Enter Modius: Neurovalens's innovative new solution to insomnia

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dc.contributor.authorIskander, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-12T10:32:40Z
dc.date.available2024-09-12T10:32:40Z
dc.date.issued04/09/2024
dc.description.abstractAdequate sleep is an important aspect of a healthy lifestyle that increasingly seems to evade many. Factors like elevated stress and poor sleep hygiene are some of the primary culprits behind this, and the consequences they can have on patients’ health are hard to overstate. Insufficient sleep has been documented to have adverse long-term effects on patients’ cardiovascular health, immune systems, and mental well-being, among many other facets of health. Given this, patients with insomnia are at significantly elevated risk of developing these negative health outcomes over time. Insomnia is defined as difficulty with sleep onset or maintenance with associated daytime deficiencies, such as poor concentration. In Ireland, it has been estimated that up to 15% of the population struggle with this potentially debilitating disorder, surpassing some other European populations. Further complicating things, the management of this disorder can be quite difficult and inconsistent. The pharmacological options we currently have at our disposal tend to either have limited efficacy, like melatonin receptor agonists, or carry the risk of dependence, such as benzodiazepines. As for non-pharmacological therapies, our options are extremely lacking, with cognitive behavioural therapy being the only such treatment currently recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).en
dc.description.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationIskander, A. 2024) 'Enter Modius: Neurovalens's innovative new solution to insomnia', UCC Student Medical Journal, 4, pp. 133-135. https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.19en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.19
dc.identifier.endpage135
dc.identifier.issn2737-7237
dc.identifier.journalabbrevUCC SMJ
dc.identifier.journaltitleUCC Student Medical Journalen
dc.identifier.startpage133
dc.identifier.urihttps://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/smj/article/view/4134
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/16352
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUCC Medical Research and Technology Societyen
dc.rights© 2024, the Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
dc.subjectInsomniaen
dc.subjectHypothalamusen
dc.subjectBrain stimulationen
dc.subjectMedical deviceen
dc.titleEnter Modius: Neurovalens's innovative new solution to insomniaen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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