VA Proposes Major Changes to Sleep Apnea Compensation Criteria
The VA proposes to revise the rating criteria for sleep apnea to primarily provide compensation more compatible with earning impairment.
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Telemedicine Program Improves Access to Sleep Care for Rural Veterans
The VHA TeleSleep Program launched telehealth services in 2017 to support the testing, diagnosis, and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and other sleep disorders.
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Variable Sleep Schedules Linked to Bad Moods & Depression
The findings add to what’s already known about the association between sleep, daily mood, and long-term risk of depression.
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In Visually-Impaired Athletes, How Common & What Risk Factors Are Linked with Sleep Disorders?
The researchers collected data on visually-impaired athletes who were active in Paralympic sports events in Japan.
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Workaholism Linked to Lower Sleep Quality
Researchers explore the link between work addiction risk and health-related outcomes using the framework of Job Demand Control Model.
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‘Inconvenient Sleep’ Provides Athletes a Sleep-Focused Roadmap to Better Performance
A father-daughter duo with 10+ years of experience implementing sleep solutions into professional sports discuss the latest sleep research.
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NBA ‘Bubble’ Study Supports Role of Aligned Body Clock in Athletic Performance
NBA teams may be better off boarding a plane for the next city immediately after their previous game ends—as opposed to staying overnight.
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For Young Athletes, Inadequate Sleep Leads to Decreased Performance
Faced with competing demands including school, sports, and social life, young athletes tend to put off sleep in favor of other activities.
Read MoreHealth Care Workers Struggled With Sleep in First Months of Pandemic
More than 70% of the health care workers’ sleep patterns changed in some way during those first months of stay-at-home orders, reports Michigan Health Lab.
Read MoreMilitary Health App with Sleep Features Will Be Available to Everyone
US soldiers, family members, and veterans have had exclusive access to an app to improve sleeping, eating, exercising, and stress, until now.
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Blue-light Filtering Glasses Improve Sleep & Workday Productivity
The study provides evidence of a cost-effective means of improving employee sleep, and the implied return on investment is ‘gigantic.’
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Chronotypes & Competition Timing May Have Outsize Impact on Who Wins Olympic Gold
Shifting the clock to reach peak performance at the right time could make the difference between winning and losing.
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Survey: Primary Care Physicians Uncomfortable Diagnosing Sleep Disorders
Although many primary care physicians view sleep health as an important aspect of patient care, recent survey data show that they often feel uncomfortable diagnosing and treating sleep disorders.
Read MoreUnemployed People Sleep Worse Than Workers
According to a new paper, newly unemployed workers are much more likely to suffer from poor sleep.
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In Veterans, Nightmares & Heart Disease Linked
Frequent and severe nightmares were associated with heart problems, high blood pressure, and heart attack.
Read MoreWhy You Should Choose Sleep Over Work
The idea that sleeping less to work more will somehow make you more productive is as logical as the notion that not stopping for gas will help you arrive at your destination faster, reports Harvard Business Review.
Read MoreThe Pandemic’s Secret Formula: Backyard Workouts & Lots of Sleep
Limitations imposed by the coronavirus have helped, not hurt, the performances of some world-class athletes, reports The New York Times. When the Olympics were postponed, Joshua Cheptegei, 23, of Uganda changed his goal from...
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