Sleep

A large cross-sectional study of medical residents in Tunisia finds that burnout affects 45.9% of trainees, with monthly on-call shifts more than doubling the odds, while regular physical activity and intrinsic career motivation appear protective. What they found Researchers surveyed 320 medical residents aged 25,35 across six Tunisian university hospitals between March 2024 and January […]

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) installed Fariha Abbasi-Feinberg, MD, FAASM, FAAN, as its 2026,2027 president during the organization’s annual membership meeting on June 15. Who she is Dr. Abbasi-Feinberg is a board-certified sleep medicine physician and board-certified neurologist based in Fort Myers, Florida, where she serves as medical director of sleep medicine at […]

Adolescents with internet gaming disorder show abnormal connectivity between key brain networks that directly ties their depressive symptoms to disrupted sleep, according to a brain imaging study published June 12 in BMC Psychiatry. The finding suggests that a specific brain pathway, running from the front of the brain’s default mode network to the parietal lobe, […]

How Sleep Architecture Shapes Early Recovery After Stroke The quality of a stroke patient’s sleep may hold a key to how quickly their brain begins to heal. A new study from Soochow University in Suzhou, China, published in Neurological Research, reports that specific features of sleep architecture, particularly how slow oscillations and sleep spindles coordinate […]

Sleep Problems and Mental Health Widespread Among Naval Surface Vessel Personnel Sailors serving on surface vessels face a double burden: poor sleep and emotional distress are alarmingly common among specialized operation personnel at sea, according to a new study from the Naval Medical University in Shanghai, published in BMC Psychology. The study surveyed 600 randomly […]

Your body clock runs your immune system: what that means for allergies It is not just your sleep that suffers when you stay up late, work night shifts, or eat at odd hours. A growing body of evidence shows that the body’s internal circadian clock directly controls how the immune system behaves, and when that […]

When Your Genes Don’t Like Your Sleep Schedule: Large Study Links CLOCK Variants, Short Sleep, and Metabolic Risk A new analysis of more than 12,000 adults finds that the metabolic benefits of time-restricted eating depend partly on sleep duration and on common genetic variants in the CLOCK gene, one of the body’s master circadian regulators. […]

Prisoners of the Body: The Link Between Interoception and Sleep Paralysis You wake up. Your eyes are open. You see the familiar contours of your bedroom ceiling. But you cannot move. Not your arms, not your legs, not a single finger. You try to scream, but no sound escapes. A shadowy figure looms in the […]

Motor Cortex VIP Interneurons Participate in Dexmedetomidine-Associated Sleep Modulation A new study from researchers at Anhui Medical University in Hefei, China, identifies a specific population of inhibitory neurons in the motor cortex as a previously unknown cellular substrate for the sleep-promoting effects of dexmedetomidine, a widely used intensive care unit sedative. The findings, published in […]

Untreated Sleep Apnea Nearly Doubles Parkinson’s Risk, VA Study Finds A massive study of more than 11 million U.S. military veterans has produced some of the strongest evidence yet that untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) significantly raises the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, and that consistent use of CPAP therapy may substantially lower that risk. […]