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Restless legs syndrome is increased in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

The principal finding of this study is that RLS is more common in patients with POTS. We found that 15.6% of patients with POTS and 4.6%...

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Mar 28, 20241 min read

A population health approach to insomnia using internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia

CBT-I is a primary treatment for insomnia, but access to trained therapists is limited. ICBT-I has the advantage of ready access from any...

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Mar 26, 20241 min read

Screening for obstructive sleep apnea using a contact-free system compared with polysomnography

Wearable devices assessing sleep are widely used. This study is one of the few clinical validation studies of contact-free sleep apnea...

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Mar 22, 20241 min read

Narcolepsy type 1 features across the life span: age impact on clinical and polysomnographic phenotype

Patients with narcolepsy type 1 experience excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, and disrupted nocturnal sleep, which typically appear...

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Mar 20, 20241 min read

s REM sleep behavior disorder a friend or foe of OSA? Clinical and etiological implications for neurodegeneration

Although RBD and OSA may occasionally share similar manifestations of DEB and reciprocal modulation, they are different sleep disorders...

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Mar 15, 20241 min read

CPAP increases physical activity in obstructive sleep apnea with cardiovascular disease

This study shows that individuals with moderate-severe OSA and co-occurring CV disease when treated with CPAP therapy report higher...

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Mar 11, 20241 min read

Mandibular advancement device use in obstructive sleep apnea: ORCADES study 5-year follow-up data

These data show that MAD treatment remained effective over 5-year follow-up in patients with mild to severe OSA who were intolerant of,...

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Mar 7, 20241 min read

Profile of subjective-objective sleep discrepancy in patients with insomnia and sleep apnea

Subjective-objective sleep discrepancy exists in patients with insomnia, OSA, co-morbid sleep disorder, and even in people with normal...

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Mar 5, 20241 min read

Effects of solriamfetol in a long-term trial of participants with OSA who are adherent or non adherent to airway therapy

Prior data have shown the robust effects of long-term solriamfetol treatment in improving EDS in the overall OSA population. Results from...

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Feb 29, 20241 min read

Resilience and its correlates in patients with narcolepsy type 1

The results of this study support the hypothesis that narcolepsy symptoms are not the only determinants of the QoL impairment experienced...

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Feb 27, 20241 min read

Long-term effects of solriamfetol on quality of life and work productivity in participants with EDS associated with narcolepsy or OSA

Long-term treatment with solriamfetol was associated with clinically meaningful, sustained improvements in functional status,work...

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Feb 23, 20241 min read

Morning DBP May Be Independently Associated With Severity of OSA in Non-Hypertensive Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

OSA is one of the acknowledged risk factors for HT. Our findings indicate that morning DBP was associated with the severity of disordered...

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Feb 21, 20241 min read

Diet and exercise in the management of OSA and cardiovascular disease risk

Lifestyle changes and weight loss are cornerstones of OSA therapy. Few studies have examined the role of changes in diet quality or...

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Feb 12, 20241 min read

OSA is Associated With Early but Possibly Modifiable Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers Changes

This cross-sectional observational study documented that SCI patients affected by OSA show (i) lower CSF Aβ42 levels which are associated...

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Feb 5, 20241 min read

Sleep and Physiological Dysregulation: A Closer Look at Sleep Intraindividual Variability

This study investigated the associations between sleep IIV and cortisol diurnal rhythm, as well as an index of multi system physiological...

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Jan 25, 20241 min read

Night-to-night variability in OSA using peripheral arterial tonometry: a case for multiple night testing

To our knowledge, this is the first study investigating the NNV for peripheral-arterial tonometry (Watch-pat). We found a similar NNV...

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Jan 23, 20241 min read

The effect of fluid overload on sleep apnoea severity in haemodialysis patients

The key finding of this study was that ESRD patients with sleep apnoea had a mean total body ECFV 2.6 L greater than those without sleep...

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Jan 19, 20241 min read

Opioids and obstructive sleep apnea

Animal studies suggest that opioids inhibit hypoglossal motor-neuron and genioglossal muscle activity and induce upper air-way...

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Jan 17, 20241 min read

Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology in the hippocampus and brainstem of people with OSA

The present study investigated the extent of AD-like neuropathology in autopsy tissue from the hippocampus and brain-stems of 34...

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Jan 12, 20241 min read

Primary aldosteronism is highly prevalent in patients with hypertension and moderate to severe OSA

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is considered a contributing factor to the development of hypertension and is especially associated with...

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Jan 8, 20241 min read