Thirty-four experts and a literature supervisor got together in order to reach a consensus regarding the definition, diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of insomnia. Insomnia is a subjective ...

As far back as the 1800s, patients were prescribed medication for insomnia. While barbiturates were popularized in the early 1900s, they were soon replaced by benzodiazepines, such as Valium (1960s ...

This Nature Outlook is editorially independent, produced with financial support from Avadel. Miranda cannot remember a time in her life when she did not have insomnia. The 23 year old, who asked for ...

Nxera Pharma has commenced a Phase 3 clinical trial in South Korea to evaluate its insomnia treatment, daridorexant, following its recent approval in Japan. Insomnia affects a significant portion of ...

Eisai Limited, a leading research and development-based pharmaceutical company specializing in neurology and oncology, is ...

People struggling with insomnia tend to hyperfocus on the fact that they can't sleep, which can prevent them from getting any shut-eye. Experts share effective practices to overcome sleep stress.

Middle-aged adults with comorbid insomnia and sleep apnea faced significantly elevated odds for uncontrolled hypertension vs. adults without these conditions, according to results published in Annals ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham sleep specialist Justin Thomas, Ph.D., says he often gets odd reactions from patients when he tells them about one of the most effective ways to overcome insomnia: ...

Achievement of consensus is a means to facilitate decision-making and to establish recommendations to guide medical practice. The responsibility of scientific promoters of a consensus is obvious, ...