Characteristics of Hospitalized Adults with Chronic Insomnia: A Retrospective Study from a Single Center

• by Hong Su, Jiayu Bai, Shaoyong Liang, Zongding Wang

• April 21, 2026

Precuneus hyperexcitability mediates inflammatory-driven pain hypersensitivity following sleep disruption: a multimodal neuroimaging study

• by Chao Li, Yang Wang, Kechong Zhou, Peng Zhang, Gang Chen, Xufeng Jiang, Yuhong Guo

• May 4, 2026

Side Effects: Salt, Steroids, and Second Brains

So get this: sodium may track with memory decline (in men), steroids might not be “immunosuppressive” in the ICU, and second pregnancies reshape the brain differently than first. Same theme: biology is less binary than we teach it.

• by Kerri Miller

• April 22, 2026

• 7 min

A Smarter Screen for Sleep Apnea Stimulation

A four-factor staging system stratified response rates from 90.9% to 37.5% in a retrospective cohort study, although the model showed only moderate discrimination (C statistic, 0.68) and requires external validation

• by Kathryn Wighton

• May 8, 2026

• 4 min