Category: Prevailing Attitudes

Prevailing Attitudes

Legislators Take on Insurers’ Delays in Approving Prescribed Treatments

Beginning in June 2023, health plans will have to act on non-urgent prior authorization requests in nine calendar days and on urgent requests in 72 hours.

Prevailing Attitudes

Sleep Health During COVID-19: National Sleep Foundation Analysis

The sleep health analysis gives a broad picture of the nation's sleep health across two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prevailing Attitudes

Will Oral Appliances One Day Be an Early Intervention for Alzheimer’s Disease?

A study examines whether alleviating snoring in people with mild cognitive impairment and with Alzheimer’s influences their cognition.

Academies & Associations

AASM Introduces New Sleep Scoring Course

Participants will undergo lessons composed of videos and interactive activities to boost their skills in areas including, waveform recognition, staging, and event scoring.

Corporate Wellness

Christopher M. Barnes Named SIOP Fellow

Christopher M. Barnes, PhD, has been named a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).

Celebrities, Politics

Is Insomnia Inevitable for Creative Geniuses?

Mic: According to a sleep specialist, a correlation seems to exist, but scientists are still teasing apart the details.

Public Institutions

Connecticut Attorney General Urges FDA to Expedite Philips CPAP Replacement

AG William Tong has called on the company to provide replacement machines, reimbursement, and repair guidance.

Child Sleep Training

Poor Sleep in Infancy Linked to Toddler Behavioral Problems

Disrupted and poor quality sleep in the earliest months of a child's life can be an indicator of depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems among toddlers, according to a new study.

Future of Sleep

Why Medical Devices Should Be As Sexy as Apple Products

Fast Company: Just because a device technically does its job doesn’t mean that people will be happy to use it.