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Study hints at the potential of sleep pills to slow or stop Alzheimer's disease progression

Sleep disturbances can be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease. Many people eventually diagnosed with Alzheimer's start experiencing difficulty falling and staying asleep years before cognitive problems such as memory loss and confusion emerge.

20 Apr 2023

New online tool shows promise for assessing dementia risk

Researchers at UNSW Sydney and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) have developed and evaluated a tool for assessing dementia risk, with promising initial results.

20 Apr 2023

New treatment pathway identified for patients with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome

With funding from charity Kidney Research UK, Dr Carl May from Bristol Medical School and his team have identified a new treatment pathway for patients with non-genetic (idiopathic) nephrotic syndrome (INS), targeting a still unknown factor that causes the progression towards kidney failure.

13 Apr 2023

Placebo in addition to methadone shown to be feasible treatment for opioid use disorder

There were more than 100,000 reported deaths from opioid overdoses in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

12 Apr 2023

Machine learning methods may be effective in screening patients for sleep disorder risk

A machine learning model can effectively predict a patient's risk for a sleep disorder using demographic and lifestyle data, physical exam results and laboratory values, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Samuel Y. Huang of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, and Alexander A. Huang of Northwestern Feinberg University School of Medicine, US.

12 Apr 2023

What factors increase the risk of psychiatric symptoms in long COVID patients?

Researchers reviewed to identify factors that increase the risk of psychiatric symptoms among long coronavirus disease patients.

12 Apr 2023

The association between dietary behaviors and video gaming

Researchers investigated the dietary behaviour and health of individuals participating in video gaming.

10 Apr 2023

Study examines the causal role of insomnia symptoms on 11,409 health related-symptoms

Researchers performed Mendelian randomization phenome-wide association study of insomnia symptoms using 11,409 outcome variables.

6 Apr 2023

Healthy sleep pattern may help offset asthma risk regardless of genetic susceptibility

Poor quality sleep may bolster a person's genetic susceptibility to asthma, potentially doubling their risk of being diagnosed with the condition, suggests a large UK Biobank study, published in the open access journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research.

4 Apr 2023

What is the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and the occurrence of long-COVID symptomatology?

Researchers evaluated the incidence of long coronavirus disease symptoms among COVID 2019 patients,

31 Mar 2023

CAR T-cell therapy improves quality of life for patients with blood cancers

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy has transformed cancer treatment, yet relatively few studies have investigated the impact of the therapy on longitudinal patient quality of life – an aspect of care that often suffers from receiving traditional intensive cancer medications, such as chemotherapy.

30 Mar 2023

Study reveals the risk factors associated with developing long Covid

Being vaccinated against Covid halves people's risk of developing long Covid, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

23 Mar 2023

Loss of smell following COVID-19 recovery: How long could it last?

In a recent study posted to the Preprints with The Lancet* server, researchers in China conducted a multi-center, retrospective study to gather data on the prevalence of olfactory dysfunction (OD) after three years of recovering from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

21 Mar 2023

Sleep disorders contribute to cognitive dysfunction in women with multiple sclerosis

For women with multiple sclerosis who report cognitive dysfunction -; one of the most common and disabling symptoms of the disease -; sleep disorders such as insomnia and sleep apnea may contribute to the perceived decline, a Michigan Medicine study suggests.

21 Mar 2023

Mental health care by video fills gaps in rural nursing homes

Bette Helm was glad to have someone to talk with about her insomnia.

21 Mar 2023

How does sleep loss affect children's health?

The understanding of the impact of disturbed sleep on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among healthy children is quite limited. To address this gap, a new JAMA Network Open study aimed to research the effect of sleep deprivation on HRQOL in healthy children without major sleep issues.

19 Mar 2023

Researchers investigate potential links between sleep disturbances and stroke

The dynamics between stroke and sleep – measured in both quantity and quality -; are complex. Research has broadly shown that either sleep deprivation or sleeping for longer than 9 hours a day can increase the risk of having a stroke.

14 Mar 2023

Revamping lifestyle can bolster brain health and stave off neurocognitive decline

In a recent article published in the journal Cureus, researchers at Loma Linda University Medical Center and the University of California Irvine reviewed the impact of applying the six pillars of lifestyle medicine — stress management, plant-based nutrition, avoidance of risky substances, physical activity, social connections, and restorative sleep — on neurocognitive decline and dementia.

14 Mar 2023

Sufficient sleep could improve the body's response to vaccination

How strongly a vaccine protects you may depend on getting enough sleep in the days before and after inoculation, finds a new meta-analysis examining the relationship between sleep duration and the body's response to vaccination.

13 Mar 2023

Exploring the prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms in post-acute COVID-19 phase among children and young people

In a recent study published in PLoS ONE, researchers prospectively followed up with children and young people (CYP) diagnosed with post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) condition or long COVID to elucidate long COVID symptom profiles over six months.

8 Mar 2023

Insomnia News and Research

Latest Insomnia News and Research

Study hints at the potential of sleep pills to slow or stop Alzheimer's disease progression

New online tool shows promise for assessing dementia risk

New treatment pathway identified for patients with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome

Placebo in addition to methadone shown to be feasible treatment for opioid use disorder

Machine learning methods may be effective in screening patients for sleep disorder risk

What factors increase the risk of psychiatric symptoms in long COVID patients?

The association between dietary behaviors and video gaming

Study examines the causal role of insomnia symptoms on 11,409 health related-symptoms

Healthy sleep pattern may help offset asthma risk regardless of genetic susceptibility

What is the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and the occurrence of long-COVID symptomatology?

CAR T-cell therapy improves quality of life for patients with blood cancers

Study reveals the risk factors associated with developing long Covid

Loss of smell following COVID-19 recovery: How long could it last?

Sleep disorders contribute to cognitive dysfunction in women with multiple sclerosis

Mental health care by video fills gaps in rural nursing homes

How does sleep loss affect children's health?

Researchers investigate potential links between sleep disturbances and stroke

Revamping lifestyle can bolster brain health and stave off neurocognitive decline

Sufficient sleep could improve the body's response to vaccination

Exploring the prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms in post-acute COVID-19 phase among children and young people

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