For years, University of Arizona researchers have conducted sleep studies in a leased facility located above a Tucson bar and grill. Now, thanks to a $5 million construction grant from the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director, the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences is getting […]
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NFL Alumni Association Enters Wearables Partnership to Improve Sleep
Apollo NeuroscienceTM, makers of the first scientifically-validated wearable that improves the body’s resilience to stress, announced a multi-year partnership with the National Football League Alumni Association (NFLAA), the oldest, most well-known and well-respected retired player organization in professional sports. The partnership is a result of ongoing conversations the NFLAA has had […]
Calling Future Sleep Techs: Apply for Jomo Martin Nkunika Memorial Scholarship
The BRPT is now accepting applications for its Jomo Martin Nkunika Memorial Scholarship; the deadline for receipt of applications is the close of business Friday, September 30, 2022. For more details on eligibility, application criteria and to complete the application form, please click here. The BRPT is excited to offer a $3,000 tuition […]
96% of Sleep Providers Want V̇-Com PAP Training Device for Each New Patient
At the Association of Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) meeting in Charlotte earlier this month, V̇-Com™ by SleepRes was introduced to the sleep medicine community, and over 300 sleep medicine physicians and mid-levels took the time to put on a CPAP mask themselves and experience the inspiratory comfort provided by V̇-Com™. […]
Top Four Trends Observed at SLEEP 2022 – An Exclusive Recap
From the evolving technologist to going beyond the AHI, to the new HSAT devices, to the rise of AI auto-scoring solutions: these are the biggest trends to note from SLEEP 2022! What a wild week it was in Charlotte to kick off the month of June! A major thank you […]
Innovative CPAP Training Device to Debut at SLEEP 2022
SleepRes, LLC introduces the V̇-Com™ at SLEEP2022/APSS this week, a revolutionary device to make CPAP more comfortable and increase adherence. The V̇-Com™, which softens peak inspiratory flow, makes starting CPAP easier and faster. “This may be the most important comfort factor in the PAP circuit since we developed BiPAP over […]
New Clinical Practice Guidelines on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Almost four years since the last guidance on the diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the American Thoracic Society – in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society, Japanese Respiratory Society and Asociacion Latinoamericana de Torax – has issued new guidelines for clinicians. The guidelines are available online in the May 1 issue […]
Seeing Red – My Palate Expansion Therapy Journey
By Emma Cooksey I suspected I had a very compromised airway before I saw it. I was a habitual mouth breather as a child and have struggled with sleep apnea as an adult. Last year I went to see a dentist offering palate expansion to expand the airways of people […]
ResMed’s Global Sleep Surveys Reveal What’s Keeping Us Up at Night
ResMed announced the results of its 2022 Global Sleep Surveys, in conjunction with National Sleep Awareness Week (March 13-19) and World Sleep Day (March 18). The surveys, conducted in the first quarter of the year,1 asked nearly 25,000 respondents in 12 countries what’s keeping them up at night and the results […]
CleveMed Collaboration Leads to Specialty Practice Accreditation
A 5-year pioneering collaboration between Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia (CCP), one of the largest cardiology practices in the country, a number of high-quality local sleep centers, and CleveMed, a leading home sleep testing (HST) technology and fulfillment service provider, was recently endorsed by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) […]












