《睡眠專業人士雜誌》
星期五, 七月 24, 2026
Sleep medicine is at a critical point. Demand is rising, the science is expanding, and too few specialists are available to meet the need. The U.S. has just 7,500 board-certified sleep specialists to serve a population of 325 million—many of whom have sleep disorders with complex comorbidities that require ongoing, […]
Dreem Health, a leading virtual sleep clinic managed by Sunrise Group, has become the first sleep care service to join Amazon’s Health Benefits Connector. Amazon customers eligible for insurance-covered sleep services can discover and enroll in Dreem Health’s personalized care when browsing for healthcare services. More than 70 million Americans live with sleep […]
Many more people work very early morning shifts than overnight ones, and a large proportion struggle with excessive sleepiness from shift work disorder, leading to problems with focus, performance and safety. A new clinical trial by investigators from Mass General Brigham found that the wake-promoting drug solriamfetol (Sunosi) helped early […]
Eli Lilly and Company and Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc, a clinical-stage company developing a new class of medicines for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness and other neurological conditions, announced a definitive agreement for Lilly to acquire Centessa. Centessa is advancing a pipeline of orexin receptor 2 (OX2R) agonists designed to […]
Social media trends have become increasingly influential – even changing bedtime routines and sleep habits for many Americans. According to a 2025 survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 56% of U.S. adults have tried one of this year’s viral social media trends related to sleep. “Bed rotting,” which is […]
The Sleep Medicine Advanced Practice Provider Foundation (SMAPP) announced its formation, establishing a first-of-its-kind non-profit dedicated to providing peer-led education and professional community for Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) working across the specialty of sleep medicine. The organization’s central mission is to empower nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and clinical pharmacologists with […]
Sleep medicine is undergoing a profound transformation. What was once centered around episodic, in-lab evaluations is evolving into a more continuous, personalized model of care. With the rapid rise of home sleep testing (HST) and increasingly sophisticated wearables, the integration of remote patient monitoring (RPM) into sleep medicine has moved […]
Specific types of gut bacteria may increase or decrease the risk for insomnia, while insomnia itself may in turn alter the abundance of certain gut bacteria, a new study showed. However, outside experts challenged the investigators’ assertion that the link is causal. Investigators identified 14 groups of bacteria associated with increased […]
The Sleep To Live Well Foundation issues an urgent warning in its groundbreaking 2025 State of Sleep Wellness Report, titled “THE SILENT EPIDEMIC: How Lack of Sleep Endangers Over Half of All Americans and Threatens Everyone.” The report unveils the Foundation’s initiatives to address this insufficient sleep crisis with Sleep Wellness—a holistic approach to […]
A significant number of people in America are walking around with undiagnosed sleep disorders. Recent studies indicate 14.5 percent of adults in the U.S. have difficulty falling asleep, and 17.8 percent had difficulty staying asleep.1 While these alarming statistics highlight the urgent need for sleep disorder testing and treatment nationwide, […]
