Sleep Medicine
News
Staying alert for patients with narcolepsy
The chronic neurologic disorder entails not only excessive sleepiness but also social and professional challenges.
News
Malaria vaccine gets special delivery by tiny health personnel
Plus: Sleeping and sweating the years away and dragon-sized embezzling from a cancer charity.
From the Journals
‘Concerning’ rate of benzo/Z-drug use in IBD
Alternative strategies to ease mood, anxiety, and sleep disorders are needed to curb high persistent use of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in the IBD...
From the Journals
Yoga, CBT provide long-term improvement in insomnia, worry
“So to find something they can do that lasts ... and has some enduring impact on their quality of life and their mental health, and they’re both...
Pearls
Melatonin as a sleep aid: Are you prescribing it correctly?
Difficulty achieving regular restorative sleep is a common symptom of many psychiatric illnesses and can pose a pharmaceutical challenge,...
Commentary
Reassessing benzodiazepines: What role should this medication class play in psychiatry?
Benzodiazepines are appropriate and helpful in situations that cause transient anxiety and with patients who have done poorly with other options...
News
Waking up at night could be your brain boosting your memory
“Every time I wake up in the middle of the night now, I think – ah, nice, I probably just had great memory-boosting sleep.”
News
Charcoal could be the cure for the common high-fat diet
Plus: Brains sleep through noradrenaline waves in one study and get insulted by investigators in another.
From the Journals
Electroacupuncture promising for depression-related insomnia
Patients with co-occurring depression and sleep disorders have a greater risk for relapse and recurrence of depression.
From the Journals
Best meds for insomnia identified?
For many insomnia medications, there is a “striking” and “appalling” lack of long-term data.
From the Journals
Lifestyle medicine eases anxiety symptoms
The results support the value of multicomponent lifestyle medicine interventions for patients with anxiety in the short-term.