Sleep Medicine News

Common factors, including exercise and lack of sleep, substantially decreased the threshold of reactivity in patients with peanut allergy, thus heightening the risk for an allergic reaction, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

A very small percentage of U.S. high school students met recommendations for sleep time, physical activity and screen time, according to study results published in the JAMA Pediatrics.

Of 289 patients asked, 48% said their primary care physician has never asked them about their sleeping habits, according to a survey recently released by the American Alliance for Healthy Sleep.

Using Mendelian randomization, researchers found that being a morning person was causally associated with better mental health; however, it did not affect BMI or risk for diabetes.

Results from a meta-analysis revealed that current or recent benzodiazepine use was linked to an increased risk for pneumonia.

The Sleep for Inpatients: Empowering Staff to Act, or SIESTA, intervention, which incorporates EHR “nudges” and interprofessional education, reduced unnecessary nighttime room entries and improved inpatient experience, according to research published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Researchers observed an inverse relationship between decreased slow-wave sleep and more tau protein in older adults who were either cognitively normal or very mildly impaired.

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and sleep restriction therapy more effectively treated menopause-related insomnia disorder when compared to sleep hygiene education, according to findings recently published in Sleep.

Untreated moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea is related to increased odds of resistant hypertension and inadequate BP control in black adults, according to findings published in Circulation.

Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury and PTSD receiving real acupuncture showed greater improvement in sleep measures than those receiving a sham needling procedure, according to data from a randomized clinical trial published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.