Will Your Smartphone Be the Next Doctor’s Office?
Doctors have found some real-world success in deploying the smartphone as a medical device, including for sleep apnea screening, but the overall potential remains unfulfilled.
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Challenger Motor Freight to Use Resonea Prescription App to Screen Its Drivers for Sleep Apnea
Challenger Motor Freight will launch a voluntary sleep apnea education and screening program incorporating Resonea's DROWZLE smartphone app.
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Smartphone-based Diagnostic Test for Respiratory Disease Earns CE Mark Approval
Respiratory diagnostics company ResApp Health Ltd has received CE Mark approval for...
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SleepScore Labs Announces Smart Phone App Feature That Produces Sleep Reports for Physicians
SleepScore Labs announced an algorithm built into its SleepScore App and SleepScore Max that...
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Smartphone Screening Software for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Gets FDA Clearance
Technology company Resonea Inc has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug...
Read MoreResApp Submits CE Mark Technical File for Acute Respiratory Disease Diagnostic Smartphone Application
ResApp Health Ltd, a digital health company developing smartphone applications for the diagnosis and management of respiratory disease, has submitted its CE Mark Technical File to its European Notified Body, the British...
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SleepScore Labs Acquires Snoring and Bruxism App Maker
SleepScore Labs, the company behind the SleepScore Max non-contact sleep improvement system for...
Read MoreApps Can Cut Blue Light From Devices, But Do They Help You Sleep?
Scientists weigh in on whether blue light filtering apps will help smart phone user’s sleep, reports NPR. Without a filtering app, cellphones and tablets expose users to an alarming amount of blue light, she says,...
Read MoreAASM SleepTM Now Has a Patient-Facing Smart Phone App
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) launched the AASM SleepTM app for iOS, a mobile app that directly connects patients to sleep medicine professionals and accredited sleep centers through the AASM SleepTM telemedicine...
Read MoreHoliday Sleep Tips for Kids Help Parents Keep the Season Bright
The holidays can pose great challenges for parents who must juggle seasonal excitement and overtired kids. Saint Joseph’s University sleep expert and professor of psychology Jodi A. Mindell, PhD, offers the following suggestions...
Read MoreScreening of Patients with Sleep Disordered Breathing with NoSAS Score
The NoSAS is a validated screening tool available via smart phone app that helps to identify individuals at high risk of sleep apnea, reports MedIndia. The NoSAS score is a validated score to screen patients who need further...
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Light Color Determines Sleepiness Versus Arousal in Mice
Blue light keeps mice awake longer while green light puts them to sleep easily, according to a...
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Editor’s Message: A Seismic Shift in Awareness
There are concerns about whether Apple’s new Night Shift feature is more placebo than panacea. But I am ecstatic a leading smart phone and tablet manufacturer has acknowledged the importance of sleep!
Read MoreGet a Head Start on Seasonal Time Change
The Monday after daylight saving time takes effect doesn’t have to be a heart-stressed, mad-dash, car-crash kind of a day. Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center specialist Kelly Brown, MD, has a list of tips people can follow to...
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SleepHealth App Launches as First ResearchKit app on Watson Health Cloud
The American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA) and IBM this month introduced the SleepHealth iPhone...
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Sealy, UNC Team Up To Help Families Switch from Summer to Back to School
As children go back to school this month, parents across the country will look to instill a...
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Blue Light Hazard E-book
Written (in English) by Kazuo Tsubota, MD, a professor and ophthalmologist at Japan’s Keio...
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