Sleep Medicine
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GERD and sleep disorders often go hand in glove
DENVER – Nocturnal awakening, insomnia, and other sleep disorders are highly prevalent in individuals with GERD.
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Expert: Screen military spouses for sleep problems
DENVER – Sleep problems and their host of deleterious physical and psychosocial consequences are pervasive among the civilian female spouses of U....
News
Insomnia severity more pronounced in older Hispanics
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Insomnia in young men boosts cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk
DENVER – Insomnia symptoms are associated with increased cardiovascular and cerebrovascular event rates in young to middle-aged men.
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Restless sleep in 11-year-olds predicts earlier substance use
Boys with poor sleep quality and quantity start using alcohol and cannabis earlier as teens.
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Women’s Health Initiative may account for insomnia’s upward trend
DENVER – Insomnia rates are climbing, especially in middle-aged women.
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Sleep apnea in later life more than doubles subsequent Alzheimer’s risk
DENVER – Cognitively intact patients when diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea after age 65 were 2.2-fold more likely than were controls to...
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Insomnia is pervasive in adult neurodevelopmental disorders
DENVER – Look for clinically significant sleep disturbances in adults with ADHD or autism spectrum disorder.
News
USPSTF opposes screening for obstructive sleep apnea in draft recommendation
Conference Coverage
Exercise improves sleep and may improve cognitive/physical function in MS
Moderate-intensity exercise may benefit MS patients in terms of improved sleep and perhaps improved cognitive and physical function.
Video
Treat insomnia in depressed, even suicidal, people
W. Vaughn McCall, MD, MS, explains that the relationship among depression, suicidality, and insomnia is more complex than was once thought.