The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Last night’s NFC Championship game had some interesting (and surprising) effects on people’s sleep. The experts at Sleep Cycle found that despite Philadelphia’s win over Minnesota, Viking fans woke up in a better mood the morning after the game than the folks here in Philly, although both cities had worse wake up […]
Colin Huntley, MD will present a lecture entitled “The Use of Upper Airway Stimulation for the Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea” at the 2018 Philadelphia Sleep Conference on March 23, 2018. This 60 minute lecture will include a review of the relevant tongue anatomy, discussion […]
This year’s flu season is shaping up to be an especially serious one, and it’s important for clinicians to promptly recognize, diagnosis, and treat influenza in hospitalized patients, especially in vulnerable populations such as older individuals. A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, however, indicates that […]
New patient-focused membership organization advocates for people with all sleep disorders The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has formed a new patient-focused membership organization, the American Alliance for Healthy Sleep (AAHS), which is inviting both health care providers and patients with sleep disorders to become members. Millions of Americans […]
With the economic and societal costs of smoking totaling more than $300 billion a year and rising, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on The Real Cost of Smoking by State. To encourage the estimated 36.5 million tobacco users in the U.S. to kick the dangerous habit, WalletHub calculated the potential monetary losses […]
Royal Philips announced that Vitor Rocha, who previously led Philips’ global Ultrasound business, has succeeded Brent Shafer as CEO of Philips North America, with immediate effect. Mr. Rocha has joined Philips’ Executive Committee and reports to Philips CEO Frans van Houten. Mr. Shafer, who joined Philips in 2005, will leave […]
By Lisa Linegar-Johnson For clinicians evaluating obese patients for possible obstructive sleep apnea, diagnosis and treatment is not as clear-cut for patients with a normal BMI. Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS), characterized by awake hypercapnia (defined by a PaCO2≥45 mm Hg) and a BMI of ≥ 30 kg/m^2, when other potential […]
At CES 2018 (Booth # 44019, January 9-12, Las Vegas, NV), Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, today announced SmartSleep, the world’s first and only clinically proven wearable solution for consumers to improve deep sleep quality for people who do not get enough sleep. SmartSleep is the latest […]
Lori Tinkler now CEO of the U.S. credentialing board for respiratory care practitioners The National Board for Respiratory Care, Inc. (NBRC) has named Lori M. Tinkler, MBA, as chief executive officer effective January 1, 2018. Tinkler has a 26+ year tenure with the organization and succeeds Gary A. Smith, who […]
ZOLL® Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group Company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, announced today the receipt of a sole source contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply Propaq® M deployable vital signs monitors to the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army. “We are very […]
