The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Friday, July 24, 2026
At some point, many of us have experienced the post-lunch sleepy hour, struggling to stay alert mid-afternoon, and reaching for the water bottle to rehydrate a tired body. But what about those people who suffer from “excessive daytime somnolence”, aka sleepiness that lasts throughout the day? It’s a recognized medical […]
Last weekend, Dreem announced an innovative program for sleep researchers at SLEEP 2019, the 33rd annual meeting of the APSS, a joint meeting held by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society. This comes on the heels of the clinical evidence from Dreem’s OCTAVE IRBA study, which […]
UMass Amherst scientist’s ongoing sleep research looks into the impacts of TV on young children Preschoolers who watch TV sleep significantly less than those who don’t, according to new research by University of Massachusetts Amherst neuroscientist Rebecca Spencer and developmental science graduate student Abigail Helm. More surprising to Spencer, known […]
A link between lack of sleep and poor emotional control among teenagers in South East Asia is being investigated by researchers in South Australia. The collaboration between Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia and Duke-NUS in Singapore, seeks to further establish the association between sleep and poor behavioral and emotional outcomes. It […]
Selective tinkering with the medical center’s electronic health records (EHR) system, plus a 20-minute presentation to doctors and nurses on the consequences of in-hospital sleep deprivation, was able to change the behavior of caregivers in ways that allowed more patients to sleep undisturbed through the night. Although patients may spend […]
You’re invited to take part in a study on inter-rater disagreement and adjudication in sleep stage classification. You will be provided access to a web-based interface to enable you to annotate polysomnograms for sleep stages. The goal of this study is to improve our understanding of the causes, effects, and […]
The ATS Foundation has announced its new ATS Foundation/ResMed Research Fellowship in Sleep-disordered Breathing and PAP Therapy. The award will provide funding for two years in the amount of $100,000, provided by ResMed, a global leader in connected health with more than 4 million cloud-connected PAP devices monitoring patients every […]
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 […]
