Sleep

Combined NY1301 and DDMP on Sleep and Autonomic Function in Summer: A Randomized Clinical Trial Lead As summer temperatures climb, so do complaints of poor sleep and daytime fatigue. Many people turn to dietary supplements for relief, but the evidence behind them is often thin. A new randomized controlled trial tests whether a beverage containing […]

Disease Activity in Psoriasis Affects Specific Sleep Domains but Not Overall Sleep Quality Lead Psoriasis is widely recognized for its inflammatory skin manifestations, but its impact on sleep has received far less attention. A new cross-sectional study from two Italian university hospitals suggests that the relationship between psoriasis and sleep is more nuanced than previously […]

Benzodiazepines for Chronic Insomnia: Systematic Review Finds Higher Depression and Anxiety With Long-Term Use Benzodiazepines are among the most commonly prescribed medications for insomnia, but guidelines universally recommend against using them for more than a few weeks. A new systematic review and network meta-analysis published in the Journal of Sleep Research confirms why: the evidence […]

Parenting App Infant Sleep Parent Wellbeing Mhealth 2026 Many new parents turn to their phones for advice on sleepless babies. A new study published in JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting evaluates whether a mobile app designed to support infant sleep actually works, and who benefits most. The SleepWellBaby app offers parents of infants a seven-day program […]

Two Nights of Total Sleep Deprivation Drive Up Anxiety but One Recovery Night Brings It Back to Baseline Soldiers in large-scale combat operations often go days without meaningful sleep. A new study from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research provides the clearest evidence yet that this kind of severe sleep loss directly raises anxiety […]

What You Eat Shapes How You Sleep: Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge on the Food-Sleep-Heart Connection The relationship between diet and sleep is bidirectional, and it runs through the cardiovascular system. In a new episode of the Better Sleep Council podcast Catching Zzz’s, Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge, founding director of the Center of Excellence for Sleep and Circadian […]

Music Helps Sleep Onset in Insomnia, but Neural Synchronization May Not Be Why Sleep-onset insomnia affects a large portion of the modern population, and many people already reach for music as a self-treatment. A new study from Aarhus University provides rigorous EEG evidence that listening to music does accelerate the transition from wakefulness to sleep […]

Dreaming Under Anesthesia: A Century of Evidence, Finally Reviewed Patients have reported dreaming during surgery for over a century, but the phenomenon has long been treated as a clinical curiosity or, worse, confused with intraoperative awareness. A new scoping review from Stanford University, published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, synthesizes 157 studies spanning 1921 […]

Sleep and the Student Brain: Two New Studies on Bedtime Autonomy, Learning Engagement, and Academic Self-Efficacy Two studies published in Frontiers in Sleep this month examine how sleep shapes the lives of young people from adolescence through college, approaching the question from complementary angles. One investigates whether sleep quality predicts how engaged students are with […]

Digital Health Tools Show Promise for Sleep Disorders in PTSD Patients A new review from Russian researchers consolidates the growing evidence that wearable devices, mobile apps, and web-based platforms can improve the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Sleep disruption is a core symptom of PTSD, yet access […]