Insomnia

A new study has found individuals with depression and insomnia show significantly less activity in the prefrontal cortex during verbal fluency tests, suggesting that sleep quality is an important indicator in fNIRS screening.

Results reveal changes in sleep problems across adolescence are associated with internalizing and externalizing symptoms, highlighting the need to address this early.

New data demonstrate suvorexant and lemborexant were equally effective in improving sleep status, but lemborexant may cause side effects less frequently.

The petition with the US DEA is aiming to remove dual orexin receptor antagonist medications from the Controlled Substances Act due to negligible potential for abuse.

Investigators found girls with depression and anxiety responded especially well to melatonin treatment, suggesting the potential of sleep interventions in reducing the risk of self-harm.

Digital Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is equally effective in treating insomnia in individuals with or without co-occurring chronic fatigue, according to a recent study.

The first study to examine joint effects of physical activity and sleep duration on mortality risk using accelerometry, results indicate increase activity could negate the effects of short or long sleep duration on cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.

As little as 39 minutes less sleep per night for 1 week can have an impact on the quality of life of children.

Results shows female adolescents are more likely to transition into and out of insulin resistance, whereas adolescent males are more consistently normal.

According to the data, sleep quality, fatigue, and social well-being contribute to depression among young adults with autism, with social well-being being a significant predictor of depression over a 2-year period.

Based on data from the systematic review, investigators urge for the prioritization of sleep as a core clinical target and further investigation across the stages of psychosis.

Dr. Neomi Shah explains why improving access to behavioral care for insomnia needs to be prioritized.

The study evaluated how intranasal mometasone furoate affected sleep-disordered breathing symptoms and patient quality of life by comparing its efficacy to intranasal saline in the pediatric patients.

Those who were assigned female at birth, had worse physical health, and self-reported symptoms of anxiety, were vulnerable to poor sleep quality in all aspects.

Sleep and epilepsy have been described as "unfortunate bedfellows" due to the complex relationship, and yet caretakers report a lack of support managing these issues commonly experienced by children.

Based on the identified biomarkers, it was possible to distinguish patients with a good predictive value for pain, sleep, and anxiety.

The potential mediating role of inflammation at 9 years, measured by CRP and IL-6, was investigated in the relationship between sleep and ADHD.

The daytime-nighttime appliance named DNA, serves as a novel alternative to existing treatment options for mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep apnea.

Results indicated similar outcomes between those who underwent tonsillectomy and mUPPP, with minor differences favoring the tonsillectomy group.

The past year has provided great steps forward in sleep science, and coupled with the lingering difficulties in care and the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects, the field is coming to a head to make sleep health a public health priority.

Almost 4 years since the beginning of the pandemic, continuous research efforts have begun to paint a better picture of the impact the virus has on the brain and the central nervous system.

A longitudinal, observational study shows chronic inflammatory disease patient scores for anxiety and sleep disturbance were bettered following doses of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.

An economic analysis of a clinical sleep intervention suggests it may provide a step toward improved health equity.

Previous studies aimed at understanding the association between intermittent hypoxia and impaired vigilance in patients with OSA provided conflicting results.

New research indicated that the effects of sleep and physical activity deficiencies in low income youth were found to have an association with maladjustment.

The total duration of sleep increased from 9 hours 8 minutes prior to the pandemic to 9 hours 54 minutes during school closures in Taiwan.

A multiple linear regression analysis reported a significant, positive association between sleep quality and number of CVD risk factors.

Both shorter and longer sleep duration were associated with fewer academic enables and lower academic skills and math grades.

New research found a correlation between actigraphy determined night-to-night sleep regularity and glycemic control over a 249 person-days CGM period.

Findings revealed that self-health issues, family-health issues, and financial stress were the leading co-occurrences in older adults during the beginning of the pandemic.