Sleep Medicine
Video
Treating Childhood Sleep Apnea Improved Cognitive Function
Commentary
2011 FDA Approvals
News
Insomnia Drug Helps Patients Sleep Sooner, Longer
Major Finding: Patients taking 40 mg of suvorexant reported a 25-minute reduction in the time it took them to fall asleep and an increase of more...
News
Insomnia, Hypersomnia Disorders Criteria Proposed for DSM-5
News
VA Psychoeducational Workshop Improves Veterans' Resilience
Major Finding: A psychoeducational workshop designed to increase resilience in recent war veterans resulted in about a 15% improvement in...
Podcasts
Benzodiazepines: A versatile clinical tool
Michael I. Casher, MD, addresses benzodiazepine abuse.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Benzodiazepines: A versatile clinical tool
Evidence supports their use for alcohol withdrawal, insomnia, anxiety disorders, and other conditions
Pearls
Using melatonin to reset the clock of hospitalized older patients
News
Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Early Childhood Linked With Behavioral Outcomes
Major Finding: After adjustment for 15 possible confounders, sleep-disordered breathing symptom clusters predicted approximately 20%-60% increased...
News
Hypnotics Linked With Increased Mortality, Cancer
Major Finding: The hazard ratios for death in 10,529 patients who received hypnotic prescriptions for poor sleep, compared with 23,676 matched...