Sleep Medicine
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Nocturnal sleep key to successful kindergarten adjustment
Ten-plus hours a night tied to better year-long outcomes even when considering health and socioeconomic status.
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Childhood melatonin poisonings skyrocket in the past 10 years
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Children with autism experience more severe sleep apnea
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Longer circadian rhythms linked to severe depression in teens
Individual biological clocks may play a crucial role in mental health in adolescents.
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Fisher-Price, feds issue baby rocker warning after 13 deaths
A new safety regulation enacted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission will soon take effect to prevent further harm from infant sleep products...
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Alcohol, degraded sleep related in young adults
A study of sleep and drinking habits in young adults identified a relationship between shorter sleep times and greater alcohol consumption.
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COVID tied to a profound impact on children’s sleep
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The power of napping
As a child approaches the 6-month milestone, napping is a topic ripe for well-considered anticipatory guidance.
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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...