The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Saturday, August 29, 2026
You have done your research and looked at PAP masks made of gel, silicone, plastic, and cloth—finally settling on a skin-friendly, all cloth mask. And you have made the very important decision to be positive and healthy and adopt PAP therapy as your avenue to staying healthy. Now it is […]
BRPT Moves to Self-Management Model; Jim Magruder Named Chief Executive Officer Since the first credentialing exam administration in 1979, the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) has credentialed nearly 25,000 RPSGTs worldwide. Over time, the independent credentialing body has developed two more credentials for clinical sleep health professionals, two educational […]
Nox Academy is intended to help its customers unleash the full potential of their Nox Medical products with video training material. Starting with the essentials of operating Nox products and going into the tips and tricks of adapting the systems to your processes. They recently made changes to the Nox […]
Interscope, Inc. announced the receipt of marketing clearance from the FDA for the EndoRotor® System to commercialize Pulmonary indications. Interscope innovated the first flexible microdebrider for use by medical specialists in the digestive tract with reported results reducing the need for surgery in recurrent adenoma and removal of walled-off necrosis. The […]
Approval Based on Robust Clinical Development Program That Included Two Pivotal Trials of Nearly 2,000 Patients Eisai Inc., the U.S. pharmaceutical subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd., announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved DAYVIGOTM (lemborexant) 5 mg and 10 mg for the treatment of adult patients with insomnia, characterized […]
By Sara Zaib Khan, MD, Sameer Verma, MD, Rammohan Gumpeni, MD, Arunabh Talwar, MD, F.C.C.P In recent years, the role of wearable technology has been expanding in healthcare. Wearable technology are devices that a consumer can wear on their clothing or on the body without interfering with daily activities.1 In […]
LifeBrite Respiratory Panel features same-day delivery of test results, increasing diagnostic efficiency and decreasing cost LifeBrite Labs, a national, accredited medical carrier screening laboratory service provider, today announced the launch and availability of the LifeBrite Respiratory Panel, which tests nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) specimens for a comprehensive set of 21 bacterial and […]
New Year’s Day is the sleepiest day of the year according to American Academy of Sleep Medicine survey results of 2,003 U.S. adults. More than half (57%) of survey respondents reported they are more tired than usual on New Year’s Day compared to other holidays and times of the year, […]
The number of people newly infected each year and the number of people living with nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease appears to be increasing, especially among women and those 65 and older, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. In “Incidence and Prevalence of Nontuberculous […]
Health Care Originals (HCO), a leading digital health tech and wearable devices company that provides the only patch-type ambulatory cough monitor in the world, is pleased to announce a collaboration with Dr. Laurie Slovarp, of the University of Montana, who is pioneering a solution for people plagued with chronic cough. […]
