Dementia and Terminal Lucidity; Neuropathy After COVID; FDA Sets Donanemab Meeting News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience May 07, 2024
CDC: Hunters Didn't Die of Deer Disease; Missed Bird Flu Cases? Sexsomnia Explainer Health news and commentary gathered by staff Apr 29, 2024
Apnea Tied to Non-Invasive Ventilation in Hospitalized COVID Patients Booster vaccination blunted the risk, however Apr 09, 2024
Nerve Stimulation for Sleep Apnea May Not Work for All Body mass index, sleeping position influence outcomes Apr 05, 2024
COVID's Silver Lining; 'I Could Kill Someone'; Measles or MMR Detection? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Mar 29, 2024
Memory, Cognitive Symptoms Linked to Sleep Apnea Findings highlight importance of early screening for apnea, researcher says Mar 04, 2024
GLP-1 Drugs Tame Brain Inflammation; Novel Painkiller Succeeds; Headache as Metaphor News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscienc Jan 30, 2024
Midlife Cognitive Problems Tied to Sleep Disruptions Earlier in Life Quality -- not quantity -- of sleep may matter most, research suggests Jan 05, 2024
Dementia-Sleep Link Has a New Twist Research unravels relationship between irregular sleep and poor brain health Dec 14, 2023
Personality Predictors of Dementia; Parkinson's Blood Test; Klotho in Alzheimer's News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Dec 05, 2023
Alzheimer's Tied to Military Service; Long COVID Sleepiness; NurOwn Tries Again News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Nov 28, 2023
Melatonin Use Common Among Kids Nearly 1 in 5 school-age children and preteens used melatonin in the past 30 days Nov 13, 2023
Dementia Risk Rises When Deep Sleep Falls Longitudinal study points to relationship in older adults over 12-year follow-up Oct 31, 2023
Paxlovid Priced at $1,390! Snoozing the Alarm and Health; Medical Aid Heads to Gaza Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Oct 19, 2023
Patients With Narcolepsy Face Mood and Pain Disorders Comorbidities may complicate treatment and diagnosis Sep 11, 2023
Heart Risks Much Higher for Patients With Rare Sleep Disorder Treatment should be prescribed with cardiovascular risks in mind, says researcher Sep 11, 2023
Noninvasive Nerve Stimulator May Ease Sleep Apnea Intervention recipients saw apnea, oxygen desaturation, sleepiness scores improve Aug 04, 2023
Narcolepsy Symptoms Normalize With Novel Agent Neuropeptide drug stumbles on safety in phase II but stirs hope with "truly remarkable effect" Jul 26, 2023
Proteins Predict Dementia; Brain Function in Long COVID; Pregabalin Plus Opioids News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jul 25, 2023
Sleep Quality Linked With Cognition Across Five Cohorts Inaugural Sleep and Dementia Consortium analysis points to associations with sleep apnea Jul 19, 2023
Higher Fetal Cortisol Levels Linked to Sleep Onset Delays Greater neonatal hair cortisol at birth predicted longer sleep onset latency at 7 months Jun 09, 2023
Morning Naps in Elderly People May Reflect Dementia Risk Relationship vanishes after adjusting for comorbidities, however Jun 08, 2023
For Some, Sex Is Better Sleep Aid Than Pill, Small Survey Finds Two-thirds of people who use sleep meds said they slept just as well or better after sex Jun 07, 2023
Happy Sleep, Happy Couple? Sleep-related conflict was tied to poorer relationship satisfaction, researcher reported Jun 06, 2023
Once-Nightly Narcolepsy Drug Preferred by Patients Over Twice-Nightly Dose But the majority of patients within a large health system weren't prescribed the drug at all Jun 06, 2023
Daytime Sleepiness Drugs of Varying Performance in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Solriamfetol had particularly strong showing in network meta-analysis May 08, 2023
Melatonin Gummies May Not Be What They Claim to Be Nearly 90% of brands were mislabeled, lab analysis shows Apr 25, 2023
Alzheimer's Proteins Reduced by Sleep Drug Both amyloid and tau levels fell in early trial Apr 21, 2023
Tongue Nerve Stimulator Does Good for Sleep Apnea Patients THN3 trial shows reduced apnea, improvement in quality of life Apr 06, 2023
Pitolisant Safe and Effective in Children With Narcolepsy First study in a pediatric population, with findings similar to adults Mar 24, 2023
Vascular Events Arguably Related to Too Little Sleep, Not Oversleeping Improving sleep may reduce PAD risk, and vice versa, according to report Mar 16, 2023
Suboptimal Sleep Duration Linked to Poor Brain Health Middle-age patients with worse sleep saw increased white matter hyperintensities on MRI Feb 09, 2023
Oral Drug Shows Benefit for Notalgia Paresthetica in Mid-Stage Trial Phase II study hits primary endpoint, but researchers call for larger and longer trials Feb 08, 2023
Young Adults With Sleep Issues Face Higher Overdose Risk With Benzodiazepines Risk heightened for people with a recent prescription opioid-fill Nov 22, 2022
Sleeping 5 Hours or Less Raises Risk of Multiple Chronic Diseases Risk emerged in midlife and persisted at older ages Oct 19, 2022
Sleep Experts Issue Advisory on Melatonin in Children Recommendations come as reported pediatric poisonings surged Sep 22, 2022
No Weird Dreams for Insomnia Patients Taking Lemborexant Even at 10 mg, the sleep aid resulted in few abnormal dreams or nightmares Sep 20, 2022
Trazodone Commonly Used Off-Label for Insomnia Not much data to support efficacy or safety "as a surrogate hypnotic medication," researcher says Sep 20, 2022
Global COPD Burden; Driving Restrictions After Fainting? Also in TTHealthWatch: best meds for insomnia and the effect of calorie labels in supermarkets Aug 06, 2022 podcast
Pharmacologic Interventions for Insomnia Effective but Flawed More long-term data on efficacy and safety needed Jul 19, 2022
