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Digital Sleep Program Increases Sleep by Over One Hour in Short Sleepers
The digital sleep program, which uses CBT-I-based strategies and text-based coaching, showed meaningful improvements in total sleep time for users in a new study.
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Sleep Apnea Detection App SleepCheckRx Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance
ResApp Health's SleepCheckRx app received FDA 510(k) clearance as a prescription-only software-as-a-medical device.
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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Insomnia Patients in England Will be Offered Treatment with Sleepio App
Hundreds of thousands of insomnia patients will be offered digital cognitive behavioral therapy via the app Sleepio instead of sleeping pills.
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Scientists Evaluate Dayyz Sleep Disorder Intervention App
The sleep intervention is conducted using the digital app platform, providing people with personalized sleep treatment plans, contextual nudges, sleep management tools, and a clinically validated sleep assessment.
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Sleep Cycle Launches Spatial Audio Content
With the launch of the new audio sleep aid, Sleep Cycle hopes users will feel like they are surrounded by the sounds of nature as they fall asleep.
Read MorePoor Sleep Linked to Weight Gain in 2-year Smartphone Sleep Tracking Study
In a new study, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers tracked sleep quality for 120,000 people for up to two years.
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Coronavirus: New App Analyzes How Social Distancing Affects Biological Clocks
A free app built by University of Michigan researchers will help users understand their own sleep rhythms, shedding light on how their biological clock is responding to lockdowns, and give tips about how to shift their potentially disrupted rhythms.
Read MoreWoman Develops New App After Losing Husband to Sleep Apnea
The widow of a man who died from sleep apnea comorbidities worked closely with Dr Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer to develop ‘Sleep by Cleveland Clinic,’ reports Fox 17 West Michigan.Mary Schaff’s husband, John, first...
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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...
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