The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Dr. Sairam Parthasarathy and his team from the University of Arizona Sleep & Health Research Program are conducting an online survey about insomnia. The overall purpose of this survey is to learn about the priorities of patient-centered outcomes in sleep disorders by asking these questions to patients, providers, parents/caregivers answering […]
Jeremy Orr, MD, of University of California, San Diego, has been awarded the new ATS Foundation/ResMed Research Fellowship in Noninvasive Ventilation (NIV) in COPD. Dr. Orr completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine, and a residency in internal medicine at UCLA’s […]
Women who work as cleaners or regularly use cleaning sprays or other cleaning products at home appear to experience a greater decline in lung function over time than women who do not clean, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical […]
BTG plc, the global healthcare company, recently highlighted OPTALYSE PE one year trial results, presented at the International Society on Endovascular Therapy in Florida. The findings confirm that bilateral pulmonary embolism patients treated in as little as 2 hours with a total tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) dose as low as […]
In a six-month study recently concluded, a research unit affiliated with two hospital institutions and a university in Ottawa found that a reduction in the number of cigarettes smoked daily also reduced a smoker’s dependence on opioids. The study, “Management and Point-of-Care for Tobacco Dependence (PROMPT): a feasibility mixed methods […]
This year’s flu season is shaping up to be an especially serious one, and it’s important for clinicians to promptly recognize, diagnosis, and treat influenza in hospitalized patients, especially in vulnerable populations such as older individuals. A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, however, indicates that […]
Children exposed to coarse particulate matter may be more likely to develop asthma and to be treated in an ER or be hospitalized for the condition, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. In “Long-term Coarse PM Exposure […]
NIH BRAIN Initiative Grant Will Fund Detailed Examination of Neural Mechanisms Behind Episodic Memory In the study, investigators will record the activity of individual neurons in different parts of an individual’s brain using small electrodes inserted into brain implants in patients who are undergoing surgical treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy. Investigators […]
New report shows how the U.S. slept compared to other countries and how the political climate can affect sleep A new sleep report from Sleep Cycle, the leading alarm clock app, today reveals how residents of the U.S. slept in 2017, how they compared to residents of other countries, and […]
Children between the ages of 7 and 9 may be at greater risk for developing asthma if they consumed high amounts of fructose in early childhood or their mothers drank a lot of sugar-sweetened beverages while pregnant, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. In “Prenatal […]
