MAHA Report Condemns Common Sleep Apnea Surgery as ‘Overtreatment’
Sleep specialists may disagree on the reference to sleep apnea surgery in the section about “the crisis of overdiagnosis and overtreatment in children.”
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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.
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The National Center on Sleep Disorders Research Has a New Director
Congress established the NCSDR in 1993 to coordinate sleep research throughout National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies.
Study of 28,000 Students Finds Later School Start Times Facilitate Adequate Sleep
A new study in SLEEP demonstrates the significant benefits of later school start times for middle and high school students’ sleep schedules.
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NIH, DC Government Partner to Reduce Sleep-Related Infant Deaths
Although many places have seen decreases in sleep-related infant deaths over the last few years, the DC area has seen an increase.
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How UArizona Researchers Are Contributing to Better Sleep
Sairam Parthasarathy’s lab is testing a peer-driven intervention for CPAP adherence, as well as how astronauts might sleep in space.
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College Student’s Simple Invention Helps Nurses Work and Patients Rest
New York Times: The device, a wearable night light that can minimize disturbances for sleeping patients, is the brainchild of a University of Pennsylvania senior and a neonatal ICU nurse.
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AASM Establishes Congressional Sleep Health Caucus
The caucus became official in October when the US House of Representatives Committee on House Administration updated its roster of congressional member organizations.
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Migraines & School Start Times: For Teens, Later School Start Can Yield Benefits Similar to Migraine Prevention Drugs
“If our findings are confirmed in future research, shifting to a later high school start time is a modifiable, society-level intervention that could translate to thousands of fewer migraine days and fewer missed days of school for teenagers.”
Read MoreSchool Is Back in Session. For Once, Teens Can Get Enough Sleep. (Editor’s Message)
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, schools are embracing later morning start times at a shockingly fast pace.
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How Does Sleep Loss Impact Criminal Interrogations?
There was little direct, scientific evidence on whether sleep enhances or inhibits intelligence disclosures prior to this study.
Read MoreA Sleep Specialist Remembers His Friend and Stanford Colleague William C. Dement, MD, PhD
Irrefutably, all of our lives have been made better thanks to Bill Dement. This is why he is known as the “Father of Sleep Medicine.”
Read MoreStudy Suggests Later School Start Times Reduce Car Crashes
A study published online as an accepted paper in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that later school start times were associated with a significant drop in vehicle accidents involving teen drivers. Researchers...
Read MoreHigh School Starts At 3 p.m. For These Michigan Students
There’s a more basic reason for flex classes: catching up on sleep, reports NPR.”I’m able to sleep in as long as I need to, so I always get like a good night’s rest,” says junior Jerome Tiel....
Read MoreDream Class? Quebec High School Introduces Sleep to Lesson Plans This Year
The new project is on the heels of new research published in the journal Sleep Medicine earlier this year that advocated for more sleep education in schools, reports CTV News.“Some of these students took what they learned,...
Read MoreFewer Students Are Tardy as Morning Bell Rings Later in Affton Schools
After a school district changed its start time to 8 am, from 7:10 am, students are more engaged, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. But not everyone is thrilled with the new schedule. “I’m not a big fan of it. I...
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Snooze You Can Use: California Legislates More Sleep For Better Health
A law recently signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that mandates later start times for most students—no earlier than 8 a.m. in middle school and 8:30 a.m. in high school—is the first statewide response in the United States to overwhelming evidence that chronic lack of sleep impairs teens.
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California to Start School Day Later So Students Get More Sleep
School start time bill SB 328 has been signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom, making...
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