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Sleep Disorders

News, opinions and meeting coverage in primary care.

<乌鸦传媒>Daytime Sleepiness, Brain Pathology: A 2-Way Street?

Amyloid buildup may be both effect and cause of sleep-wake abnormalities in elderly

<乌鸦传媒>Men with Children Sleep Fine; Women Not So Much

Men not bothered by their own snoring, either

<乌鸦传媒>Travel Direction Tied to Baseball Teams' Performance

Lower winning percentage on eastbound road trips

<乌鸦传媒>ESC: CPAP Flops for Secondary CV Prevention

No impact on coronary, stroke risks from sleep apnea tx in SAVE trial

<乌鸦传媒>Telemedicine May Be Boon for Treating Sleep Disorders

Reimbursement uncertainty remains roadblock to wide adoption

<乌鸦传媒>Does That Surly Teen Just Need More Sleep?

Nightly sleep fluctuations predicted next-day mood

<乌鸦传媒>Gamers Lose Sleep to Keep Playing

Survey findings suggest video gaming is addictive behavior

<乌鸦传媒>Late Sleepers Have Worse Diets Than Early Risers

But sleeping late wasn't linked to higher BMI

<乌鸦传媒>Snoring Tied to Cognitive Deficits in Young Kids

Highest risk seen in children with severe obstructive sleep apnea

<乌鸦传媒>Excessive Sleepiness Lingers in TBI Patients

18 months later, TBI patients slept an hour more each night than healthy controls

<乌鸦传媒>Everolimus May Have Activity in Seizure Disorder

Drug reduced seizure frequency in tuberous sclerosis compared with placebo

<乌鸦传媒>Patient Registries See Promise and Challenges Ahead

Physician-driven registries adapt to a changing health system

<乌鸦传媒>PD Patients Report Better Sleep With Rotigotine Tx

Patch form of dopamine agonist also lowered nighttime activity

<乌鸦传媒>Iron Reduces Parasomnias in Children With Restless Legs

Most with restless legs syndrome and night terrors do well with ferritin supplements

<乌鸦传媒>Persistent Sleep Trouble Common in Kids With Brain Injuries

TBI leaves children struggling for months with daytime sleepiness and problems sleeping at night

<乌鸦传媒>Sleep Apnea Correlates With Injury on the Job

Accidents while working occurred twice as frequently when sleep apnea was involved

<乌鸦传媒>'Sleeping In' Doesn't Make Up for Lost Sleep in Teens

Sleep deprivation may affect work in schools and driving

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Advisers Unimpressed by Nocdurna

Another setback for nocturia indication

<乌鸦传媒>Sexsomnia: A Case Study of a New DSM-5 Diagnosis

Initiating sex while asleep is not only a drug side effect.

<乌鸦传媒>Excerpt From 'Being Mortal ... '

Ivan Ilyich isn't as foreign to today's medicine as we imagine.

<乌鸦传媒>'Sleep Drunkenness' Common, But Rarely Unexplained

So-called confusional arousals were reported in the past year by some 15% of respondents in a population-based survey, with nearly all episodes associated with mental disorders or drugs with known sleep effects.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Slashes Starting Dose for Lunesta

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Patients starting on the sleep drug eszopiclone (Lunesta) should take no more than 1 mg at bedtime -- one-third the current label-recommended dose -- because of the risk of next-day impairment, the FDA said Thursday.

<乌鸦传媒>Murder: Another Ambien Side Effect?

NEW YORK CITY -- Forensic psychiatrists are facing new challenges with murders committed by people under the influence of the sleep drug zolpidem (Ambien) -- not least to persuade the criminal justice system to take their conclusions seriously.

<乌鸦传媒>APA Meeting Highlights Mental Health Biology

NEW YORK CITY -- The biological basis for normal and abnormal mental function is emerging as a dominant theme in psychiatry research, and the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting that starts here Saturday won't be an exception.

<乌鸦传媒>Forget Glucometers, Use Voodoo Dolls Instead: That's Improbable!

A weekly report from our friends at Improbable Research.

<乌鸦传媒>Lyrica Edges Mirapex for Restless Legs

Patients with restless legs syndrome treated with pregabalin (Lyrica) had as much symptom improvement as those receiving pramipexole (Mirapex) in a large year-long trial, with fewer showing "augmentation."

<乌鸦传媒>Drug Combo Saves Kids' Tonsils in Mild OSA

The anti-inflammatory asthma drug montelukast (Singulair) plus corticosteroids was an effective initial alternative to surgery for mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children, a retrospective study showed.

<乌鸦传媒>Debate: Who Should Prescribe CPAP?

Should primary care physicians and other nonspecialists be able to prescribe sleep apnea treatment after home testing? Experts debated that issue this month in Chest.

<乌鸦传媒>Sleep Problems, Poor Angioplasty Outcomes Linked

Disturbed sleep is common in heart patients following coronary angioplasty and is an independent risk factor for poor cardiac outcomes, researchers reported.

<乌鸦传媒>Common Cause for Bruxism, Restless Legs, Migraine?

NEW ORLEANS -- About half of patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) seen in a single neurology practice also qualified for diagnoses of bruxism and migraine, suggesting a possible common cause for these disorders, a researcher said here.

<乌鸦传媒>Xyrem Helps With Nighttime Sleep in Narcolepsy

NEW ORLEANS -- Narcolepsy patients troubled by frequent nighttime awakenings had less sleep disruption when taking sodium oxybate (Xyrem) than modafinil (Provigil) in a randomized trial, a researcher reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>APA Leaders Defend New Diagnostic Guide

SAN FRANCISCO -- The fifth edition of the "psychiatrist's bible" was officially released here in all its 947-page glory, with its developers offering a spirited rebuttal to their critics.

<乌鸦传媒>Hangover Risk Prompts Ambien Label Changes

New dosing recommendations for products containing zolpidem (Ambien, Ambien CR, Edluar) are now included in their labels, along with warnings of next-day hangover effects, the FDA said Tuesday.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Lowers Ambien Dosages

WASHINGTON -- Makers of sleep drugs containing zolpidem, including Ambien and Ambien CR, must cut the recommended dosages for women by half to reduce morning drowsiness, the FDA announced Thursday.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA: Booze and Xyrem Are Dangerous Mix

WASHINGTON -- The FDA is warning healthcare professionals that patients taking the muscle weakness and narcolepsy drug sodium oxybate (Xyrem) should not consume alcohol or use central nervous system depressants.

<乌鸦传媒>Melatonin Can Help Seniors Get More Sleep

BOSTON -- Over-the-counter melatonin appears to provide a measure of sleep for older individuals who have insomnia, a meta-analysis showed.

<乌鸦传媒>Child's Epilepsy Keeps Household Up All Night

Children with epilepsy and their parents reported suffering from sleep problems, researchers found.

<乌鸦传媒>DSM-5: What's In, What's Out

PHILADELPHIA -- Reports here provided what may be the last public update on DSM-5, the next edition of American psychiatry's diagnostic guide, before it is formally released in May 2013.

<乌鸦传媒>Most DSM-5 Revisions Pass Field Trials

PHILADELPHIA -- Field trials of proposed new diagnostic criteria for many mental disorders showed that, for the most part, they were at least adequately reliable.

<乌鸦传媒>Latest Use for Botox: Teeth Grinding

茂禄驴NEW ORLEANS -- Patients who ground their teeth so hard during sleep that they required medical attention achieved significant relief from botulinum toxin shots, researchers said here.

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