Sleep Medicine News

After a long winter, the switch to daylight saving time on March 13 may seem like a welcome sign of spring.

A yearlong resistance exercise program for inactive adults with hypertension improved sleep quality and duration compared with aerobic exercise, combined aerobic and resistance exercises and no exercise, researchers reported.

Childhood-onset insomnia symptoms can be long-lasting, persisting into adolescence and even adulthood, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Poor sleep health was associated with increased risk for experiencing CVD, according to data published in Scientific Reports.

Veterans who survived COVID-19 were at increased risk for mental health, substance use and sleep disorders up to 1 year later, data showed.

The reported prevalence of melatonin use significantly increased among adults in the United States during a recent 20-year period, survey data show.

Women with persistent sleep-disordered breathing during and after pregnancy had an increased risk for hypertension and metabolic syndrome, according to data published in the American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine.

One week of treatment with combination reboxetine 4 mg plus oxybutynin 5 mg resulted in decreased severity of obstructive sleep apnea, according to new data published in Chest.

Adults who were overweight and extended the amount of time they normally slept lowered their daily energy consumption more than those who did not, data in JAMA Internal Medicine show.

Adolescents who were homeschooled during a COVID-19 lockdown slept longer on school days and drank less alcohol and caffeine than before the pandemic, according to a cross-sectional online survey of nearly 9,000 students in Switzerland.