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(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A study in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that surgical weight loss results in an improvement of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but most patients continue to have moderate to severe OSA one year after undergoing bariatric surgery.

Results of this study suggest that it is the severity of the condition, rather than a patient's presurgical weight, that determines if OSA will be resolved.

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A study in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that the sleep patterns of older adults who live with and provide direct care during the night for a person with dementia are significantly worse than other older adults.

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A research abstract that will be presented on Thursday at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, finds a link between poor sleep and suicidal behavior among children and adolescents with depressive episodes.

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) Delaying an adolescent's school start time by one hour has a positive effect on his or her cognitive performance.

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) Short sleep time is associated with overweight in children and adolescents, a core aspect of which may be attributed to reduced REM sleep.

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A history of chronic insomnia in parents is not only associated with elevated risk for insomnia but also with elevated risks for use of hypnotics, psychopathology and suicidal behavior in adolescent offspring.

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A cognitive behavioral intervention for insomnia delivered via the Internet can significantly improve insomnia in adults.

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) The Children's Report of Sleep Patterns, a new self-report measure of children's sleep patterns, sleep hygiene and sleep disturbances for school-aged children, may be a reliable and valid self-report measure of sleep patterns, sleep hygiene and sleep disturbances in children eight to 12 years of age.

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) In the first study across time into late childhood of the effects of prenatal drug exposure on sleep, prenatal drug exposure is associated with greater sleep problems in children.

In addition, nicotine has a unique effect, and early sleep problems predict later sleep problems.

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) Obstructive sleep apnea patients are more likely to comply with continuous positive airway pressure for longer periods of time if they receive their treatment from a sleep center accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.