The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Saturday, August 29, 2026
It seemed like a foregone conclusion that Virtuox would snap up NovaSom’s assets at the scheduled bankruptcy auction. However, the auction was canceled after Novasom accepted a $5.5 million offer from SleepMed now owned by BioSerenity Inc. as of September 25th. Not familiar with BioSerenity? They are a high growth […]
A ground-breaking trial using 4G LTE cellular connectivity to enable beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drones to deliver automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to the scene of a cardiac arrest has taken place in the County of Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Working in partnership with technology providers, including InDro Robotics, Cradlepoint and Ericsson, the trial demonstrated the drones’ capabilities to […]
CSA Medical, Inc., presented positive 12-month results of its feasibility study for the RejuvenAir Metered Cryospray™ system this week at the 2019 European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress in Madrid, Spain. In the session entitled, “Bronchoscopic Treatment of COPD: Hot News,” Dr. Justin Garner (Essex, United Kingdom) presented 12-month follow-up data on all patients treated […]
By Rachel Clevenger, RRT, ECG, CTP For the last few weeks of September, it would appear that every other post on social media or breaking news story is about another case of severe lung infection or fatality tied vaping or e-cigarettes use. This tragedy of over 300 teens and adults […]
The American Thoracic Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America have published an official clinical guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the ATS’s Oct. 1 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. By definition, CAP is pneumonia acquired outside a hospital setting. […]
Women with asthma appear more likely to have lower levels of “free” (not attached to proteins) testosterone than women who do not have asthma, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. In “Sex Steroid Hormones and Asthma in a […]
Consumer offerings aim to ultimately address approximately 80 percent of all sleep issues worldwide Collaborative efforts with Walgreens, WebMD enhance consumer access to sleep information and solutions Royal Philips today announced the launch of its expanded SmartSleep suite of solutions in the United States. First introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January […]
ResMed has announced that CEO Mick Farrell will ring The Opening Bell® at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday, September 30, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. ET. Farrell will be joined on the bell podium with other members of the ResMed management team to celebrate 20 years of being […]
Global biotherapeutics leader CSL Behring will host a patient-focused symposium about Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD) on Monday, 30 September, during the 29th International Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) in Madrid. ERS is the largest meeting of respiratory professionals in the world and features a scientific and educational programme designed to address […]
Eisai Inc., the U.S. pharmaceutical subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd., announced today that data from its company-sponsored survey, titled “How America Sleeps and Wakes,” was presented at the 2019 World Sleep Congress in Vancouver, Canada. The survey explored the impact of insomnia or sleeping difficulties on individual performance, interpersonal relationships […]
