Sleep Medicine News

AMSTERDAM — Fatigue coupled with sleep difficulties — including complications initiating sleep, maintaining sleep, early morning waking and nonrestorative sleep — predict the onset of chronic widespread pain after 5 years, according to findings presented at the EULAR Annual Congress.

Chronotype may be a predictor of depression among middle- to older-aged women, researchers found.

Nasopharyngeal airway stents are an effective and well tolerated treatment for individuals with obstructive sleep apnea, according to findings presented at SLEEP 2018, the Annual Meeting of the Associated Sleep Societies.

Patients admitted to the hospital for acute coronary syndrome were likely to have obstructive sleep apnea, according to preliminary findings presented at SLEEP 2018, the Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.

Longer sleep duration and higher sleep efficiency were linked to a favorable cardiometabolic profile in early adolescence, independent of other obesity-related behaviors, researchers reported.

Teens’ depressive symptoms were associated with screen-based activities, including social messaging and web surfing, and were brought about by sleep deprivation and insomnia, according to research presented at SLEEP 2018 in Baltimore.

Short and long daily sleep duration, as well as hypnotic use, are risk factors for dementia and death in Japanese older adults, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Bathing in moderate temperature water may improve sleep quality for elderly individuals with insomnia, according to findings that will be presented at SLEEP 2018, the Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies this month.

Behavioral insomnia therapy combined with a positive airway pressure adherence program may improve sleep in adults with coexisting obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia, according to findings presented at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

Sleep dysfunction is so prevalent it has been described as an epidemic, affecting nearly a third of adults in the U.S. by some estimates. In addition to neurocognitive effects like impaired attention and slower response time, other health impacts of insufficient sleep are becoming increasingly recognized. Notably, the upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines and altered visceral and somatic perception caused by sleep disruption have important implications for a variety of gastrointestinal conditions, experts told Healio Gastroenterology and Liver Disease.