Insomnia

The investigational agent being developed for the sleep-wake disorder demonstrated statistically significant improvements in the 6-month results.

According to updated statistics form the American Heart Association (AHA), cardiovascular disease is present in approximately 50% of US adults.

Researchers studied patients with hepatitis C in order to find out the relationship between immune activation and chronic fatigue.

Men who don’t get much sleep also tend to make poor sexual decisions when it comes to HIV prevention, a new study suggests.

A population-based cohort study identified that patients with insomnia developed AMD at a rate 0.7% higher than those who did not.

The newly-revealed structure of the neurotransmitter GABAA, a γ-aminobutyric acid, opens new possibilities for drugs to treat epilepsy, anxiety, and insomnia.

Telemedicine is extraordinarily promising for patients and practitioners, but there are lingering challenges that are keeping it from reaching its full potential.

On behalf of Pernix Therapeutics, Dr. Bruce Corser (Medical Director, Sleep Management Institute, Cincinnati, OH) describes how he approaches diagnosing and treating insomnia. He discusses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), as well as common medications, such as over the counter options, benzodiazepines, non-benzodiazepines among others, to consider with your patients.

On behalf of Pernix Therapeutics, Dr. Damon Raskin (Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine, Pacific Palisades, Ca) discusses the different types of insomnia, including sleep onset and sleep maintenance insomnia. Dr. Raskin also highlights how age can affect what type of insomnia your patients might be experiencing, as well as treatment goals and examples.

On behalf of Pernix Therapeutics, Dr. Bruce Corser (Medical Director, Sleep Management Institute, Cincinnati, OH) provides an overview of one of the most common sleep disorders, insomnia. Dr. Corser also explains how poor sleep can affect a person’s mood, physical health, work and safety.

People who have trouble sleeping are likely to develop asthma.

A study out of the University of Pittsburgh identifies significant comorbidity and negative outcomes in those with insomnia and asthma, and finds that even asthmatics who report no nighttime breathing disturbances still face a predisposition to sleeplessness.

Several studies have shown that patients with sleep apnea are more likely than others to develop atrial fibrillation, but recent information indicates that any type of disrupted sleep may indicate an elevated risk.

Antidepressant remission rates could be influenced by a precise sleeping schedule, according to findings presented in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Though air pollution has previously been associated with elevated rates of atopic dermatitis (AD), the reason for that correlation remained mostly a mystery until last week.

Approved by the FDA to treat plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and active Crohn's disease, ustekinumab appeared to benefit patients with severe atopic dermatitis (AD) in a small study seeking to correlate its immunologic effects with clinical efficacy.

A recent review of current research on atopic dermatitis (AD) treatments found that a clearer understanding of the pathogenesis of the phenotypes involved in the disease will lead to advances in new therapies.

Many patients with a variety of chronic pain conditions think negatively about how it will affect their sleep – which ends up leading to worse sleep outcomes. A study from the University of Warwick in England shows just how powerful these negative thoughts are.

In the past 15 years, no new topical AD treatments have been approved. Crisaborole, however, could be an efficient, safe, non-steoidal treatment option, according to the results of two recent phase III studies.

Researchers set out to see how prevalent sleep problems are in people with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) at the 34th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS 2016) in San Francisco, California.

This most recent trial of the investigational agent E6005 follows on a previous study that evidenced benefit in adult patients.

Whether applied to skin that is presoaked or dry, there is no difference in the effectiveness of topical corticosteroids in treating atopic dermatitis, according to a new controlled comparison study in children.

Pain and sleep problems commonly go hand-in-hand. However, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), daytime sleepiness, and poor sleep quality are all very different things.

For millions of Americans, including as many as one in four children, the painful skin irritation of atopic dermatitis (AD, or eczema), may only be the tip of the iceberg.

You may have seen reports on the “treatment” on TV or heard that some of Beverley Hills’ richest citizens are raving about it, but whole body cryotherapy (WBC) doesn’t yet have the data to back up the many health benefits claimed by its boosters.

Disruption of the circadian rhythm may interact with biological sex to raise or lower the risk of stroke.

Everyone needs an adequate amount of sleep every night, but it should especially be a priority in pregnant women. However, there is a fine line between too much and too little sleep, but either way, both sides of the spectrum have an increase risk in gestational diabetes.

If a young person has sleep problems, there’s an increased risk that they will have chronic pain in the long-term.

Insomnia and nightmares appear to influence depression symptoms specifically through the pathway of explicit emotion regulation difficulties.