Sleep Medicine
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Childhood-onset insomnia persists into adolescence and adulthood
Longitudinal study data show increased risk of adult insomnia among short-sleeping children and adolescents.
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OTC melatonin supplement use rises fivefold over 20 years
The study was designed to evaluate the breadth of use of melatonin, rather than its effectiveness as a sleep aid.
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Reducing night-time checks is safe and helps patients sleep
But the analysis confirmed that changes to routine daily practice in a hospital are not always easy to implement.
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Heavy snoring in early pregnancy linked to increased insulin resistance
Treating sleep-disordered breathing before pregnancy or in first trimester could improve outcomes, researchers say.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA OKs new adult insomnia med
Whereas the overall results are very positive, the improvements in daytime functioning are especially “exciting.”
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A very strange place to find a tooth
Plus: TikTok lettuce, Viagra for the brain, and a COVID robot.
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Is mindfulness key to helping physicians with mental health?
“When we go into our state of deep rest in the meditation practice, which is two to five times more restful than sleep, it heals those stress...
From the Journals
OSA linked to white-matter hyperintensities
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Sleep disorders and cancer: It’s complicated
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High triglycerides in normal-weight men with obstructive sleep apnea
“These findings of high prevalence of metabolic risk in lean patients with OSA, I find very worrying.”