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A Spike in Broken Oral Appliance Reports Raises QuestionsÂ
There is a dramatic change in FDA adverse event reporting for mandibular advancement devices for obstructive sleep apnea in 2024 and 2025. Is it better reporting, a safety flag, or something else?
Read full source →US Government HHS Agency Launches Program to Transform How Poor Sleep Is Diagnosed, Treated At Home
The new funding opportunity aims to develop closed-loop technologies that objectively measure and adaptively correct poor sleep at home.
Read full source →CPAP Adherence Solutions Guide
Sleep Review's CPAP adherence solutions guide compares options on parameters including supporting evidence, patient and provider contact frequency, pricing structure, and more.
Read full source →Youths with Type 1 Diabetes' and Their Parents' Experiences of Insulin Pumps and Continuous Glucose Monitoring
CONCLUSION: Insulin pumps and CGM facilitate everyday life for both youths and their parents, and the opportunity to follow their youth's glucose values does not seem to be a problem to neither youths nor parents.…
Read full source →Guided digital cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia: A (cost-)effective intervention for people with insomnia and psychological distress? Results of a randomized controlled trial
CONCLUSIONS: CBT-I is a (cost-)effective treatment for insomnia with co-occurring anxiety, PTSD, or BPD symptoms, although effects on anxiety and BPD are small, and none were found for PTSD. These findings support integrating CBT-I into…
Read full source →Fatigue in Parkinson's Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study of Prevalence and Clinical Correlates
CONCLUSIONS: Fatigue is a frequent yet underrecognized NMS in PD. Nearly half of the patients experienced fatigue, mostly of mild severity, and it was associated with longer disease duration, greater disease severity, mood disturbances, sleep-related…
Read full source →The transdiagnostic intervention for sleep and circadian dysfunction (TranS-C) in community mental health centers: Do provider-initiated ad hoc adaptations influence implementation and patient outcomes?
The transdiagnostic intervention for sleep and circadian dysfunction (TranS-C) was adapted to fit community mental health centers (CMHCs), resulting in an adapted version of TranS-C. Prior research suggests that providers commonly make ad hoc adaptations,…
Read full source →Bedtime Audiobook Listening Motives and Insomnia Status: Survey Study
CONCLUSIONS: Bedtime audiobooks may be perceived to serve different roles depending on sleep health, with cognitive regulation motives more frequently reported among individuals with sleep-onset insomnia symptoms. Owing to the cross-sectional design, it remains unclear…
Read full source →Integrative psychosocial and nutritional intervention improves psychological recovery, sleep, and disease-free survival after abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer: a prospective controlled study
CONCLUSIONS: An integrative psychosocial and nutritional program significantly enhanced psychological well-being, sleep, and sexual function, while improving quality of life and DFS after APR. These findings suggest that structured multimodal supportive care may provide clinically…
Read full source →Age-Specific Association Between Sleep Health and Suicidal Thoughts: A Large Scale Cross Sectional Study
CONCLUSION: Multidimensional sleep health, particularly insomnia and sleep variability, is a significant correlate of suicidal thoughts. The association is age-specific, highlighting the need for developmentally tailored, sleep-focused interventions.
Read full source →Social isolation upregulates takeout expression in female Drosophila melanogaster to promote sucrose preference
Previous research suggests that social isolation induces changes in gene expression that encode a starvation-like brain state and reduce sleep. However, the extent to which social isolation alters behaviors via sex-specific brain changes is unclear.…
Read full source →Comparative Performance of Oxygenators for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Adults: A Retrospective Analysis
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a vital therapy for patients with severe cardiac and pulmonary failure. Despite technological advances, oxygenator dysfunction remains common, yet comparative clinical data across devices are limited. This study evaluated the…
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