Research Articles
Updates about new sleep medicine research publications, funding opportunities, and NIH news
A study in the April issue of the journal SLEEP found that sleep disturbances are associated with depression among middle-aged and older adults.
A study of people with insomnia disorder suggests that daytime hyperarousal is more reliable than nocturnal sleep disturbance as a predictor of prescription sleep aid use, according to results published in the April issue of SLEEP.
A new CDC report shows that high school students who reported sleeping 7 hours or less on school nights had a higher likelihood of several injury-related risk behaviors.
An Australian study in the March issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine compared two commercial sleep devices - an accelerometer worn as a wristband (UP by Jawbone) and a smartphone application (MotionX 24/7) - against polysomnography (PSG) and actigraphy (Actiwatch2) in a clinical pediatric sample.
An evidence-based review in the March issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine summarizes the background information that was foundational for the recent development of rules, terminology, and technical specifications for scoring sleep/wake states in full-term infants from birth to 2 months of age.
A study in the March issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests that a narcolepsy diagnosis is associated with a serious and costly impact on a range of patient outcomes.
A new study accepted for publication in the journal SLEEP found that the rate of serious, preventable crashes was 5 times higher among truck drivers with obstructive sleep apnea who failed to adhere to positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy, compared with matched controls.
A new study published March 15 in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine is the first to report that the relationship between nightmares and suicidal behaviors is partially mediated by a multi-step pathway via defeat, entrapment and hopelessness.
A public meeting of the Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will be held Thursday, April 14, 2016 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT, and Friday, April 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT.
A study published in the March issue of the journal SLEEP shows that insomnia is associated with shorter peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) telomere length in adults between 70 and 88 years of age, suggesting that clinically severe sleep disturbances may increase cellular aging, especially in the later years of life.