symptoms of idiopathic hypersomnia, regardless of baseline sleep inertia severity, according to Marisa Whalen, PharmD, in this Healio video from SLEEP 2023.

In this edition, Leqembi shows benefits in early Alzheimer’s, sex before bed has more positive impact on sleep, clearer guidelines needed on melatonin use in children and more.

INDIANAPOLIS — Greater daytime sleepiness scores were associated with worse sleep-dependent memory consolidation in women, Kimberly Espejo said in a presentation at SLEEP 2023.