Research Articles
Updates about new sleep medicine research publications, funding opportunities, and NIH news
New data from a national survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that more adults and children are using supplements of melatonin, a natural hormone that plays a role in sleep.
According to a study in the February issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 10 percent of adolescents who displayed excessive daytime sleepiness indicative of narcolepsy screened positive for marijuana.
Last week the White House released details about a new Precision Medicine Initiative, which will be launched with a $215 million investment proposed in the President’s 2016 Budget.
A study of older adults in the February issue of SLEEP suggests that both short and long sleep durations are associated with mortality, and these associations are explained by inflammatory markers and health status factors.
A study in the February issue of SLEEP is the first to show that the treatment of insomnia in veterans is associated with a significant reduction in suicidal thoughts.
The likelihood that a patient will receive a physician referral for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) evaluation is influenced by whether the patient inquires about OSA, according to a study in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
A meta-analysis in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine reports that imagery rehearsal therapy (IRT) and prazosin have similar effects in the treatment of nightmares
A study in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine reports that behaviorally induced insufficient sleep syndrome is associated with poor academic performance among adolescents in the Republic of Korea.
Only a small number of candidate biomarkers of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) appear promising and merit further research, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
The American Sleep Medicine Foundation has redefined the Career Development Award Program, which is now broken down into three different grant opportunities to assist sleep investigators in various career levels.