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Screening for orthosomnia: a reliability generalization meta-analysis of the Anxiety and Preoccupation about Sleep Questionnaire (APSQ)
This mini-meta-analysis evaluated the internal consistency of the Anxiety and Preoccupation about Sleep Questionnaire (APSQ) across existing studies to assess its potential as an orthosomnia (an obsessive preo...
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Israel−Palestine Conflict: Risk of Sleep Disorders and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
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Smart, Personalized Sleep: The Benefits and Risks of Artificial Intelligence and Wearables in the Consumer Sleep Technology Market
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Sleep and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Comprehensive Review of Diagnosis, Markers, Interventions, and Treatments
Among the commonly encountered symptoms of autism are sleep disorders, which exist for reasons that are not only linked to the disorder but also, have a bidirectional relationship with the condition. Thus, aut...
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Advances in Alternate, Non-PAP, Non-surgical Therapies in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Positive pressure therapy (PAP) is widely recognized as the gold standard treatment for OSA. Long-term adherence to PAP therapy, on the other hand, is typically low, ranging from 40 to 60%. Lifestyle modificat...
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Central Sleep Apnea: Advances in the Last Decade
Central sleep apnea (CSA) is characterized by recurrent apneic episodes with absent respiratory effort. This is not a common clinical condition like obstructive sleep apnea. Central sleep apnea is diagnosed wh...
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Wearable Technologies/Consumer Sleep Technologies in Relation to Sleep Disorders Developments in the Last Decade
Wearable devices [consumer sleep technologies (CSTs)] have disrupted sleep disorders management in the world today. In the USA, sleep disorders are managed in sleep disorders centers, usually accredited by AAS...
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Melatonin as a Chronobiotic and Cytoprotector in Healthy Aging
A circadian alteration, as shown by a disturbed sleep and a low-degree inflammation, i.e., “inflammaging,” are two common disruptions oftenly seen in aging. Their aggravation contributes substantially to the e...
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Current Clinical Perspective of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Symptomatology, Clinical Features, and Different Phenotypes
The incidence and prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) continue to rise in the United States and the world. The prevalence of OSA is conservatively estimated to be 3% among women and 10% among men 30 to...
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Traffic Safety in Sleep Deprivation, Sleepiness, and Sleep Disorders
Every year, a substantial number of people are killed or injured due to motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). A large number of these collisions are caused by driving errors. Vehicles travel at fast speeds, necessit...
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Pineal Gland Physiology and Aging-Related Alterations in the Circadian Timing System
For the last few decades, multiple research groups have studied the various processes, mechanisms, and regulations that can be manipulated to slow down the aging process in both animals and humans. Melatonin, ...
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Impact of REM Sleep on Sleep Disorders: Current Perspectives
Sleep is a complex process characterized by different stages, including rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Throughout the night, the body cycles through these stages, with REM sl...
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Reforming Sleep Health: A Need to Focus on Sleep Health Policy to Reduce Disease Burden and Promote Health Equity and Equality
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Sleep Disturbance in Neck Pain Patients: Implications to Pain Intensity and Disability
The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of sleep disturbance in neck pain (NP) patients and to evaluate the association between sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, pain, and disability in NP pat...
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The Role of a Gut Microbial-Derived Metabolite, Trimethylamine N-Oxide (TMAO), in Neurological Disorders
Trimethylamine lyases are expressed in a wide range of intestinal microbiota which metabolize dietary nutrients like choline, betaine, and L-carnitine to form trimethylamine (TMA). Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO...
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Scientists Against War: A Plea to World Leaders for Better Governance
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The Origin and Clinical Relevance of Yoga Nidra
Yoga nidra, also known as ‘yogic sleep’, is a simplified form of an ancient tantric relaxation technique. The most general description of the practice is that it combines guided mental imagery with a specific ...
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Impact of Sleep Deprivation on Major Neuroinflammatory Signal Transduction Pathways
Sleep deprivation (SD) is emulating an epidemic imparting detrimental effects ranging from immediate repercussions like vehicle accidents to very serious neurological disorders. All age groups are vulnerable t...
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Influence of Concurrent Exercise and Its Timing on Polysomnographic Parameters and Subjective Sleep Quality in Collegiate Adults with Poor Sleep
Sleep disturbances are highly prevalent in collegiate adults. Although different forms of treatments for sleep disturbances exist, the treatments remain unsatisfactory. Exercises are one of the mainstays of th...
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Why Indian Scientific Contributions do not Fetch Nobel Prize
