Research Articles
Updates about new sleep medicine research publications, funding opportunities, and NIH news
A case series in the September issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests that changing from an oronasal mask to a nasal mask may help some patients whose obstructive sleep apnea is incompletely controlled by CPAP therapy.
A new adult obesity prevalence map from the CDC shows that no state had a prevalence of obesity less than 20 percent in 2015.
The 8th Annual Sleep Research Network Conference and PCORI Engagement Conference will be held Oct. 6-7, 2016, at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Bethesda, Maryland.
The interactive online resource provides state-level data showing how all 50 states and the District of Columbia performed on more than 250 measures related to health care quality and access to care.
The National Institutes of Health recently announced the selection of two new institute leadership appointments.
NIDDK intends to commit a total of $1.5 million in fiscal year 2017 to fund two awards and $1.5 million in fiscal year 2018 to fund 2 awards.
A study in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests that the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) may be a good screening tool for insomnia in a college population.
The results of a new study in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine show that pain intensity was the only determinant of CPAP adherence among veterans with obstructive sleep apnea who were taking opioids for non-malignant pain.
An Australian study in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine reports that the management rate of OSA in a primary care setting tripled from 2000 to 2014.
As part of the National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project, the AASM and its partners have developed a quality measure that can be used in primary care environments to determine if appropriate risk assessment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is being performed.