Sleep Disorders

But less than one-third of patients are highly adherent to continuous positive airway pressure therapy, researchers found.

Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital identified common beliefs among parents and caregivers and also evidence showing they were wrong. They say that they hope this kind of research will lead to public outreach and education efforts to turn people away from misinformation.

Small study finds that sleep deprivation increases white blood cells. The finding is a piece of a puzzle that may link poor sleep to inflammation and a number of diseases.

… is a problem. Less than one-third of patients are highly adherent to continuous positive airway pressure therapy, the study found.

Study looks at the reasons Hispanic children tend to sleep less. For some, lack of a regular bedtime could be the key.

Decreased hormone levels appear to increase the risk of key symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

The new report adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting links between sleep and cardiovascular health.

The new assessment is supposed to better gauge whether people are getting quality sleep.

The research findings confirm that nine hours of sleep is an important benchmark for elementary-age children.

New technology could make it possible to get complex sleep analytics at home. The question is whether physicians will accept the device.

People with common sleep disorders tended to have higher scores on a depression assessment, a study shows.

The results were surprising, since other studies have suggested people who have sleep disruptions do not respond as robustly to vaccines.

The company is producing repair kits and replacement devices, but those efforts have led to a shortage of devices.

Technical and regulatory hurdles abound, but another challenge is finding enough providers who are comfortable and competent with artificial intelligence technology.

A new review argues that conditions such as hypertension, obesity, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may contribute to the causation of obstructive sleep apnea, not just the other way around.

The frequency of rapid eye movement appears to be associated with several psychiatric and neurological disorders, investigators said.

Using a data set of more than 100,000 people, investigators found getting more than seven hours of sleep per night reduced the risk of developing fatty liver disease.

Treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and exercise therapy can help address sleep problems, both during and after treatment, the study found.

Patients with lower heart rate variability during sleep may suffer from insomnia, the study found.

It is not yet clear whether Alzheimer’s causes excessive napping or vice versa, but the study’s authors say the questions are worthy of additional investigation.

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea who used continuous positive airway pressure devices were able to slow down their epigenetic age acceleration.

Children with poor sleep had a 2.6-fold higher risk of developing adult insomnia, according to longitudinal research conducted by Penn State researchers.

Preliminary research using an animal model found that hypoxia during pregnancy had behavioral and neuropsychiatric impacts on offspring.

A new study sheds light on the nature of the “long covid.” Researchers say SARS-CoV-2 needs to be viewed not as a respiratory virus but as one with systematic effects.

The questionnaire is seen as a low-risk, high-reward method of assessing asthma comorbidities in children.