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SLEEP 2007 Archive: Scientific Abstract Presentations at the 21st Annual Meeting of the APSS

American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Friday, June 15, 2007

The following press releases summarize research that was among more than 1,000 scientific abstract presentations at the SLEEP 2007 21^st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) in Minneapolis, Minn., June 11 to 14.

• Dream Reports from Both Men and Women Consist of Some Form of Sexual-Related Activity
• Extra Sleep Improves Athletes’ Performance
• Sleep Problems May Affect a Person’s Diet
• Catastrophic Events Can Affect a Person’s Sleep
• Reduced Sleep Quality Can Aggravate Pre-Existing Psychological Conditions
• Sleep Restriction Reduces Heart Rate Variability
• Slow Wave Activity During Sleep is Lower in African-Americans than Caucasians

Public Safety

• Sleep Deprivation Affects Airport Baggage Screeners’ Ability to Detect Rare Targets
• Extended Duration Work Shifts a Risk to the Safety and Well-Being of Medical Interns, Patients
• Night Shift Nurses More Likely to Have Poor Sleep Habits
• Sleep Deprivation Affects Eye-Steering Coordination when Driving
• Sleep Deprivation is Common Among Members of the U.S. Marine Corps
• Sleep Disorders Highly Prevalent Among Police Officers

Insomnia

• Insomniacs Pay Higher Health Care Costs than Non-Insomniacs
• CBT Workshops an Effective Means for Getting Men to Seek Help for Their Insomnia
• Imagery Rehearsal Therapy Improves Sleep in Insomniacs

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

• Educating OSA Patients About CPAP Critical to Successful Treatment
• Patients Treated for OSA at an AASM-Accredited Sleep Center More Likely to Adhere to CPAP
• OSA Symptoms More Common Among African-American Women than Caucasians

Children

• Premature Infants, Toddlers More Likely to Have a Sleep-Related Breathing Disorder
• Breastfeeding May Help Protect Against a Childhood Sleep-Related Breathing Disorder
• Sleep Restriction Affects Children’s Speech
• Sleep-Related Breathing Disorder Common Among Aggressive, Bullying Schoolchildren
• Children’s Brain Responses Predict Impact of Sleep Loss on Attention
• Children with Sleep Disorder Symptoms Are More Likely to Have Trouble Academically
• Poor Sleep Hygiene in Children Associated with Behavior Problems
• Healthy Children of a Lower Socioeconomic Class Have Worse Sleeping Patterns than Those of Middle Class
• Development of a Sleep Slide-Rule as a Classroom Aid Improves Children’s Understanding of the Importance of Sleep

Teens & College Students

• Sleep Deprivation Can Lead to Smoking, Drinking
• Late Weekend Sleep Among Teens May Lead to Poor Academic Performance
• Retiring to Bed Late May Affect the Health, Academic Performance of College Students
• College Students Who Pull “All-Nighters” and Get No Sleep More Likely to Have a Lower GPA
• Students with Medical-Related Majors More Likely to Have Poor Quality Sleep

Older Adults

• Sleep Disturbances Among the Elderly Linked to Suicide
• CPAP an Effective Way to Improve Sleep in Patients with Alzheimer Disease and a Sleep-Related Breathing Disorder