Research Articles
Updates about new sleep medicine research publications, funding opportunities, and NIH news
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates the following individuals who received a Focused Projects Award of up to $20,000 each from the American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF).
The American Sleep Medicine Foundation congratulates the following recipients of the 2015 Strategic Research Award (SRA), which supports research focusing on assessment, improvement, or innovation of strategies to achieve optimal outcomes, quality, cost-effectiveness, or value in delivery of sleep health care in the U.S.
Elevated blood lead levels in early childhood are associated with increased risk for sleep problems and excessive daytime sleepiness in later childhood, according to a longitudinal study of Chinese children published in the December issue of the journal SLEEP.
A virtual meeting of the NIH Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board will be held on Friday, December 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. EST, by conference call. The public is invited to attend by phone or internet.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presents an age-adjusted estimate that nearly 38 percent of U.S. adults were obese in 2013 and 2014, an increase from 35 percent in 2011-2012.
Among adults with hypertension, 53.0% had controlled hypertension during 2011–2014, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A study in the November issue of the journal SLEEP presents a clinical enigma: Although sleepwalkers have an increased risk for headaches and migraines while awake, during sleepwalking episodes they are unlikely to feel pain even while suffering an injury.
A study in the November issue of the journal SLEEP is the first human experimental study to demonstrate that, despite comparable reductions in total sleep time, partial sleep loss from sleep continuity disruption is more detrimental to positive mood than partial sleep loss from delaying bedtime.
Board-certified sleep medicine physicians who are members of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine are encouraged to apply to the American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) for the 2016 American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM) Junior Faculty Research Award. Applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. CST on Dec. 21, 2015.
A study published Oct. 27 in JAMA found an overall decreasing trend in the age-standardized U.S. death rate between 1969 and 2013 for all causes combined, and for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, stroke, unintentional injuries, and diabetes.