Sleep Medicine
From the Journals
Sleep, not smoke, the key to COPD exacerbations?
Individuals who self-reported having poor-quality sleep had a 25%-95% higher risk of COPD exacerbations.
Conference Coverage
Analysis shows predictive capabilities of sleep EEG
An analysis of sleep electroencephalography data has identified 86 sleep features that portend detrimental health outcomes, including dementia.
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COVID tied to a profound impact on children’s sleep
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‘Alarming’ new data on disordered sleep after COVID-19
More than two-thirds of patients (67.2%) reported at least moderate fatigue, while 21.8% reported severe fatigue.
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Parents fall short on infant sleep safety
Parents who change infant sleep practices after nighttime waking often shift to less safe practices than at sleep onset.
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New law bans infant sleep products linked to 200 deaths
President Joe Biden signed legislation that prohibits the manufacture and sale of crib bumpers or inclined sleepers for infants, due to the risk...
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Low butyrylcholinesterase: A possible biomarker of SIDS risk?
The problem with using these data prematurely is that it will unnecessarily alarm parents that their baby will die, and, to make it worse, be...
Sleep Strategies
The quest for a good night’s sleep: An update on pharmacologic therapy for insomnia
Summary of insomnia-related diagnoses and drugs.
From the Journals
Seven hours of sleep is ideal for middle aged and older
Too much or too little sleep may contribute to poor mental health and cognitive performance.
From the Journals
Severe COVID-19 adds 20 years of cognitive aging: Study
The impairment is “equivalent to losing 10 IQ points.”