Research Articles
Updates about new sleep medicine research publications, funding opportunities, and NIH news
Recently the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute reissued an announcement (PAR-15-314) for the Discovery of Genetic Basis of Monogenic Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Disorders (X01).
A report in the August issue of the journal SLEEP describes the methodology, background literature, voting process, and voting results for the consensus statement recently developed by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society regarding the recommended amount of sleep to promote optimal health in adults.
Exposure to specific types of trauma - sexual trauma, physical assault, accidents, natural disasters, and sudden violent death - increases the odds of insomnia by two to three times, according to a study in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
A study in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests that there is a significant burden of unrecognized obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in obese hospitalized patients.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a request for information (NOT-OD-15-118) inviting comments and suggestions on a framework for the NIH-wide five-year strategic plan, which was requested by Congress and is due in late December.
A study conducted in France compared the efficacy of 11 commercially available autotitrating positive airway pressure (APAP) devices for the treatment of obstructive sleep-disordered breathing and evaluated the accuracy of the device reports.
A study in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine simultaneously compared the Sleep Time iPhone app with in-lab polysomnography in 20 adult volunteers.
Only 31 percent of children were screened for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) by an anesthesia provider prior to ambulatory surgery.
A study in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that more than 60 percent of nightmare sufferers had never discussed nightmares with a clinician.
That National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a request for information (NOT-OD-15-117) seeking comments and suggestions on the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Program.