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A 2026 randomized sham-controlled trial in 76 adults with primary insomnia found an 8-week Sancai acupuncture protocol reduced post-treatment Insomnia Severity Index scores to 7.80 vs. 16.45…
Read articleA 2026 randomized trial in 63 adults with type 2 diabetes found that progressive muscle relaxation was linked to a large fatigue drop in the intervention group, from a Fatigue Severity Scale…
Read articleA 2026 secondary analysis of the HomePAP trial found that each 10 L/min more unintentional CPAP mask leak was associated with 26.6 fewer PAP minutes per night and 7.2 percentage-point fewer …
Read articleA 2026 cross-sectional study involving 428 employed adults found that poor sleepers reported a median 292.8 mg/day of caffeine, compared with 176.1 mg/day among good sleepers, and total caff…
Read articleAuditory targeted memory reactivation during a 2-hour nap did not improve motor retention in 20 Parkinson’s disease patients or 20 healthy older adults, even though the same cues changed sle…
Read articleA 2026 male-mouse study found that 30 mg/kg dexamethasone for 5 days increased light-phase wakefulness (t13 = 4.122, p = 0.0012), decreased NREM sleep (t13 = 4.412, p = 0.0007), and amplifie…
Read articleA 2026 eNeuro analysis of 163 people ages 3.5–24.7 found that wake EEG amplitude behaved like a sleep-pressure marker, but wake alpha-density changed in opposite directions across developmen…
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