Category: Sleep Health

Sleep Health

How Daytime Sleep Changes Memories of Emotional Trauma

Scientists studied the effect of sleep on the formation and consolidation of fear memory into long-term memory.

Sleep Health

Study: These Diseases Are Linked to Short Sleep Duration

Getting less than five hours of sleep in mid-to-late life could be linked to an increased risk of developing at least two chronic diseases, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Sleep Health

FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Eli Lilly Diabetes Drug That Might Help People with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Lose Weight

The FDA has granted its Fast Track designation for the investigation of tirzepatide for the treatment of adults with obesity or who are overweight with weight-related comorbidities (including obstructive sleep apnea) to facilitate weight loss.

Parameters

AASM to Legislators: No to Permanent Daylight Saving Time Bill

AASM member Beth Malow testified at a House subcommittee hearing about why standard time is better for our health and well-being.

Demographics

How Does Shorter Sleep in Later Life Change Health Outcomes?

Researchers looked at sleep patterns and health conditions of adults over 50 who sleep for five hours or less per night.

Sleep & the Body

Circadian Rhythms and Autism: What’s the Connection?

New research findings support a genetic link between sleep, circadian rhythms and autism.

Prevailing Attitudes

Updated Standard for Wearable Sleep Monitors Released by National Sleep Foundation, Consumer Technology Association

The National Sleep Foundation and the Consumer Technology Association have released a September 2022 update to its standard, Definitions and Characteristics for Wearable Sleep Monitors.