Sleep
Sleep, loneliness linked with high-risk drinking in college students
INDIANAPOLIS — Sleep duration, latencies and loneliness were associated with problematic drinking among college students with and without substance use disorder in 2020.
Disturbed sleep predicts osteoarthritis knee pain, catastrophizing
Patients with knee osteoarthritis who experience sleep disturbances are more likely to experience catastrophizing and worsened knee pain, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.
Study: Dads can make a difference in breastfeeding, safe infant sleep practices
Fathers can make a significant difference in whether an infant is breastfed and placed to sleep safely, according to a study published in Pediatrics.
Q&A: Psoriatic arthritis and its impact on sleep
Healio spoke with Lourdes Perez-Chada, MD, MMSc, an instructor in dermatology and assistant director for Master of Medical Sciences in Clinical Investigation at Harvard Medical School, about how patients with psoriatic arthritis are impacted by sleep issues, and how rheumatologists and primary care physicians can address this issue.
VIDEO: Insomnia may be linked to more frequent, longer episodes of influenza-like illness
INDIANAPOLIS — Insomnia may be significantly associated with more and lengthier influenza-like illness episodes per year, Gary Garcia-Molina, PhD, senior principal scientist at Sleep Number Corp., explains in this video at SLEEP 2023.
Sex before bed has more positive impact on sleep vs. medication in adults with insomnia
INDIANAPOLIS — Three out of four adults with insomnia reported better sleep after engaging in sex before bedtime, and most felt medication had similar or worse effect on sleep, according to survey data presented at the SLEEP annual meeting.
SLEEP highlights for PCPs: Effects of alcohol before bed; restless legs syndrome treatment
Last week, thousands of health care professionals gathered at the annual SLEEP meeting for the latest updates on sleep medicine.
Sleep duration moderates link between youth impulsivity, mature-rated media use
INDIANAPOLIS — Higher impulsivity and shorter sleep duration were predictive for increased mature-rated video gaming and movie watching after 1 year in early adolescents, according to research presented at the SLEEP annual meeting.
VIDEO: Sleep disorders can be used to predict risk for atrial fibrillation
INDIANAPOLIS — Sleep subtyping can help identify patients at greater risk for developing atrial fibrillation, according to Catherine Heinzinger, DO, in a Healio video from SLEEP 2023.
Alcohol consumption before sleep negatively affects next-day performance
INDIANAPOLIS — Results of a study presented here demonstrated that alcohol consumed within 1 hour of bedtime had a negative effect on psychomotor vigilance performance the next day.