Sleep

Both decreased and increased sleep correlated with constipation among U.S. adults in a nationwide survey, with too little sleep persistently increasing risk by 30% after adjusting for other factors, according to data from Digestive Disease Week.

Stress, anxiety and working from home amid COVID-19 could contribute to another adverse health effect of the pandemic — loss of sleep.

Persistent sleep difficulties during the first year of life appeared associated with heightened risk for developing childhood anxieties and emotional disorders at age 10 years, according to results of a longitudinal study conducted in Australia and published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

“Apparently healthy” Japanese men who slept less than 6 hours per night were found to have the lowest risk for incident chronic kidney disease during a median follow-up of 7 years.

A study published in the Journal of American College Cardiology showed that sleep irregularity was associated with an increased risk for CVD. It was the top story in cardiology last week.

Two studies presented at the American Heart Association Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions demonstrated that optimal sleep patterns may reduce CVD risk and weight.

Excess variations in sleep duration and timing were associated with an increased risk for CVD independent of sleep quantity and/or quality and traditional CVD risk factors, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Vibratory and auditory stimulation may alter functional connectivity in the brain and improve sleep for patients with insomnia, according to results of a functional MRI study published in Sleep Disorders.

Researchers found that shorter sleep duration in kids was associated with increased risks for depression, anxiety, impulsive behavior and poor cognitive performance. It was the week’s top story in psychiatry.

Shorter sleep duration among children was associated with increased risk for depression, anxiety, impulsive behavior and poor cognitive performance, according to study findings published in Molecular Psychiatry.