Sleep Medicine News

SomnaPatch, a new skin-adhesive diagnostic patch, provided significant clinical value for the detection of sleep apnea across all severity levels, compared with standard in-lab polysomnography, according to data presented at SLEEP 2017. 

A drug-free, nonprescription sleep product that continuously releases and absorbs melatonin extended melatonin-targeted sleep maintenance levels in the body to 6.7 hours, according to findings presented in three posters at the annual SLEEP meeting.

Despite AAP recommendations that parents share rooms with infants for the first year, room-sharing after 4 months of age was associated with reduced sleep duration, as well as an increased risk of unsafe sleep practices associated with sleep-related infant death.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has issued a new clinical practice guideline indicating when performing attended polysomnography in an accredited sleep center or at-home sleep apnea testing is appropriate for suspected obstructive sleep apnea in adults.

Patients with insomnia are more likely to report thoughts of suicide and death during the past 30 days than those without insomnia, according to findings from two different studies presented at Sleep 2017, the Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals announced that its selective dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, known as JZP-110, showed positive efficacy in adult patients with excessive sleepiness associated with both obstructive sleep apnea and narcolepsy, according to presentations from Sleep 2017, the Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.

Children whose parents used an informational DVD to identify ways to help their children had better sleep results than children whose parents used a website with bedtime tips or no intervention methods, according to findings presented at Sleep 2017, the Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.

Enforcing rules about bedtimes led to more children meeting sleep guidelines on weekdays, according to research recently published in BMC Public Health.

Sleep-disordered breathing and comorbid insomnia were associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to findings presented at Sleep 2017, the Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.

Researchers found that the risk for some pregnancy complications was significantly increased among pregnant women with obstructive sleep apnea.