Sleep Disorders News

Sleep loss caused a significant increase in 24-hour and sleep-time BP among healthy young adults, particularly women, according to data published in Hypertension.

In a new study, Black men had the greatest burden of obstructive sleep apnea symptoms and more severe disease at the time of diagnosis, researchers reported in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Consecutive sleep loss predicted poorer daily affective and physical well-being among a large sample of U.S. adults, with well-being declining after one night of sleep loss, according to findings published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Children with obstructive sleep apnea experienced increased risk for future hypertension when the sleep disorder persisted during the developmental transition to adolescence, researchers reported in JAMA Cardiology.

Patients with low oxygen saturation, more severe sleep apnea and higher baseline BP achieved the greatest reductions in BP after use of continuous positive airway pressure, according to data published in Hypertension.

A survey of patients with insomnia who participated in two phase 3 trials investigating daridorexant reported that “improved daytime functioning” was the most important treatment outcome for their condition.

Obstructive sleep apnea is common in individuals with CVD and risk factors including high BP, and screening for it in that population is warranted, according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

TeleSleep — a telehealth program offered by the Veterans Health Administration Office of Rural Health — improved access to care for sleep-related disorders, researchers reported.

Recent cannabis users were more likely to report inadequate sleep durations than individuals who did not recently use cannabis, according to researchers. The association appeared to be stronger in heavy cannabis users.

Mean sleep duration increased in 2020 by 5 to 11 minutes in nearly all groups studied, according to an analysis of Fitbit data from more than 163,000 users in six major U.S. cities “particularly hard hit” by the COVID-19 pandemic.