Sleep Medicine News

Few infant caregivers reported following all AAP safe sleep recommendations, with unsafe sleep surfaces more common during and after an illness, according to results of a prospective cohort survey study published in Pediatrics.

A variety of laboratory tests are available to determine whether a patient has good sleep health, but a simple way to understand their specific sleep concerns may be to simply ask: “How is your sleep?”

During sleep, the body completes a number of essential actions necessary to maintain optimal health and function. However, poor sleep quality may prevent these actions and can increase cardiometabolic risk.

Editor's Note: This is part one of a three-part Healio Exclusive series on the intersection of sleep and cardiometabolic health .

Elevated daily screen time may increase cardiometabolic risk among children and adolescents via changes in lipids, waist circumference and blood pressure, researchers reported.

An earlier sleep schedule, along with a consistent sleep duration, appeared to be associated with an uptake in next-day physical activity, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Moderate sleep on the weekends as compensation for a lack of sleep during weekdays may have beneficial effects on anxiety in youth, research presented at SLEEP showed.

Implementing bedtime and naptime routines for newborns may improve infant and parent sleep and help families with bonding, according to a study published in Sleep Health.

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine published new clinical guidance on lifestyle interventions for the treatment and remission of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes.