How scientists have changed their view of insomnia
Insomnia may have been torturing humanity since ancient times, but over the last 20 years scientists have made progress in their understanding of chronic sleep deprivation.
Apr 23, 2026
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Pharmacologic Actions: News and Research on Hypnotics and Sedatives
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More siblings may ease midlife grief after a mother's death, study suggests
Having more brothers and sisters may make it easier to cope with the death of a parent in midlife, particularly when it's the mother who dies, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community ...
Mar 31, 2026
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Evaluating the effects of hypnotics for insomnia in obstructive sleep apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder characterized by oxygen desaturation due to repeated airway collapse during sleep. This leads to oxygen desaturation or awakening from sleep. It is often linked to ...
Mar 12, 2026
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Psychiatric prescriptions linked to higher ALS risk and faster decline
Use of common psychiatric medications (anxiolytics, hypnotics and sedatives, and antidepressants) is linked to a higher risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and poorer outcomes after diagnosis with shorter ...
Behavioral insomnia therapy rated more effective than sleeping pills
Instead of reaching for a pill, more people should switch to the recommended "first line" treatment for insomnia—the non-drug option.
Jan 28, 2025
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Reductions seen in benzodiazepine dispensing when states relax medical, recreational cannabis access
A small team of mental and public policy specialists from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Georgia and Indiana University has found that when states relax or rescind laws governing the use of marijuana, ...
Parasomnia: What happens inside a sleepwalker's brain?
Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have taken a first step in exploring a rather complex question: what is happening inside the brain of somebody who may be considered "stuck" between sleep and wakefulness?
May 13, 2024
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Study finds moderately elevated fracture risk following use of sedative–hypnotics
Global consumption data show that there is an increasing trend of sedative–hypnotic prescriptions, especially in more developed affluent countries and regions, such as Hong Kong. Researchers in the Center for Safe Medication ...
Dec 13, 2023
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More than 1 in 10 pediatric ambulance runs are for mental health emergencies, finds study
A new study offers a novel look at the scope of the youth mental health crisis across the United States—in 2019-2020, more than 1 in 10 kids who were brought to the hospital by ambulance had a behavioral health emergency. ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Study shows psychotropic medication use has increased in children, teens with type 1 diabetes
Dispensing of psychotropic medication increased among children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) from 2006 to 2019, according to a study published online Oct. 3 in JAMA Network Open.
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