Sleep Medicine
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Mothers’ sleep issues promote poor outcomes for infants
Infants born to mothers with sleep apnea had a significantly increased risk for any adverse outcome.
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Chromosomal test may ID risk for sudden infant deaths
The study findings were limited by several factors, including the small sample size and the inability to conduct CMA analyses on parents or obtain...
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Preexisting mental illness symptoms spiked during pandemic
Disease severity was higher among individuals with preexisting mental illness admitted to inpatient care in the wake of COVID-19.
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Sleep kits help foster children manage effects of trauma
The sleep kits, some containing a stuffed animal, aromatherapy, and a night-light, could be an alternative to other forms of sleep therapy or...
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Hormone changes: The star of every stage in women’s sleep
There’s still a lot of work to be done in terms of better defining the characteristics specific to each sleep disorder and how they relate to each...
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Malaria vaccine gets special delivery by tiny health personnel
Plus: Sleeping and sweating the years away and dragon-sized embezzling from a cancer charity.
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Experts issue health warning about giving melatonin to children
Melatonin is widely available over the counter. It’s marketed as a sleep aid, but there is little evidence that taking it as a supplement is...
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How does not getting enough sleep affect the developing brain?
Insufficient sleep at age 10 is associated with long-lasting changes in brain structure and connectivity, new research shows.
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Growing pains? ... Rubbish
Investigators who did a literature review on the topic determined that clinicians “should be wary of relying on the diagnosis to direct treatment...
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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.
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Steroids no cure for obstructive sleep apnea in children
There was a statistically significant but not clinically relevant reduction in the obstructive apnea hypopnea index.