The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Friday, September 18, 2026
A novel AI model can use information collected during routine sleep studies to identify patients’ long-term health risks, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. Developed by a multidisciplinary research team, the model uncovered hidden sleep patterns linked to risks including heart disease, cognitive decline and death. The […]
A new study from Penn State College of Medicine to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that excessive daytime sleepiness is associated with higher odds of both prevalent and incident hypertension, and taking 30 minutes or longer to fall asleep further increases that risk. Results show that […]
People who shortened their sleep by around 80 minutes a night for six weeks gained weight—one pound on average—and were more sedentary, researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons have found. “Our study shows that getting adequate sleep may help reduce the risk of weight gain and obesity-related […]
Recently published study results demonstrate the efficacy of LivaNova Plc’s aura6000 System in treating moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Published in Annals of Internal Medicine, the full 12-month results from the company’s OSPREY randomized controlled trial (RCT) demonstrate the safety and efficacy of proximal hypoglossal nerve stimulation (pHGNS), a differentiated neurostimulation modality. Overall, the study authors concluded that pHGNS for OSA yielded clinically significant improvements versus […]
Huxley Medical, a commercial-stage medical technology company expanding access to sleep apnea testing across health systems, cardiology, and primary care, introduced two additions to its SANSA® platform: SANSA GO™, a point-of-care enrollment model that enables clinics to dispense SANSA at patient visits, and hypoxic burden, an additional measure of cardiovascular […]
