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The graduate student at the University of Michigan provided insight on her study examining longitudinal patterns of difficulty initiating sleep and their associations with subsequent memory trajectories among different races and genders. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

After 30 days of the PennPALS system, 70.8% of the remaining 24 patients were adherent to treatment or were using their PAP machine for at least 4 hours/night on average over the last 7 days.

The director of the Sleep Disorders program at the University of Miami discussed his research regarding the association of sleep disordered breathing and total brain volumes in Latino individuals. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

The assistant professor of neurology at the University of Michigan provided context on a previous study which suggested that treatment of obstructive sleep apnea may reduce the risk of subsequent dementia. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Among those observed in the trial, Black pregnant women had a mean number of 4.20 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy compared with 5.54 for White pregnant women.

In subanalyses of ISI responders with chronic insomnia, those in the lemborexant 10-mg group demonstrated significantly greater changes from baseline in sleep onset latency compared with placebo.

The IDSIQ showed score changes that correlated with clinically meaningful improvement on various responder definition estimates following triangulation.

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A combination of less sleep and high cardiovascular disease risk tended to be associated with greater decline in executive function.

In comparison to White participants, non-Hispanic Black individuals reported shorter sleep duration and more sleep disturbances while the opposite was observed for Hispanic individuals.

Overall, 49% of respondents with idiopathic hypersomnia were reportedly dissatisfied with the management of their condition.

Although the sample size was relatively small, the findings provide insight into predictors of adherence to CPAP, which has been known to limit the effectiveness of the therapy.

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CPAP Withdrawal in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Results in Changes to Neurodegenerative Plasma Biomarkers
Between those treated with CPAP and those who withdrew treatment, the difference in N3 sleep represented 15.7% of variance beyond a base model that included age and sex alone.

Avoidance of cardiovascular issues and effects, as well as improved effort to gain control of narcolepsy symptoms, were among the reasons for switching to lower sodium oxybate.

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The FDA is set to complete its review of FT218 by June 17, 2023, and Avadel has indicated its expectation that the investigational treatment for excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy in adults with narcolepsy will be approved.

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David Evans, MBA, shared his experience from this year’s event and spoke about the progress that’s been made in advocating for patients in the last several years at the AAN's Neurology on the Hill conference.

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