The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ORKAMBI® (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) to include use in children ages 2 through 5 years with cystic fibrosis (CF) who have two copies of the F508del-CFTR mutation, making it the first medicine approved to treat the underlying cause of CF […]
Philips celebrates World Sleep Day early with the release of its annual global sleep survey results, overnight concert experience • Survey finds that 77 percent of global adults have actively taken steps to improve their sleep, with listening to soothing music revealed as one of the most prominent […]
By Kaye Prather Imagine you’re unwell—it’s not hard to do. You’ve been through all kinds of tests, been poked and prodded and medicated. Everyone seems to be speaking Clinicalese, not English. You want to know what’s wrong and whether it can be fixed or if you have to learn to […]
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced that they are partnering on ways to address healthcare for their U.S. employees, with the aim of improving employee satisfaction and reducing costs. The three companies, which bring their scale and complementary expertise to this long-term effort, will pursue this objective […]
By Kaye Prather, RRT-NPS, AE-C Imagine for a minute you’re the person in a classic Dudley Do-Right cartoon. You are tied to a railroad track. The train is coming, you can feel the vibration of the rails. You can see the train in the distance and your heart starts pounding. […]
New York, NY – March 24, 2017 – The American Thoracic Society is relieved the House of Representatives paused in their consideration of legislation repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. While not without flaws, the Affordable Care Act has been effective in expanding health insurance coverage to millions of American families. […]
