Sleep Medicine
Conference Coverage
Investigational solriamfetol may improve multiple sleep measures
BALTIMORE – Studies looked at solriamfetol’s effectiveness for next-day wakefulness and work productivity in narcolepsy and obstructive sleep...
Conference Coverage
Study profiles sleep disruption in depression
BALTIMORE – Disruption of slow-wave activity during sleep reduces next-day theta activity far more in people with major depression than in healthy...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Dozing off: Examining excessive daytime sleepiness in psychiatric patients
Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is “the inability to maintain wakefulness and alertness during the major waking periods of the day, with sleep...
Podcasts
Excessive daytime sleepiness
Richa Bhatia, MD, FAPA, discusses the common underlying causes of excessive daytime sleepiness and the importance of screening for and managing...
Conference Coverage
Zolpidem does not boost cannabis abstinence during treatment
SAN DIEGO – The sleeping aid did improve sleep in subjects seeking to quit using marijuana, researchers report.
Cases That Test Your Skills
A veteran who is suicidal while sleeping
Mr. R, age 28, an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran with major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is awoken by his wife to...
Conference Coverage
Phase 3 trial: Tasimelteon effective for jet lag disorder
BALTIMORE – A phase 3 trial on a melatonin receptor agonist use for jet lag reported at Sleep 2018.
Pearls
Disordered sleep: Ask the right questions to reveal this hidden confounder
Conference Coverage
Impact of marijuana on sleep not well understood
BALTIMORE – More research is needed on the impact of medical marijuana on sleep disorders.
Video
Treat insomnia in depressed, even suicidal, people
W. Vaughn McCall, MD, MS, explains that the relationship among depression, suicidality, and insomnia is more complex than was once thought.
Feature
Sleep apnea treatment may not prevent sleepiness
Physician survey indicates that patients may be excessively sleepy after airway optimization.