Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown, a board-certified sleep medicine physician and founder of The Restful Sleep Place, is expanding her national reach through a series of initiatives, including a new role as sleep expert for the parenting platform HumanUp, a feature in Sleep Review Magazine, and the launch of a comprehensive online insomnia program […]
Tag: PEDIATRIC SLEEP
AI Could Help NHS Clinicians Diagnose Childhood Sleep Apnea, Study Finds
AI software designed to help diagnose sleep apnea in children has achieved high accuracy in an NHS trial, with the findings independently reviewed by clinical specialists. Glasgow company Seluna tested its autoscoring and sleep staging software on 500 retrospective sleep studies from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Royal Hospital for […]
Dormotech Highlights the Critical Need for Early Pediatric Sleep Apnea Diagnosis with Insights from Dr. Asher Tal
Dormotech, a leader in advancing sleep diagnostics through innovative, clinically validated solutions, emphasized the urgent need for early and accessible diagnosis of sleep disorders in children. This critical focus echoes the profound insights shared by globally respected pediatric sleep medicine expert, Dr. Asher Tal. In an in-depth interview with Dormotech, […]
Parental Engagement Associated with Better Sleep in Pre-teen Children
A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2025 annual meeting found that strong family relationships and high parental engagement are among the aspects of social connectedness that are associated with sufficient sleep duration in pre-teen children. Results show that eating dinner with family and participating in neighborhood activities […]
DormoVision X Launches at SLEEP 2025
Revolutionizing sleep health with an all-in-one, AI-driven diagnostics platform. Delivering real-time physiological data monitoring and sleep analysis that matches the accuracy and quality of in-lab studies, with the comfort and convenience of at-home testing. Dormotech, a leader in advancing sleep diagnostics through innovative, clinically validated solutions, is proud to launch […]
CO2 Monitoring in Pediatric Sleep Studies
When it comes to pediatric sleep studies, transcutaneous monitoring plays a crucial role in providing optimal care for young patients. At the Nemours Children’s Hospital Pediatric Sleep Center in Orlando, Florida, CO2 monitoring is integrated into therapist-driven protocols to ensure accurate diagnosis and optimal management of sleep-disordered breathing for pediatric […]
The Wakefulness Neurotransmitter
The thought of histamines might conjure up images of itchy hives or the tickling sensation just before a sneeze, but scientists have come to realize there is much more to histamines than their connection to allergies. Recent research reveals that histamines play a vital role in wakefulness. Produced by brain […]
Diagnosis: Restless Sleep Disorder
A pediatric sleep specialist at Seattle Children’s Hospital, Lourdes DelRosso, MD, PhD, had long noted that many parents would come to a consultation with concerns that their children “moved a lot in their sleep, were tired during the day, or had problems in school.” The parents attributed the daytime symptoms […]
Multidisciplinary Strategies for Pediatric Sleep Apnea
Similar to its prevalence in the adult population, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children is one of the most common manifestations of sleep-related breathing disorders. The prevalence of OSA in children has significantly increased in the last 20 years, particularly among the younger population, possibly linked to the rise in […]
FDA Approves LUMRYZ for Pediatric Narcolepsy Treatment
Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for LUMRYZ for the treatment of cataplexy or EDS in patients 7 years of age and older with narcolepsy. “This approval represents an important milestone for the narcolepsy community, […]













