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In 1,616 medical students, life stress was linked to depression partly through phone-addiction scores, and that pathway was stronger in evening types. A one-time survey, so cause is unproven…
Read articleA 2026 review found dexmedetomidine, ketamine, propofol, nerve blocks and acupuncture unproven for chronic insomnia. Their best trials were around surgery; CBT-I remains first-line.
Read articleIn 2 cohorts of adults over 60, having both insomnia and anxiety was linked to double the odds of cognitive impairment and a 54% higher rate of new dementia. Either condition alone was not.
Read articleIn 159 depressed adults at a Paris hospital, a model built from sleep questionnaires, wrist actigraphy and a sleep-lab night distinguished bipolar from unipolar depression (AUC 0.926 in 36 p…
Read articleIn a UK registry study of 130 autistic adults on prescribed cannabis, self-rated anxiety and sleep improved most in the first months and partly faded by 18 months as THC doses rose; there wa…
Read articleAutistic children under 6 fell asleep later, woke later and slept a little less than typically developing children of the same age, according to a 2026 study from Guangzhou, China.1 Parents …
Read articleChildren and teens in cancer treatment who felt their family worked well together reported fewer sleep problems, in a 2026 study of 518 young patients in China.1 Lower depression and anxiety…
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