The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Onera Health closed the Series B funding round today, bringing the total funding raised to date above the €24M mark. Led by Innovation Industries in close collaboration with Invest-NL and with existing investors Jazz Pharmaceuticals, imec.xpand, BOM, and 15th Rock, the company intends to use the funds to execute clinical […]
By Brendan Duffy, CCSH, RPSGT From the song and album “The Stranger” (1977)….Billy Joel Jeret Peterson, known to most as “Speedy” Peterson, was an American three-time Olympian and silver medal aerial skier. He tragically took his own life in 2011 via a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Just a year after his […]
Kryo, Inc., the parent company of sleep technology brand ChiliSleep, announced that it has partnered with fitness equipment maker Sorinex Exercise Equipment, INC. This unites two businesses still run by founding families — the Youngbloods and the Sorins — and gives Sorinex customers premier access to ChiliSleep’s award-winning, clinically researched […]
Public health and safety would benefit from eliminating daylight saving time, according to a position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The AASM supports a switch to permanent standard time, explaining in the statement that standard time more closely aligns with the daily rhythms of the body’s internal clock. The […]
Physician burnout is a significantly underappreciated public safety issue, and sleep loss is often overlooked as a contributing factor, according to a new position statement published by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Sleep is essential to health, and sleep deprivation due to shift-work schedules, high workload, long hours, sleep interruptions, and […]
A survey by the American Psychological Association found 69 percent of Americans feel stressed by perceived lack of time while 51 percent are stressed about the “pressure to give or get gifts.” The same survey found that women are more likely than men to report heightened holiday stress — and […]
By Kent Caylor, RPSGT We all get a poor night’s sleep occasionally, but for some, this can be a nightly occurrence. This may lead to fatigue and sleepiness, which can impact our performance during the day. Fatigue can have several causes, including both emotional and physical causes. While there are […]
By Jacqueline Kloss, PhD In casual conversation, I find myself describing what I do professionally, and it goes something like this: I teach behavioral strategies and research ways to help individuals, especially women, overcome their sleep problems. All too often, I am met with the response of “That is what […]
Sleep by Headspace Aids Passengers, Pilots, Crew and Staff In Managing Jet Lag and Travel Stress Headspace, one of the world’s leading mindfulness brands, together with their longest airline partner, Virgin Atlantic, announced the launch of Sleep by Headspace offered on-board to the airline’s passengers, pilots, crew and staff as […]
