Sleep

This year, several of our top stories on dry eye disease focused on sleep quality and treatment options, including supplements designed to reduce symptoms.

BOSTON — Transitioning a pediatric sleep patient to adult care requires awareness from both pediatricians and adult providers on transition barriers and recommendations, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Sling immobilization for 6 weeks after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair yielded improved sleep quality, decreased anxiety and increased satisfaction with similar clinical outcomes compared with abduction brace use, according to study data.

Irregular sleep cycles corresponded with increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular events like stroke or myocardial infarction, results from a population-based cohort study published in Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health suggested.

A combination of acetazolamide and eszopiclone taken for 3 days lessened obstructive sleep apnea severity in adults, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

BOSTON — Black and Native American adults had elevated prevalences of obstructive sleep apnea vs. non-Hispanic white adults, and Asian adults had a low prevalence, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

In a cohort of community-dwelling older adults, poor sleep quality was indicative of incident motoric cognitive risk syndrome as well as increased physical and mental disability, according to research published in Neurology.

Poor sleep patterns in early midlife appeared to be associated with advanced brain age in late midlife, suggesting the importance of early sleep interventions to preserve brain health, according to study results.

As a result of living with obstructive sleep apnea, many patients report fatigue, lost work productivity and limits on daily activities, according to survey findings provided by Apnimed.

More than 54% of patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases report daily use of over-the-counter supplements, with “considerable” intake alongside pain relievers, according to data published in Rheumatology Advances in Practice.