Sleep Medicine
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Severe OSA tied to poor prognoses in stroke patients
“There is a high comorbidity between stroke and OSA.”
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Mothers’ sleep issues promote poor outcomes for infants
Infants born to mothers with sleep apnea had a significantly increased risk for any adverse outcome.
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Improving sleep boosts cognition in refractory temporal lobe epilepsy
Study findings show significant improvement in REM sleep and language scores.
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Chromosomal test may ID risk for sudden infant deaths
The study findings were limited by several factors, including the small sample size and the inability to conduct CMA analyses on parents or obtain...
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OSA overlap impairs functional performance in COPD
Obstructive sleep apnea also increased exacerbations in adults with COPD in a prospective study.
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Positive sounds during REM sleep may help nightmares
Nightmare disorder is characterized as having such dreams so frequently that they cause “significant distress or impairment.
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OSA raises risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke
Silent atrial fibrillation was common in patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, compared with controls.
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Fitness trackers: Useful in sleep medicine?
“Sleep tracking devices are more than just toys but less than medical devices.”
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Race and gender: Tailoring treatment for sleep disorders is preferred and better
Sleep disparities are multifactorial and it is important to focus on social determinants of poor sleep.
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Wake-up call on sleep and cardiovascular health
“Our study is the first to show that sleep metrics add independent predictive value for CVD events over and above the original seven...