The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Saturday, August 29, 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 […]
By Alicia Sanchez Lack of sleep plays an important role in appetite control and metabolism. While getting a good seven to nine hours of sleep can be difficult for anyone, those who work swing or night shifts are in the challenging position of working against the body’s circadian rhythms. Working […]
By Kaye Prather Whether you’re a respiratory therapist working in acute care, home health, outpatient pulmonary function, pulmonary rehab, research or sleep studies our patients ask us about their medications. Respiratory medications seem to be the most confusing and often missed in their daily routines. We don’t like to use […]
Inhaled vaporized cannabis does not appear to improve or worsen exercise performance and activity-related breathlessness in patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a randomized controlled trial published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. In “Effect of Vaporized Cannabis on Exertional Breathlessness and Exercise […]
Cleveland Medical Devices Inc. (CleveMed), a leader in home sleep apnea testing technologies was just issued a new patent (US Patent No. 10,028,698) entitled “Method and device for sleep analysis”. The patent covers the collection of patient data from standard home sensors and the data transfer using internet, cellular or […]
We’ve known about the harmful effects of blue light for years now, but after years of studies 70% of people who understand the harmful effects of blue light, still use their phones before bed anyway. The devices that we use each day, such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, and the computer […]
Free app grants users worldwide access to their own scientifically validated SleepScore SleepScore, the definitive consumer standard of sleep measurement and improvement, today announced that its SleepScore mobile app – which turns mobile devices into a convenient, non-contact standalone sleep improvement system – is now available for free download on […]
The BRAEBON BridgeBuilder Cloud Portal will be upgraded on Tuesday, July 31st at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Upgrades will include security and feature enhancements, including the roll-out of the all-new telemedicine capability which will be initially available to select users and later available to all users for a fee. More […]
The American Thoracic Society led 10 medical professional organizations in filing an amicus brief last week regarding the FDA’s failure to apply pre-market review to new tobacco products. The brief was submitted in support of the American Academy of Pediatrics and its co-plaintiffs and outlines the compelling data indicating that the FDA’s failure to act […]
Supplemental oxygen eliminates the rise in morning blood pressure experienced by obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients who stop using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), the standard treatment for OSA, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. In “Effect […]
