Sleep Disorder

Individuals with high body water mass appeared to have an increased risk for sleep apnea, possibly mediated by pathologic edema, according to a study published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Many survivors of long-term COVID experience difficulties sleeping, but it is unclear whether these disturbances are helping or hurting their recovery, according to a speaker at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

The biggest news on Healio Psychiatry over the last month was the controversy over daylight saving time.

Benzodiazepines, compared with alternative pharmacologic treatments for common sleep disorders, were linked to an increased risk for drug overdoses among young people, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

CHICAGO — Results presented at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting showed anxiety and sleep disturbance were independent predictors of high barriers to proper opioid use after spinal deformity surgery.

Sleep disorder screening in routine care identified issues among more than 25% of pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis, according to a poster presented at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference.

Healio and Cardiology Today have curated a list of the most-read news in cardiology of October 2022.

Nearly two-thirds of patients with rheumatoid arthritis meet the criteria for at least one sleep disorder, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

The incorporation of sleep as a CV health metric, as recently done with the American Heart Association’s updated Life’s Essential 8 risk calculator, may enhance CVD primordial and primary prevention efforts, data show.

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