Parasomnias and Mental Health: Understanding Strange Sleep Behaviors

A recent comprehensive analysis of 372,000 sleep clinic patients revealed that parasomnias—unusual sleep behaviors like sleepwalking and night terrors—have a significant association with psychiatric conditions, with depression patients being nearly three times more likely to experience these sleep disturbances. This large-scale study provides compelling evidence that parasomnias may be underrecognized clinical indicators of mental health…

Sleep Apnea and Parasomnias: Surprising Research Findings

A new study from the University of Bergen in Norway, aimed to find out if people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) experience more unusual sleep behaviors (parasomnias) than those without OSA. What Was the Study About? Researchers looked at 4,372 patients who were sent to a Norwegian hospital because their doctors thought they might have…

Understanding Parasomnias: When Your Brain Mixes Sleep and Wakefulness

What Are Parasomnias? Parasomnias are fascinating but often misunderstood sleep disorders where people perform wake-like behaviors while actually being asleep. As Dr. Anne Marie Morse explains in this video, these strange sleep behaviors have become a source of social media fascination, with some people gaining fame from videos of their parasomnia experiences. However, it’s important…

6 Creative Ways to Show Your Gratitude on CPAP Appreciation Day

6 Creative Ways to Show Your Gratitude on CPAP Appreciation Day

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy has transformed the lives of millions of people with sleep apnea, offering them a chance to reclaim their sleep and improve their overall health. On CPAP Appreciation Day, it’s time to celebrate the life-changing impact of this therapy and help raise awareness about sleep apnea. Here are six ways…

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Insomnia Linked to Greater Risk of Heart Attack

Individuals with insomnia were 69% more likely to have a heart attack compared to those who didn’t have the sleep disorder during an average nine years of follow-up, according to new research presented at the recent American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session and published simultaneously in the journal Clinical Cardiology.  In addition, when looking at…

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With Persistent Treatment, Epigenetic Age Acceleration In Obstructive Sleep Apnea Can Be Reversed.

Researchers from the Child Health Research Institute, the School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, (USA), the Translational Research Unit, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón (Spain), and the Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, (Spain) published an article in early 2022 showing that Epigenetic age acceleration in obstructive sleep apnea is reversible with the…

Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence Is Linked to Sleep Disordered Breathing

Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence Is Linked to Sleep Disordered Breathing

Atrial fibrillation (AF) patients who have undiagnosed sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) are twice as likely to relapse as those who are diagnosed with SDB, according to research published in the International Journal of Cardiology and Vascular Biology. Patients having Atrial Fibrillation catheter ablation (OSA-AF) at a Dutch center from December 2018 to February 2020 were included…

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Girardin Jean-Louis Receives Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Award

A joint venture between the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and the Sleep Research Society has awarded Girardin Jean-Louis Ph.D., director of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Center for Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences, with this year’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Award for his work in fostering successful academic careers….

Could Artificial Intelligence Help Diagnose OSA?

Could Artificial Intelligence Help Diagnose OSA?

We know that in the absence of treatment, sleep apnea can have a devastating effect on a patient’s well-being. Polysomnography is the current gold standard for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea, but it is time-consuming, expensive, and difficult to get. There are also difficulties in the primary care setting in identifying obstructive sleep apnea. Patients will…

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