Sleep Medicine News

Researchers estimated that the health care costs of 13.6 million U.S. adults with a sleep disorder total approximately $94.9 billion annually.

More than half of Americans surveyed indicated experiencing an increase in sleep disturbances since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to results of the 2021 Sleep Prioritization Survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Middle-aged women enrolled in a large retrospective cohort study reported similar rates of sleep disturbances after 1 and 2 years of starting sleep medications, according to findings published in BMJ Open.

CPAP therapy may have an effect on BMI in adults with obstructive sleep apnea, especially among those with poorer adherence, researchers reported in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

The REST-ON trial, a phase 3 study of a sodium oxybate formulation for narcolepsy, demonstrated “significant consolidation of sleep” compared with placebo as well as improvements in sleep quality and narcolepsy symptoms.

Among individual shift workers, circadian rhythm misalignment was associated with elevated CV risk, according to results presented at the European Society of Cardiology preventive cardiology meeting.

Experimental studies indicate that sleep loss can lead to elevated concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines and enhance the perception of pain among patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, according to a speaker here.

Most participants with narcolepsy with cataplexy who took the sodium oxybate therapy Xyrem at the beginning of a randomized withdrawal study transitioned to lower-sodium oxybate at the same dose or within one titration step.

Positive airway pressure treatment was associated with a lower likelihood of incident Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia in older adults with obstructive sleep apnea, researchers reported.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine released an update highlighting the benefits of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders.