The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Thursday, May 7, 2026
NextSense, the neurotechnology company building first-of-its-kind, intuitive biosensing wearables for improved sleep and brain health, today announced the debut of its consumer brand, Tone, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 taking place January 7-10 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Event attendees will be the first to experience Tone Buds, advanced brain-sensing […]
Equinox Hotels, known for its commitment to high-performance luxury hospitality and health, announces a pioneering partnership with Dr. Matthew Walker, renowned author, sleep scientist, and professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. The introduction of this sleep innovation project with Dr. Walker deepens Equinox Hotels’ commitment […]
The year 2024 marked the 45th anniversary of the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT), and much has been accomplished over the ensuing years, none of which could have been possible without the support, passion, and hours upon hours of volunteer work of so many forward-thinking leaders in our field. […]
Around 430 BCE, Hippocrates—who is generally considered the father of modern medicine—used the Greek word kairos to describe the “right or precise time” of therapy in one of his many treatises on medicine. The ancient Greeks had two words for time: chronos, which referred to chronological time, and kairos, which […]
Eli Lilly and Company announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Zepbound® (tirzepatide) as the first and only prescription medicine for adults with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and obesity.1 Zepbound may help adults with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea and obesity improve their sleep disorder. It should be used with […]
Similar to its prevalence in the adult population, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children is one of the most common manifestations of sleep-related breathing disorders. The prevalence of OSA in children has significantly increased in the last 20 years, particularly among the younger population, possibly linked to the rise in […]
The field of sleep medicine is, in my opinion, the connecting link between all other healthcare-related professions. However, we often are not the first profession to be called to be considered as a vital component of a public health campaign and certainly, rarely, if even thought of as a career […]
In recent years, the advent of digital health technologies has revolutionized patient care, particularly in the field of sleep medicine. Remote monitoring tools offer novel approaches to managing sleep disorders, with Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) emerging as pivotal components of modern healthcare delivery. However, it […]
P4 medicine is an evolving approach to personalized medicine that involves four key elements of care: 1) predicting who will develop disease and comorbidities, 2) preventing rather than reacting to disease, 3) personalizing diagnosis and treatment, 4) having patients participate in their own care.1 This approach is gaining traction in […]
There are so many issues facing the sleep industry today. Outside of concerns of reimbursement and payor requirement, the biggest factor impacting sleep labs appears to be lack of qualified sleep technologists to perform the tests, to instruct patients and to fill various roles requiring credentials. While there is clearly […]
