Sleep

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

Night-shift workers and other adults who sleep primarily during the day are at increased risk for diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease, but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood.

Healio and Cardiology Today have curated a list of the most-read news in cardiology and cardiac intervention from 2020.

Adjunctive pimavanserin was associated with significant improvements in dysregulated sleep among individuals with major depressive disorder, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Adolescents with migraine who have later school start times have fewer migraines, according to research published in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain.

Self-guided meditation techniques may improve hours slept and decrease awakenings among patients who undergo total knee arthroplasty, according to results from the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Children may be more likely to gain fat mass if they have an earlier morning wake time, according to a speaker at ObesityWeek Interactive.

Healio Psychiatry has compiled a list of its five most-viewed stories in October.

Nearly one-third of Americans may lose sleep on election night, according to results of a survey commissioned by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Patients with Crohn’s disease improved sleep disturbance with a stepped-care approach that included brief behavioral therapy, according to study results.