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SLEEP
Sleep midpoint variability, duration variability, and social jetlag were each associated with lower receptive vocabulary and visuospatial memory scores in 379 preschool-age children, with executive attention unaffected by any sleep regularity measure.
Pediatrics June 17th 2026
Sleep-Wake Advisor
More than half of women aged 50–80 reported sleep problems in a cross-sectional survey analysis, with symptomatic menopausal women significantly more likely to be affected than those without menopausal symptoms.
Internal Medicine June 17th 2026
Neurology Learning Network
Accelerometer-derived sleep-wake cycle metrics independently predicted incident dementia in 53,448 UK Biobank participants, with predictive improvement comparable to APOE genotype contribution when added to age-only models.
Neurology June 10th 2026
Practical Neurology
Survey responses from 5,797 Fox Insight participants suggest sleep disturbances, autonomic dysfunction, and emotional changes preceded Parkinson’s disease diagnosis by more than a decade in a substantial proportion of respondents.
Epilepsy Currents
County-level analysis of nearly 5 million Medicare beneficiaries identified more than 10-fold geographic variation in late-onset epilepsy incidence, with insufficient sleep, heat index, and lack of vehicle access among the strongest area-level predictors.
Neurology Advisor
A machine learning sleep EEG score measured in midlife was associated with neuropsychological performance over a decade later in a Framingham cohort.
Neurology May 28th 2026