Research Articles
Updates about new sleep medicine research publications, funding opportunities, and NIH news
A study in the Aug. 1 issue of SLEEP suggests that poor sleep consolidation during the first two years of life may be a risk factor for language learning. The longitudinal study involved 1,029 twins from the Quebec Newborn Twin Study.
The National Institute on Aging has issued funding opportunity announcements for two exploratory/developmental research (R21) grants for translational research related to age-related conditions and the elderly. The earliest submission date for both grants is Sept. 16, 2011. Standard application due dates apply.
Earlier this week the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) posted an executive summary of a Sept. 9, 2010, workshop on Pediatric Sleep Disturbances and their Contribution to Developmental Pathophysiology of Cardiometabolic Risk.
A statistical brief issued this month by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) reports that heart disease and cancer ranked first and second as the most expensive medical conditions for both men and women in terms of overall health-care expenditures.
Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that obesity has become a problem in every state; no state reported that less than 20 percent of adults were obese in 2010.
A study in the August issue of the American Journal of Public Health examined the “medicalization” of sleeplessness. Results suggest that sleeplessness complaints and insomnia diagnoses increased over time; however, they were far outpaced by prescriptions for sedative hypnotics.
A study in the August issue of Sleep Medicine found a potential link between sleep-disordered breathing and aggressive behavior and bullying in urban schoolchildren. Statistical analysis found that symptoms suggestive of sleep-disordered breathing were found more often in children with conduct problems, bullying, or discipline referrals.
Recently the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute announced (NOT-HL-11-153) that it is no longer making new awards using the Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award (R37) funding mechanism.
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) issued a funding opportunity announcement (RFA-HD-12-209) for the Pediatric Scientist Development Program (K12). The application due date is Nov. 22, 2011.
Last week the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) announced that it will no longer accept investigator-initiated, exploratory/developmental grant (R21) applications in response to the National Institutes of Health’s Parent Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), NIH Exploratory Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21).