Symptom Science: Repurposing Existing Omics Data.

Omics approaches, including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, microbiomics, and metabolomics, generate large data sets. Once they have been used to address initial study aims, these large data sets are extremely valuable to the greater research community for ancillary investigations. Repurposing available omics data sets provides data to address research questions, generate and test hypotheses, replicate findings, and conduct mega-analyses.

Adolescent Sleep and the Impact of Technology Use Before Sleep on Daytime Function.

Unlabelled: Technology has become pervasive in our culture, particularly among adolescents. The purpose of this study is to examine associations between use of technology before sleep and daytime function in adolescents.

Design And Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of respondents aged 13 to 21 years (N = 259) from the 2011 National Sleep Foundation's Sleep in America Poll.

Screening and evaluation tools for sleep disorders in older adults.

The negative effects of impaired sleep on physical and mental well-being in older adults have recently been recognized by health care professionals. However, researchers and clinicians may be unaware of reliable and valid screening and evaluation tools for evaluating sleep disorders in older adults. The purpose of this article is to present subjective and objective instruments that measure sleep quality, excessive daytime sleepiness, obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia and restless leg syndrome that are appropriate for use in adult and older adult patients.