Sep 10, 2020

Geissoschizine methyl ether (GM), an indole alkaloid from Uncaria hook, is an active ingredient in the traditional Japanese Kampo medicine yokukansan, which is used to treat neurosis, insomnia, irrita...

Sep 10, 2020

Insomnia may predict onset of mental disorders in adults. However, it is unclear whether the same directional relationship exists during the peak age range for the onset of major mental disorders and/...

Sep 10, 2020

Children with achondroplasia are predisposed to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), however little is known regarding surgical interventions and outcomes for this condition. The aim of this study was to ev...

Sep 07, 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has historically been considered as a male disease. As a result, female individuals with OSA were often under-diagnosed and under-treated compared with male individuals. ...

Sep 07, 2020

The decline in cognition observed in obstructive sleep apnea is linked to intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia (IHH), which is known to impair cerebrovascular reactivity. Whether acute IHH impairs the mat...

Sep 07, 2020

This study aimed to investigate the risk of dementia among subgroups of patients receiving concurrent antidepressant and hypnotic treatment, antidepressants alone, and hypnotics alone.Multivariate Cox...

Sep 03, 2020

Different therapeutic strategies have been investigated for the treatment of positional-OSA (POSA), but more evidence is needed about efficacy and compliance. The objective of this study was to descri...

Sep 03, 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a complex disease in which phenotypic analysis and understanding pathological mechanisms facilitate personalized treatment and outcomes. However, the pathophysiology r...

Aug 31, 2020

Social distancing is the most visible public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but its implications for mental health are unknown. In a nationwide online sample of 435 U.S. adults, conducted ...

Aug 31, 2020

As nocturnal hypoxemia and heart rate variability are associated with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) related to OSA, we hypothesize that the power spectral densities (PSD) of nocturnal pulse oxime...

Aug 24, 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients experience hypoxia and, potentially, autonomic impairments stemming from neural damage. In this study, the executive control networks (ECNs), salience networks (...

Aug 20, 2020

Adults with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at risk for cardiometabolic disease and this risk likely extends to children with both conditions. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV; including co...

Aug 20, 2020

Peacekeeping missions involve experiences that may impact the mental health of participating soldiers. However, research on the long-term mental health consequences of peacekeeping is sparse. The pres...

Aug 20, 2020

Insomnia predicts the onset of depression, commonly co-presents with depression and often persists following depression remission. However, these conditions can be challenging to treat concurrently us...

Aug 17, 2020

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationships among physical exercise and fitness with selective attention, concentration, processing speed, general self-efficacy, self-rated health, and ...

Aug 17, 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is considered a low-grade chronic inflammatory disease. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is one of the most significant inflammatory markers and an excellent proxy for the ...

Aug 17, 2020

This study aimed to evaluate the difference of upper airway collapse between the back-up head-elevated position (a 45° upward inclination) and supine position to better elucidate the role of back-up ...

Aug 13, 2020

The insomnia with objective short sleep duration (ISS) phenotype, is associated with increased risk for adverse health outcomes, physiological hyperarousal, and a blunted response to Cognitive-Behavio...

Aug 13, 2020

It is unclear if oximetric parameters, such as total time of SpO <90%, (T90), oxygen desaturation index-3% (ODI), minimum SpO , are able to describe a high-risk subtype of cardiovascular (CV) c...

Aug 13, 2020

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at an increased risk for perioperative and postoperative complications after receiving intravenous (IV) sedation or postoperative analgesia. We previous...