Sleep Medicine News

Men with comorbid obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia symptoms have a greater likelihood and severity of depression than men with only one of these conditions, according to research recently published in Respirology.

Recent findings indicated associations between parental insomnia symptoms, particularly maternal insomnia symptoms, and children’s sleeping behaviors.

ADHD may primarily be a problem associated with abnormal circadian sleep, according to an expert at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Congress.

Digital cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia significantly improved insomnia, hallucinations and paranoia among university students with insomnia, according to recent findings.

Tailored interventions that target specific components of parents’ behavior can lower the occurrence of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, according to a report recently published in Pediatric Annals.

Sleep-disordered breathing, or SDB, was associated with a higher risk for cognitive impairment and a slight worsening in executive function, according to findings published in JAMA Neurology.

Less time spent in rapid eye movement sleep was associated with increased risk for incident dementia, according to recent findings.

Although the rate of sudden infant death syndrome has declined in the United States following the Back-to-Sleep campaign — which encouraged supine sleeping positions for infants and avoidance of soft bedding — more than half of parents are inconsistent in avoiding unsafe prone or side sleeping positions.

Black patients who have less sleep and lower sleep efficiency had increased cardiometabolic risk compared with white patients, according to a study.

Women diagnosed with insomnia or sleep apnea during pregnancy have significantly increased odds of giving birth before 37 weeks gestation, according to new findings published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.