The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Saturday, August 29, 2026
University of Texas at Dallas researchers, in partnership with Texas-based biotech company EnLiSense, have demonstrated a pioneering wearable perspiration-based sensor that measures two key hormones that regulate the body’s sleep-wake cycle. The electrochemical sensor continuously monitors cortisol, which promotes wakefulness, and melatonin, which signals the body to sleep. The bioengineers […]
What if sleep could help prevent Alzheimer’s disease? A new landmark study by researchers at Applied Cognition, a clinical-stage therapeutic company, points to the brain’s glymphatic system, its fluid-based “clean-up” pathway, as a key driver of overnight clearance of Alzheimer’s-linked proteins. The researchers found that during normal sleep, levels of amyloid beta and […]
Working the night shift, frequently flying across time zones or keeping an irregular sleep schedule does more than just leave us exhausted; it can fuel the risk of aggressive breast cancer. Exactly how and why this happens has remained a mystery, until now. A new study from the Texas A&M […]
All around the world, sleep specialists are facing the same reality: the burden of sleep disorders is growing. And patients increasingly need faster, more flexible access to high-quality diagnostics and treatment. In Germany, where we are based, the cost of sleep disorders has risen nearly 50% in less than a […]
Pregnancy transforms nearly every system in a woman’s body, yet the specificity and timing of these changes remain poorly understood. To help fill that gap, scientists from Oura’s science team recently published one of the largest longitudinal analyses of its kind, using real-world data from more than 10,000 pregnancies tracked […]
For millions of people, the sound of teeth grinding is more than an annoyance—it’s a nightly neuromuscular storm. Sleep bruxism, characterized by involuntary clenching and grinding of the jaw during sleep, affects an estimated 8%–15% of adults worldwide.¹ Dentists have long turned to night guards as the standard solution, shielding […]
An estimated one in three adults worldwide experience symptoms of insomnia, yet only a fraction of those suffering have access to specialists trained in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI)—the gold standard in treatment.1,2 This unmet need has created a major bottleneck in behavioral sleep medicine, where demand far exceeds […]
Specific types of gut bacteria may increase or decrease the risk for insomnia, while insomnia itself may in turn alter the abundance of certain gut bacteria, a new study showed. However, outside experts challenged the investigators’ assertion that the link is causal. Investigators identified 14 groups of bacteria associated with increased […]
From the Dalai Lama’s claim that it is the “best meditation” to Benjamin Franklin’s insistence that it makes a person “healthy, wealthy, and wise,” a good night’s sleep has long been touted as the secret to a healthy life. And the American Heart Association (AHA) agrees. In 2022, the AHA added sleep […]
Topline: Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who experienced sleep impairments, including short sleep duration, snoring, and insomnia symptoms, were more likely to face an increased risk for diabetes distress. In particular, daytime coping difficulties due to sleep problems showed a notably prominent association with diabetes distress. Methodology: Researchers in Norway conducted a cross-sectional […]
