Jared Kaltwasser

A new model of the hypothalamus can lead to potential new genetic targets for a number of disorders.

A new study suggests clinicians might be able to use metabolic “fingerprints” to better understand the likely severity of individual cases.

A new report suggests infants who do not get enough sleep can quickly become overweight.

The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines introduced much of the world to ribonucleic acid (RNA), which has long played second fiddle to DNA. But in addition to the messenger RNA vaccines, treatments targeting and using RNA in a variety of ways are filling the pipeline and exciting researchers and drug developers.

The study leveraged the power of wristband accelerometry to reveal links between sleep and psychiatry.

Artificial intelligence technology has reached the point where even early adopters are asking what its limits should be.

But the meta-analysis leaves open the question whether there is a cause-and-effect relationship between sleep and migraine.

Health officials should consider advise that people spend more time outdoors as. way to cope with this and future pandemics, the researchers suggest.

Artificial intelligence is improving healthcare methods and insights. But when used incorrectly, AI is rife with pitfalls.

A new study gives physicians the power to help patients at risk of obstructive sleep apnea, but it also highlights the relative lack of public attention on prevention.

Though the study did not meet its endpoint, the strategy behind it remains under investigation.

Screening and vaccination against HPV have reduced the incidence of cervical cancer, but researchers say some women are being screened for cervical caner too often — partly because of vaccination.

Everything from the amount of daylight in a room to the timing of vital sign checks during the night can influence the sleep of patients in intensive care units and thus their recovery.

A new meta-analysis summarizes the dangers posed sleep apnea, which include a doubling of the risk of sudden death from cardiac causes. It is still unclear whether continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), one of the main treatments for obstructive sleep apnea, lowers that risk.

Patients with high amplification of the MET gene had a response rate of 38.1%, more than twice the response rate of those with medium amplification.

The FDA’s accelerated pathway gets drugs to market quickly, but it also can mean patients are put on therapies that do not actually provide a clinical benefit.

A health system is using low-cost screening tools to identify hospitalized patients who may have also have obstructive sleep apnea.

Males, in particular, have a higher risk of high blood pressure if they have obstructive sleep apnea that goes unaddressed.

If the preliminary findings are validated in larger studies, the method could help clinicians determine which patients are candidates for immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Study shows an association between greater "eveningness" (being awake and alert at night) and cannabis use and binge drinking.

Patients with Alzheimer’s disease or who were at high risk for the disease had a weaker correlation between brain activity and cerebrospinal fluid flow while sleeping.

Patients who were PD-L1 positive with early stage non-small-cell lung cancer had better results and a lower risk of death or progression compared to a cohort on best supportive care.

Young adults did not have significantly better sleep when using blue light filters on their smartphones in the hour before bed, according to a new study.

A report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality suggested existing evidence on continuous positive airway pressure devices is not robust enough to be clinically meaningful.

Chemo in combination with immunotherapy was preferable to immunotherapy alone in patients with a mutation of the KRAS gene and high levels of programmed cell death ligand 1, according to findings reported in JAMA Oncology.

Paying attention to the social determinants of health may be a powerful way of improving cardiovascular outcomes.

But many devices don’t communicate with a patient’s electronic health record.

Although smoking is the predominate risk factor for lung cancer, about 1 in 5 cases cases are believed to be linked to genetic factors.

Enforcement of rules to encourage the freer flow of healthcare data were delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They are now scheduled to go into effect this year.