Sleep Disorders News

PHILADELPHIA — In a small cohort of individuals with mild cognitive impairment or dementia, sleep disruption was associated with weekly agitation level, according to a presenter.

PHILADELPHIA — Longer sleep duration may be linked to neurodegeneration as a likely risk factor for future cognitive decline and dementia, with depression also influencing sleep and cognitive deficit, according to a poster presentation.

PHILADELPHIA — In cognitively healthy but sleep-poor adults in midlife, treatment with 20 mg suvorexin led to acute decreases in Alzheimer’s-related biomarkers compared with 10 mg of the drug and placebo, according to a presenter.

Is there such a thing as having a broken heart from depression?

Patients with sleep disturbance who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair had significant improvements in sleep comfortability as early as 3 months postoperatively, according to published results.

NEW YORK — Paying attention to one’s lifestyle is a cornerstone to maintaining and improving both physical and mental health, according to the new president of the American Psychiatric Association.

Nightmares and hallucinations may occur at any stage of disease course in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, according to recent findings.

Doxycycline was safe and may be effective as adjunctive therapy to antiseizure medication in young people with nodding syndrome, according to research from Lancet Global Health.

SAN DIEGO — Among adults with obstructive sleep apnea, positive airway pressure therapy reduced the risk for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Nocturnal hypoxemia and sleep apnea raised the risk for late-onset epilepsy even after adjustment for several risk factors and comorbidities, according to results published in Sleep.