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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Sleep Disorders Tally $94.9 Billion in Health Care Costs Each Year
Researchers found the number of medical visits and prescriptions filled were nearly doubled in people with sleep disorders.
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School 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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Improving Access and Education with the NSF
New National Sleep Foundation chairman Richard K. Bogan, MD, will continue to enhance the...
Read MoreAASM Foundation Unveils Community Sleep Award with Up to $20,000 Funding per Award
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation is now accepting letters of intent from organizations and individuals interested in applying for the new Community Sleep Health Award. The program will support a wide range of...
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National Sleep Foundation Elects New Board of Directors
The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) has elected Richard K. Bogan, MD, as chair of the foundation’s...
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National Sleep Foundation Names New Editor for Sleep Health Journal
The National Sleep Foundation has named Orfeu M. Buxton, PhD, as the next editor-in-chief for its...
Read MoreAASM Names New President
Kelly A. Carden, MD, is the 34th president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) board of directors. Carden assumed the role during SLEEP 2019. She will serve a one-year term leading the physicians, scientists,...
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Teens Who Sleep Longer Are More Alert For Homework When School Starts Later
Preliminary findings from a new study of middle school and high school students suggest that they...
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