Category: Prevailing Attitudes

Prevailing Attitudes

Sleep Number’s Sustainability Report Highlights Sleep Science Progress

Sleep Number published its 2023 Corporate Sustainability Report, highlighting, in part, ongoing and recently presented sleep science research.

Prevailing Attitudes

Philips Recall: 82 More Death Reports in Medical Device Reports

The FDA updated its Philips Respironics recall safety communication this month to provide updated information about medical device reports received from November 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022.

Prevailing Attitudes

Sleep Research Society Released New Position Statement on Daylight Saving Time

Sleep Research Society released a new position statement on daylight saving time and the adoption of permanent standard time.

Academies & Associations

BRPT to Create Advanced Sleep Titration Certificate. But First, It Needs Volunteers.

Based on surveys and feedback that the BRPT has received from its credential holders, the board agrees there is an important need for a specialty exam for advanced sleep titration.

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

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.

Public Institutions

Sleep in the Hospital Could Use an Rx

To better promote healing, hospitals are starting to take steps to encourage inpatients to get enough slumber during their stays.

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

Review: Sleep Robot Somnox 2

A writer for WIRED reviews the Somnox 2, a sleep robot designed with the help of sleep scientists.