Sleep

Up to 25% of cancer survivors are affected by persistent symptoms of cognitive dysfunction.

Middle-aged women with an evening chronotype were more likely to report unhealthy lifestyle behaviors and faced an increased risk for diabetes, researchers found.

PHILADELPHIA — Better sleep boosts quality of life and may have positive long-reaching benefits including reduction of risk for neurological disorders, according to research presented at the American Neurological Association annual meeting.

Dupilumab significantly improved sleep quality, reducing the number of times patients with atopic dermatitis woke up in the middle of the night with pain and itchiness, according to a study.

A nurse-delivered sleep restricted therapy intervention within primary care was associated with decreased insomnia severity compared with sleep hygiene and likely cost-effective, according to results of a randomized controlled trial.

A psychological sleep intervention reduced severity of insomnia and mental health symptoms as early as 3 months in young people at ultra-high risk for psychosis and warrants further study, according to research in The Lancet Psychiatry.

Research supports an association between sleep and brain health, and suggests that people who have consistent difficulty initiating and staying asleep may be negatively impacted.

Researchers reported finding lower testosterone levels among middle-aged men and women with excessive sleep as well as middle-aged women with inadequate sleep compared with those who slept 7 to 8 hours each night.

Middle-aged men who slept 9 or more hours per night and middle-aged women who slept 6 or fewer hours or 9 or more hours were more likely to have low testosterone levels than adults who slept 7 to 8 hours per night, according to study data.

More frequent and longer duration of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms correlated with greater risk for poor sleep quality in women, highlighting the importance of treating patients with GERD, according to data in JAMA Network Open.