Sleep Medicine
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Oldest adults most likely to use prescription sleep aids
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Panel supports lower doses of novel insomnia drug
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Preclinical brain amyloid deposition linked to poor sleep
Major Finding: Study subjects with a strong likelihood of amyloid deposition had significantly worse sleep efficiency (80.4% vs.
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Older patients report frequent insomnia, sleep treatment use
Major finding: More than 90% of subjects had sleep complaints; 55.5% reported using a sleep aid, and 10% of these reported using alcohol to sleep....
Conference Coverage
REM sleep problems predict Parkinson's, Lewy body dementia
Major finding: More than 90% of patients with REM sleep behavior disorder will develop Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia.Data source: A...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Sleepless and paranoid
Mr. Q, age 44, presents with disorientation, paranoid delusions, and auditory and visual hallucinations that began after his sleep started to...
Podcasts
Off-label use of antipsychotics
Matthew Macaluso, DO, talks about using intended and unintended effects of antipsychotics.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Antipsychotics for nonpsychotic illness
Limited evidence suggests possible efficacy based on known receptor binding affinities
Pearls
The ABCDEs of obstructive sleep apnea
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Zolpidem Linked to Higher Inpatient Fall Rates
Major Finding: The fall risk in 4,962 hospital inpatients who received zolpidem was 3.04% vs.