Mobile phone use, sleep disorders and obesity in a social exclusion zone
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Available online 20 April 2023 Author links open overlay panel Javier Ochoa-Brezmes a , , , , Show more There is little information on the impact of mobile phone overuse...
Conclusions: The prevalence of mobile phone overuse is high in areas of social exclusion and is associated with sleep disorders, school failure and obesity.
Acupuncture for chemotherapy-associated insomnia in breast cancer patients: an assessor-participant blinded, randomized, sham-controlled trial - Breast Cancer Research
Source : https://breast-cancer-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13058-023-01645-0
Background Insomnia is a highly prevalent symptom occurred during and post-chemotherapy. Acupuncture may have beneficial effects in the management of chemotherapy-associated insomnia. This study was conducted to determine the efficacy...
Conclusion: The active acupuncture regimen could be considered as an effective option for the management of chemotherapy-associated insomnia. It also could serve as a tapering approach to reduce and even replace the use of sleeping medications in breast cancer patients.
Hypnotic prescription trends and patterns for the treatment of insomnia in Japan: analysis of a nationwide Japanese claims database - BMC Psychiatry
Source : https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-023-04683-2
Background There is limited consensus regarding the optimal treatment of insomnia. The recent introduction of orexin receptor antagonists (ORA) has increased the available treatment options. However, the prescribing patterns of...
Conclusion: Prescriptions for hypnotics among new and long-term users in Japan showed distinct patterns and trends. Further understanding of the treatment options for insomnia with accumulating evidence for the risk–benefit balance might be beneficial for physicians prescribing hypnotics in real-world settings.
Effectiveness of suvorexant versus benzodiazepine receptor agonist sleep drugs in reducing the risk of hip fracture: Findings from a regional population-based cohort study
Source : https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0284726
Sleep drugs are often necessary to treat insomnia in older patients. Benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BZRAs) are primarily used for insomnia in these patients, but there are concerns regarding their association...
Conclusions/Relevance: Among people in the Japanese regional population who use sleep drugs, patients taking suvorexant can be at higher risk of hip fracture than patients taking BZRAs.
Orexin receptors in paraventricular nucleus influence sexual behavior via regulating the sympathetic outflow in males - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37084406/
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Conclusions: OX1R in PVN could influence the ejaculatory reflex via mediating the SNS activity, which might be of great importance in the treatment of premature ejaculation in the future.