The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Sunday, April 19, 2026
The advent of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) came with promises: a world where clinically valuable patient information became easily accessible to everyone involved in the chain of care. EHRs, we were told, would democratize data and facilitate easy sharing between hospitals, primary care providers (PCPs), specialists, device manufacturers, and […]
New UCLA research suggests that a combination of brain imaging data and machine learning can accurately diagnose obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) significantly faster than the standard methods now in use that are complex, costly, time-consuming, and can delay crucial treatment. The findings, published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Sleep Research, […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a final rule requiring that flight attendants receive longer periods of rest between shifts. The new rule increases the rest period to 10 consecutive hours. “Flight attendants, like all essential transportation workers, work hard every day to keep the traveling public safe, […]
Transcend Inc. recently introduced Transcend Micro, the world’s smallest and lightest portable continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device. Weighing under a half pound and measuring less than four inches, Transcend Micro is designed to make it more convenient for people who suffer from Obstructive Sleep Apnea to maintain their sleep […]
Warm-blooded animal groups with higher body temperatures have lower amounts of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, while those with lower body temperatures have more REM sleep, according to new research from UCLA professor Jerome Siegel, who said his study suggests that REM sleep acts like a “thermostatically controlled brain heater.” […]
Stuart Heatherington from Bleep discusses the use of magnets in CPAP masks.
By Nathan Costiuc, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC As the dark shadow of COVID-19 begins to lift, critically-important health concerns which had previously shrunk in significance are now returning to the limelight, chief among these being obesity. Unfortunately, the transition to low-level endemicity we hope for with SARS-CoV-2 is nowhere in sight […]
Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and MU Health Care have discovered how obstructive sleep apnea- affects the gut microbiome in mice and how transplanting gut bacteria from sleep apnea affected mice can cause cardiovascular changes in the recipient mice. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic sleep condition […]
“Watch more, do less” is a key take-home message from the soon-to-be-published expert consensus statement (ESC) from the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) on the management of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) after adenotonsillectomy. Not every child who has continuing obstructive symptoms after initial adenotonsillectomy needs […]
New scientific findings offer hope and a natural solution to those who suffer from sensations of crawling, pulling, throbbing, aching and itching in the legs, often resulting in sleep disruption and the uncontrollable urge to move. Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) impacts nearly 10 percent of the U.S. population and can lead to […]
