Sleep Research

Both insomnia and sleep duration – i.e., five or fewer hours or more than nine hours of sleep per night — are “highly associated” with an increased incidence of myocardial infarction (heart attack), according to a recent meta-analysis of nine studies including more than one million patients with and without insomnia. The pooled analysis, with…

A study published on February 23 found that a half-hour nap in the afternoon is associated with a mid-day “refresh.” “Many know the benefits of napping, but the pressure to optimize time in the workday poses constraints for some on the practicality of napping regularly,” said study coauthor Dr Ruth Leong from the Centre for…

The rate of parental stress is greater among parents who have sleep disorders themselves, or have children with sleep disorders, according to a study published January 23 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE. Sleep and stress disorders are known to have a two-way correlation, with stress promoting sleep disorders and sleep disorders promoting stress. Among…

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…

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…

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….

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…

More than a third of high school students say they’ve been plagued by feelings of depression or hopelessness, and one in five say they’ve contemplated taking their own life. Even more alarmingly, this generation of teens is the most sleep-deprived in human history. Most children and adults (70%) get enough sleep, but only 15 percent…