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Ebb’s Top Ten: Sleep Movies

At Ebb, we think a lot about sleep and more specifically about insomnia. This made us wonder, what are the best movies about sleep? So, we surveyed our team to create a list of Ebb’s top ten favorite movies about sleep. 1. Sleepless in Seattle (1993) A young boy calls a […]

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Americans Didn’t Lose Sleep on Christmas

According to the sleep experts at Sleep Cycle, Americans slept 11 minutes longer on Christmas morning than they usually do. They did, however, go to bed about 40 minutes later than usual…perhaps staying up late preparing gifts. Staying up made it difficult to rise on Christmas morning, though, as the […]

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A Guide to Outsourcing Your Sleep Center

Philips and Persante teamed up to produce this white paper on outsourcing your sleep center. Hospitals and health systems are concerned about their bottom lines. In today’s challenging healthcare environment hospitals are struggling to sustain and or grow. This helpful guide looks at the benefits and potential pitfalls when outsourcing your […]

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Surviving Long Hours and the Night Shift

This article was originally written for nurses but applies well to respiratory care and sleep medicine professionals. Many respiratory care therapists and sleep technologists put in 12-hour shifts, while others work night shifts. Although these types of schedules are expected as a requirement of their job, many medical professionals expose […]

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SleepSafe Drivers Sounds the Alarm on the Neglect of Trucker and Rail Operator’s Health and Public Safety

The withdrawal of the Proposed Rulemaking on Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) does transportation industry a huge disservice Executives from SleepSafe Drivers, one of the nation’s leaders in Fatigue Management Programs (FMPs) for the transportation industry and other high-risk related jobs, sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Chao’s office outlining their […]