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2/10 Sleep disorders are underdiagnosed and fewer are even treated, meaning many of us could be spending night after night with poor sleep. According to Joseph Teel, MD, a professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, insomnia and sleep-related concerns are a very common primary care complaint. Michael Perlis, PhD, an associate professor of Psychiatry, added that sleep health would ideally be a part of annual physicals. However, Perlis and colleagues developed self-screen option where results can be shared with a physician at a later time. Tags: Medscape communications_placement michael_perlis sleep_medicine Joseph_Teel family_medicine_and_community_health primary_care EH AG FY26 2026 Q3 February

The time of day when a patient receives their lung cancer treatment matters: Patients who got their first rounds of treatments in the morning had, on average, about five more months before their cancers grew and spread, a measure doctors call progression-free survival — and they lived almost a year longer than those who got their treatments later. A 2021 study led by Amita Seghal, PhD, Vice Chair of the Department of Neuroscience, who was not involved in the study, found that half of the 126 anticancer drugs screened fought cancer more effectively at certain times of the day. Tags: KG FY26 Q3 2026 February neuroscience cnn.com CNN_Health metabolism cancer sleep_medicine expert_opinion

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New research led by Mathias Basner, MD, PhD, professor of Sleep and Chronobiology in Psychiatry, reveals that pink noise, a popular broadband sound used by millions, significantly disrupts REM sleep while offering little protection against disruptive environmental noise. The surprise winner for better sleep? Cheap foam earplugs that cost a few dollars. Tags: psychology_today mathias_basner psychiatry sleep_medicine chronobiology pink_noise communications_placement FY26 2026 Q3 press_release February EH

Have you ever credited your dreams or a good night’s sleep with helping you find the solution to one of life’s many problems? New research found it was possible to nudge people into dreaming about puzzles they failed to solve while awake. Also, those who dreamt about these puzzles were more likely to solve them when they woke up. Though the findings alone don’t yet prove the concept of sleep-fueled inspiration, "the results...demonstrate the potential of altering dream content with experimental manipulations such as this one,” said Philip Gehrman, PhD, an associate professor of clinical Psychology in Psychiatry. Tags: Gizmodo sleep_medicine psychiatry philip_gehrman dreams neuroscience communications_placement EH FY26 2026 Q3 February

Pink noise is often promoted as a way to help people fall asleep faster and block out other bothersome sounds that can disturb our sleep, but researchers say it might not be as healthy as it seems. Mathias Basner, MD, PhD, professor of Sleep and Chronobiology in Psychiatry, who led the study, said the results caution against the use of this type of noise, especially for newborns and toddlers, "whose brains are still developing and who spend much more time in REM sleep than adults." Tags: The_Independent communications_placement press_release mathias_basner sleep_medicine psychiatry chronobiology EH FY26 2026 Q3 February

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