Sleep Medicine News

Researchers discussed racial and ethnic disparities in various aspects of allergy at this year’s virtual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Individuals with obstructive sleep apnea — especially severe obstructive sleep apnea — experienced an increased amyloid burden compared with controls, according to findings from a small study published in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Insomnia represented a “persistent condition” in a study of a Canadian cohort that included more than 3,000 people, with more than 40% of individuals experiencing insomnia that continued for the entire 5-year follow-up period.

By some estimates, 52% of youths may experience insomnia symptoms at some point during their childhood. However, there are “notable limitations” in the current medical literature, experts wrote in Sleep.

The offspring of women who used modafinil or armodafinil during pregnancy had a higher risk of major congenital malformations than the general population, data show.

Nearly one-third of Americans may lose sleep on election night, according to results of a survey commissioned by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Multilevel upper airway surgery reduced the number of apnea and hypopnea events and patient-reported sleepiness at 6 months compared with medical management in adults with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea.

Central sleep apnea was common in patients with pacing-induced cardiomyopathy and may improve with cardiac resynchronization therapy compared with right ventricular pacing, researchers found in the UPGRADE trial.

Many parents use social media to seek advice about parenting and health care. New study findings suggest that expert advice on alternative sleep aids for their children may be hard to come by on these platforms.

Specific psychological and behavioral interventions can help improve sleep among children and adolescents with mental health disorders, according to a presenter at the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Conference.