Sleep Disorder

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.

The Healio Editors have compiled a list of the most-read news in pulmonology posted in June.

A session from SLEEP on pediatric sleep medicine that was intended for technologists focused on helping these professionals “deliver top quality care to even the youngest of patients,” according to the session’s chair.

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.

Dayvigo for the treatment of insomnia had a favorable benefit-risk ratio as assessed by three measures, according to an analysis of phase 3 trials published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

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

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.

Sleep disorders in both men and women with traumatic brain injury independently correlated with the onset of dementia, according to results of a retrospective cohort study that included than 712,000 adult patients.

Researchers estimated that the health care costs of 13.6 million U.S. adults with a sleep disorder total approximately $94.9 billion annually.

Middle-aged women enrolled in a large retrospective cohort study reported similar rates of sleep disturbances after 1 and 2 years of starting sleep medications, according to findings published in BMJ Open.