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Medicine (Baltimore)
January 2025
Pediatrics Department, Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
This retrospective study aims to assess the adjunctive efficacy of warm needle moxibustion and gua sha care in the treatment of eszopiclone tablets on sleep quality and psychological stress in insomnia patients. Data of 138 insomnia patients from Gansu Baoshihua hospital between January and December 2022 were collected. Patients were bifurcated into 2 groups: those solely treated with eszopiclone (n = 71) and those administered a combined regimen of eszopiclone, warm needle moxibustion, and gua sha (n = 67).
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January 2025
Programa de Pós-graduação em Odontologia, Escola de Ciências da Saúde e da Vida, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Purpose: It has been suggested that dentofacial deformities (DFD) can impair sleep quality. This pilot study aimed at evaluating sleep disorders in individuals with DFD before orthognathic surgery, correlating the clinical findings with salivary biomarker levels.
Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled ten males and ten females with DFD diagnoses under orthodontic treatment preceding orthognathic surgery.
Healthcare (Basel)
December 2024
Respiratory Failure Clinic and Sleep Laboratory, General Hospital of Thessaloniki "G. Papanikolaou", Aristotle's University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece.
There are many aspects in the relationship between smoking and sleep that have not been investigated thoroughly yet, especially in regards to obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). In this cross-sectional study, 2359 participants, who have visited the sleep clinic of our hospital during a 13-year period and were former or current smokers, were included. Their smoking history, measured in packyears of smoking, and their nicotine dependence, measured with the Fagerström scale, were correlated with various epidemiological and sleep-related variables.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Oral Maxillofac Surg
January 2025
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Electronic address:
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of mandibular setback surgery exceeding 5 mm on upper airway and sleep quality in skeletal Class III patients, with comparisons to Class I controls. Sixteen individuals per group were selected based on their ANB angle and surgical need. 2D and 3D airway analyses were conducted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlzheimers Dement
December 2024
IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Italy
Background: Current evidence on non‐pharmacological treatments in Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) are relatively few and limited by small sample sizes. The goal of this pilot study was to test the efficacy of a new multimodal treatment that combines Tele‐Neurorehabilitation and “Bright Light” Therapy (BLT) in a sample of DLB patients.
Method: Eighteen DLB patients (7F; 74.
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