Sleep Disorders

The combination of digital cognitive behavioral therapy and medication resulted in a sustained improvement in sleep quality compared with monotherapy modalities.

Sleep stage percentages were not associated with global cognition across cohorts, while patients with mild to severe OSA displayed poorer global cognitive function.

Harmony aligned with the FDA on the proposed phase 3 design elements, which is expected to kick off later this year.

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Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is epilepsy and seizure disorders.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending July 28, 2023.

As part of our monthly clinician spotlight, NeurologyLive® highlighted sleep disorders expert John Saito, MD, FAAP, FCCP, a pediatric pulmonologist at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC).

The findings confirmed and expanded upon existing literature by demonstrating that the incidence rates of multiple cardiovascular events, including stroke, heart failure, and cardiovascular disease, are significantly higher in patients with narcolepsy.

A 26-year-old man who presented narcolepsy symptoms tested negative for the condition, but a reassessment of the cerebrospinal fluid hypocretin-1 4 years later showed a dramatic decrease.

Completion of the 12-week program was associated with reported improvements in overall changes in sleep parameters of sleep latency, wake after sleep onset, sleep efficiency, and others.

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Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is ataxia.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending July 21, 2023.

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The duo from Indiana University School of Medicine discussed the ongoing research initiatives to better understand sleep disorders among pediatrics, and ways to improve approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

The undergraduate program director at the University of South Carolina discussed outdated teaching methods used in neurology, and the need to provide different hands-on approaches to students. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

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Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is stroke and cerebrovascular disease.

Neurology News Network for the week ending July 8, 2023. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending July 7, 2023.

The duo from Indiana University School of Medicine provided perspective on the reasons for why cognitive behavioral therapy used for insomnia need to be adjusted in adolescents with the sleep disorder. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

The chief of the Sleep Disorders Clinical Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital provided perspective on the current major research priorities for the treatment of restless legs syndrome. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Among sleeping pill nonusers, when compared with patients who got a medium amount of sleep, extremely short or long sleepers had approximately 30% higher risk of all-cause mortality and 3-5 years shorter life expectancy at age 30-50 years.