Sleep Disorder

March includes several events dedicated to sleep health and wellness. This week marked Sleep Awareness Week, commemorated by the National Sleep Foundation in the 7 days after daylight savings time begins. March 19 is World Sleep Day.

A traumatic brain injury diagnosis increased the risk for incident sleep disorders over 14 years, according to the results of a longitudinal cohort study of nearly 200,000 veterans published in Neurology.

Getting good sleep before and after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine may boost immune response, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual may be at increased risk for experiencing subjective concentration complaints, according to study results published in Journal of Psychiatric Research.

Published results showed preexisting conditions, insufficient sleep or stress can mimic the ICD-10 symptom criteria for postconcussion syndrome among individuals with no recent concussion.

Autoimmune encephalitis can affect any network of the brain related to sleep and result in various sleep disorders both during and after the acute disease phase, according to a review published in The Lancet Neurology.

Frequent nightmares were associated with psychological disturbances and insomnia in patients hospitalized for CVD, according to a study published in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.

Adults with healthy sleep patterns had lower risk for HF compared with adults with unhealthy sleep patterns, according to findings published in Circulation.

Insomnia represented a “persistent condition” in a study of a Canadian cohort that included more than 3,000 people, with more than 40% of individuals experiencing insomnia that continued for the entire 5-year follow-up period.

Healio and Cardiology Today have aggregated a list of the most-read articles from the virtual Cardiometabolic Health Congress.