Sleep Disorders News

Patients with dry eye disease have worse sleep quality and may be at greater risk for unhealthy sleep duration, although a causal relationship between dry eye and sleep disorder has not been established, according to a meta-analysis.

A Houston-area neurohealth company announced completion of a full production test run, along with usability, feasibility design verification and electrical safety testing for its noninvasive, frequency-based deep brain stimulation device.

The presence of a sleep disorder was associated with increased health care use in youth with chronic medical conditions, a study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine showed.

This Sunday, most Americans will adjust their clocks 1 hour to “spring forward” into daylight saving time, at which time they will lose an hour of sleep but gain an hour of daylight.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — In two separate cohorts of individuals with multiple sclerosis and memory issues, better sleep was linked to improved verbal memory, according to a poster at ACTRIMS 2024.

Medicare recipients with various cancer types had more frequent surgical complications when they also had at least one behavioral health disorder, according to study results published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

Individuals with mania who were admitted to an acute care psychiatric unit saw greater sleep improvement than patients with major depressive disorder, according to a study.

More than three-quarters of people with mild COVID-19 reported experiencing insomnia after recovery, and it was more common among those with anxiety or depression, according to the results of a survey.

Takeda has announced positive topline results from a phase 2b trial evaluating an oral orexin receptor 2 agonist to treat individuals with narcolepsy type 1.

Symptoms of dry eye disease were more closely related to sleep disturbances than exam findings, although inflammation and meibum quality were linked to subjective sleep quality, according to a study in BMJ Open Ophthalmology.