Insomnia

Experts in sleep medicine stress the importance of early diagnosis of sleep disorders and how they approach treatment in their clinics.

Dr Nathaniel F. Watson reviews screening patients for sleep disorders and referral to sleep specialists.

Nathaniel F. Watson, MD; Ashgan A. Elshinawy, DO; and C. Michael Gibson, MD, examine complications patients encounter with sleep disorders, including for insomnia, and the impact on their quality of life.

Women who were socially isolated were more likely to have insomnia than women who were socially integrated.

A cross-sectional analysis from the France COVID-19 lockdown period resulted in a predictive model for insomnia risk.

Ashgan A. Elshinawy, DO, leads a discussion on the co-occurrence and relationship between sleep disorders and different health conditions in patients.

A comprehensive literature review supports the association between sleep disorders and chronic migraine, leading to poor quality of life, loss of workforce and economic burden.

A new analysis suggests raise levels of zinc, iron, lead and aluminum—linked to cigarette use—is positively correlated with insomnia.

Breaking phase 3 data were just announced from the results of the daridorexant (Quviviq) clinical trial for adults with insomnia in Japan.

A profound escalation in the frequency of nightmares, independently associated with suicide risk, occurred alongside related sleep and mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The research examined how anxiety and pre-bedtime behaviors that are often reported in primary care settings impact sleep health and discussed targeted interventions for effective treatment.

The study explores the relationship between the ascending arousal network, its alterations, and its connections with cortical networks in chronic insomnia disorder.

A majority of individuals who received one of the various cannabinoid products experienced a significant improvement in sleep quality and duration.

"Collectively, this work highlights and supports chronotype as a potential risk factor related to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk," investigators wrote.

Various consequences have been linked to nightmares and can have a severe impact on mental health, even leading to increased risk of suicide.

New evidence from a Mount Sinai study suggested that consistent lack of sleep has negative effects on immune stem cells and increases the risk of inflammatory disorders and heart disease.

Short and long nighttime sleep duration, along with daytime napping, were associated with a moderate increase in risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Mother's who follow the DASH dietary pattern experience better sleep health for themselves and their infants, according to new study.

High CPAP adherence also resulted in a significant protective effect on the 30-day readmission for beneficiaries with heart failure.

New data, alongside any future research operating from a family systems approach can provide novel insight into sleep, mental health, and attachments.

New findings illuminate the need for clinicians to address sleep issues for patients with autism.

Due to the lack of a standard set of ‘good sleep’ criteria, a questionnaire was developed to help gauge criteria for sleep health.

Individuals were more likely to communicate about sleep during depressed mood episodes.

Individuals who reported three cumulative insomnia symptoms of DIS, DSM and NRS had 40% increased risk of future bloodstream infection.

According to recent research, there’s no association between insomnia and vitamin D deficiency, although, insomnia did correlate with abnormal anxiety and depression scores among university students.