19 June 2015

Sleep News || June 12 - June 19

 ALERTS   || Medical recalls, device alerts, clinical trial opportunities, FDA announcements, drug warnings 

Participants needed for research study for children with narcolepsy with cataplexy 
Local doctors and researchers are currently conducting the EXPRESS medical research study of an investigational medication called Xyrem. They want to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of this medication in the treatment of children who have narcolepsy with cataplexy.
If your child has been diagnosed with this condition, please learn more about this study.

RESMED.com: Device/technology recall: ResMed Provides Update on Phase IV SERVE-HF Study of Adaptive Servo-Ventilation (ASV) Therapy In Central Sleep Apnea and Chronic Heart Failure


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 TOP TEN  || Sleep news picks this week -- newest to oldest

1. JUNE 19 || INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
Summer solstice 2015: How we have become so in tune with the 24-hour day || Every year we mark 21 June as the longest day of the year.

2. JUNE 18 || TIME
Scientists Find a Gene That Regulates Sleep || It's a study in flies but it could have implications for us, too

3. JUNE 17 || HNGN
Healthy Sleep: New American Thoracic Society Recommendations Included Delayed School Start Times And Better Training For Physicians
Public Health & Safety

4. JUNE 17 || DESERET NEWS [UT]
UHP: Drowsy driving, no seat belt leads to deadly crash
National 

5. JUNE 16 || BREITBART
North Korea Confirms: Defense Official Executed for Napping at Meeting
World

6. JUNE 15 || MEDSCAPE
Severe Restless Legs Syndrome Linked to Increased Stroke
Public Health & Safety

7. JUNE 15 || SLEEP REVIEW
In Less Than 2 Hours, Airing Surpasses $100,000 Goal to Develop Micro-CPAP
Business & Workplace

8. JUNE 14 || SUNDAY EXPRESS
A bad night's sleep could be as dangerous as SMOKING, research warns
Public Health & Safety

9. JUNE 13 || CBS DENVER
Researchers To Share Information About Colorado Pot Research
Drugs & Therapies

10. JUNE 12 || CANCER THERAPY ADVISER
Breast Cancer Survival Linked with Sleep Duration, Quality
The Science of Sleep

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 WORLD  || International sleep news

JUNE 14 || THE DAILY MAIL [UK]
Come to bed, dear! Most couples now turn in at different times due to heavy workloads, unsociable hours or our social lives

JUNE 14 || THE DAILY STAR [BANGLADESH]
A less recognised emerging public health problem || Sleep disturbances among the adults living in disaster-prone areas in Bangladesh are on the rise

JUNE 14 || KOREA TIMES [SOUTH KOREA]
Tips to power through jetlag with kids

JUNE 14 || THE SCOTSMAN [SCOTLAND]
Farmer turns to wool to ensure ewe a good sleep

JUNE 15 || DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH [AUSTRALIA]
Research on sleep apnoea wins award

JUNE 16 || BUSINESS INSIDER [AUSTRALIA]
Bizarre photos of Chinese shoppers napping at IKEA

JUNE 16 || GLOBAL NEWS [CANADA]
Why the WHO is warning about poor sleep and heart health

JUNE 17 || REPORTER [UK]
Renton drug dealer sold Diazepam on Ebay as 'insomnia relief'

JUNE 18 || JAPAN TIMES [JAPAN]
U.K. warms to idea of Japanese-style office naps

JUNE 18 || PULSE [NIGERIA]
Meet the girl who falls asleep up to 40 times a day

JUNE 19 || MOSCOW TIMES [RUSSIA]
Moscow Residents Struggle with Early Sunrise on 'Winter Time'

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 NATIONAL  || Sleep news across the U.S.

JUNE 13 || REPUBLICAN HERALD [PA]
Sleep expert from New York to serve area

JUNE 15 || CBS MINNESOTA [MN]
Dental Procedure Eases Edina Man’s Snoring Problem

JUNE 16 || PALM BEACH POST [FL]
Calling all insomniacs: Five reasons you are yawning during the day

JUNE 17 || ROCKY FORK ENTERPRISE [OH]
Students compete nationally with driving device

JUNE 18 || CAPITAL GAZETTE [MD]
Board: Schools will start later in 2016-17

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 PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY  || Community health: epidemiology, transportation, industry, education

JUNE 12 || WXYZ NEWS DETROIT
Are sleep aids like Ambien and Restoril as bad as driving drunk?

JUNE 15 || REUTERS
Americans, their physicians should take sleep seriously: chest doctors

JUNE 16 || THE MIRROR
Zander Moynes: Brit found dead in Ibiza 'after taking cocktail of alcohol and sleeping pills'

JUNE 16 || PHYS.ORG
Vehicle direction, not driver biometrics, best way to detect drowsiness

JUNE 18 || MEDSCAPE MULTISPECIALTY
Medscape Med Students || A Most Tiring Time: Sleep and Residency

JUNE 18 || TRUCK NEWS
Sleep apnea: The monster under the bed || Northbridge Insurance hosts day-long seminar examining the issue of sleep apnea in trucking

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 BUSINESS & WORKPLACE  || Workplace safety, corporate news, the business of sleep

JUNE 12 || UPSTART BUSINESS JOURNAL
Maker of tiny sleep-apnea device looks to Indiegogo to raise funds from patients

JUNE 15 || ENTREPRENEUR
This Startup Won't Sleep Until it Revolutionizes the Mattress Industry

JUNE 16 || NASDAQ GLOBAL NEWSWIRE
Children With Sleep Apnea Face Health and Cognitive Issues: World Patent Marketing Can Help With Its Innovative Toddler Patent

JUNE 19 || WHATECH
Research delivers insight into the melatonin market analysis, size and forecasts to 2022

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 THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP  || Scientific research and basic sleep health resources

JUNE 12 || NEW SCIENTIST
First circadian clock transplant allows E. coli to keep time || A working circadian clock has been inserted in E. coli that allows the microbes to keep to a 24-hour schedule. The tiny timekeepers could eventually be used in biological computers or for combating the effects of jet lag

JUNE 13 || HUFFINGTON POST
A Patient Walks Into a Sleep Clinic With Too Many Red Blood Cells...

JUNE 13 || KRQE NEWS
New study reveals how the brain discards toxins, importance of full night’s sleep

JUNE 15 || BANGALORE MIRROR JOURNAL 
You Asked : Sleep paralysis

JUNE 15 || CLEVELAND CLINIC
You Don’t Have to Endure Insomnia During Cancer Treatment || Expert advice on combating sleepless nights

JUNE 15 || EYES ON NEWS
Scientists discover a protein that silences the biological clock

JUNE 15 || LIFEHACKER
Ask an Expert: All About Sleeping Disorders

JUNE 15 || NEUROLOGY ADVISOR
Sleep May Have a Protective Effect on Pain

JUNE 15 || PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
Summertime Blues: Warm Weather Seasonal Affective Disorder

JUNE 16 || STOP AFIB.ORG
Transcript of Afib Chat with Cleveland Clinic Atrial Fibrillation Experts

JUNE 18 || DEBRIEF
Ask and Adult: Is My Depression Caused By My Insomnia?

JUNE 19 || HEALIO CARDIOLOGY
CAD linked with obstructive sleep apnea, shorter sleep duration

JUNE 19 || SFARI
Body clock genes may set pace for sleep issues in autism

JUNE 19 || UW TODAY
Access to electricity is linked to reduced sleep

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 TECHNOLOGY  || Devices and tools for diagnosing and treating sleep health issues

JUNE 13 || USA TODAY
These smart glasses know when you need a nap

JUNE 14 || SLASHDOT
UW Researchers Prototype Sonar-Based Contactless Sleep Monitoring

 DRUGS & THERAPIES  || Pharmacology, therapeutics, alternative medicine

JUNE 12 || NEWS-MEDICAL.NET
New study suggests that bright light after night shift may have potential to improve driving performance
Phototherapy

JUNE 15 || HEALIO PULMONOLOGY
Oral device reduces snoring, sleep apnea
Devices

JUNE 15 || NEWS-MEDICAL.NET
Veterans who died from drug overdoses also prescribed benzodiazepines for pain
Drugs

JUNE 15 || NURSING TIMES
Reducing sleep disturbances caused by shift work || A Cochrane review explored which pharmacological interventions, such as modafinil and armodafinil, and other treatments, including hypnotics, can reduce sleep disturbance associated with shift work
Drugs

JUNE 15 || SLEEP REVIEW
In Virtual Seminar, Expert Says “Mindful Meditation” Can Help Chronically Sleep-deprived
Alternative therapies

JUNE 16 || BREATHE BETTER,  SLEEP BETTER, LIVE BETTER
7 Reasons Not to Undergo Sleep Apnea Surgery
Surgery

JUNE 16 || GIZMODO
Meanwhile in the Future: Never Sleep Again, Using This Drug
Drugs

JUNE 16 || SLEEP REVIEW
Gabapentin Enacarbil May Relieve Pain Along With Restless Legs Syndrome Symptoms
Drugs

JUNE 16 || US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
What Works for Snoring? Find the solution that meets your needs – your partner will thank you
General therapies

JUNE 18 || BOLDSKY
How Smoking Affects Your Sleep
Drugs

JUNE 18 || THE DAILY MAIL
Sleeping pills TREBLE the risk of lung cancer: Common drugs including Xanax and Valium trigger 'worrying' rates of disease
Drugs

JUNE 18 || PR NEWSWIRE
Including Positional Therapy into Sleep Apnea Treatment Algorithm is Cost Effective
General therapies

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 CULTURE & MEDIA  || Cultural and social expressions and discussions about sleep

JUNE 12 || THE STAR
Edlington grocery thief caught napping
Culture

JUNE 13 || SO BAD SO GOOD
The Sad & Fascinating Reality Of Where Children Sleep
Culture 

JUNE 15 || PREVENTION
What Your Favorite Sleep Position Says About You
Culture

JUNE 15 || TELEGRAPH
Rivera: Did I sleep smoke?
Celebrities 

JUNE 16 || BUSTLE
Kanye West Falls Asleep At Disneyland & Inspires This Ode To Taking Naps At The Theme Park
Celebrities

JUNE 17 || TOWNHALL.COM
Sleep through my piece, please, composer Max Richter says
Arts

JUNE 18 || OREGON OUTDOORS
Outdoors commentary: Getting sleep in the outdoors — or not
Travel

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 LIFESTYLE & HYGIENE  || Helps for patients and clues for sleep self-improvement

JUNE 12 || TODAY.COM
9 super easy ways to smile before you go to bed

JUNE 14 || BEND BULLETIN
Finding a truly quiet hotel room

JUNE 14 || THE GLOBE & MAIL
Shift work may have negative impact on long-term health

JUNE 14 || THE NEWS HUB
Why sleep deprivation may have nothing to do with drinking too much coffee || The explanation could be a lot simpler...

JUNE 14 || STUFF: WELL & GOOD
The perils of hitting the 'snooze' button

JUNE 15 || THE DAILY MEAL
Mind Over Meal: Is It Really Possible to Eat or Drink Away Insomnia? Does a glass of warm milk really put you to sleep?

JUNE 15 || THE DAILY SABAH
The science behind late night cravings

JUNE 15 || FOOD NETWORK
Why You Should Wait to Drink Your Coffee in the A.M.

JUNE 15 || LIFEHACKER 
Improve Your Quality of Sleep by Going to Bed at the Same Time as Your Partner

JUNE 15 || TECH TIMES
Want Sharper Memory? Enough Sleep Helps

JUNE 16 || HUFFINGTON POST UK
10 Ways to Get Through Sleep Deprivation

JUNE 16 || LIFEHACKER
Enjoy Late Night Coffee? Good Luck With Sound Sleep

JUNE 16 || NDTV
How to Sleep Fast: 7 Dos and Don'ts to Help You Stop Counting Sheep

JUNE 16 || WALL STREET HEDGE
Good Sleep Hygiene Can Greatly Improve a Person's Life

JUNE 17 || 12NEWS
12 ways to sleep during summer nights without AC

JUNE 18 || SLEEP BETTER, LIVE BETTER BLOG
How bad is pulling an all-nighter?

JUNE 19 || COUNTRY GUIDE
Hanson Acres: The case of the barking dog in the night-time || Dale gets an answer to his question, “What do I have to pay to get a decent sleep around here?”

JUNE 19 || EXPRESS & ECHO
Is too much noise making us fat?

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 FAMILY  || Sleep health through the lifespan: pediatrics, womens health, family health, eldercare

JUNE 13 || THE DAILY COURIER
Column: Child stops breathing four times a night while sleeping
Kids

JUNE 13 || FREE PRESS JOURNAL
Bed Wetting in Children
Kids

JUNE 13 || TIMES RECORD
Wake-Up Call: Schools Study Letting Teens Sleep Longer Before Start of School Day
Kids

JUNE 15 || THE DAILY FREEMAN
Keeping teens from nodding off behind the wheel
Kids

JUNE 15 || DAILY MAIL
Mother-of-two survives with just one hour's sleep a night for SIX YEARS
Women

JUNE 16 || CHRONICLE HERALD
School’s (almost) out for summer: Tips for avoiding a summer sleep meltdown in your child
Kids

JUNE 16 || THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY
Hormone fluctuations disrupt sleep of perimenopausal women || Study finds sleep interruptions worsen during certain phases of menstrual cycle
Women

JUNE 16 || INDEPENDENT
How can I get my two-year-old son back to his sleep routine?
Kids

JUNE 16 || OBSERVER
Grandfather invents sleep solution for babies, parents
Kids

JUNE 17 || PERRY COUNTY TRIBUNE
Follow the ABC's of safe sleep for babies
Kids

JUNE 19 || FT MCMURRAY TODAY
Non-cliché sleep advice for parents
Kids

JUNE 19 || WOWT
Trash Collection Too Early For Retirement Community
Seniors

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 VIDEOS  || Sleep health education and issues captured on film

JUNE 13 || MYSTERY DIAGNOSIS
'Sleep Sex' Unromantic, Even Dangerous - Full Documentary 2015
Public Health & Safety

JUNE 14 || DOUBLE RAINBOW
CPAP Sleep Apnea Memory Foam Pillow
Technology

JUNE 14 || LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM
Snoring and Sleep Apnea
The Science of Sleep

JUNE 14 || RX DAILY
The ZZZs That Lead to Good Health Restful, adequate sleep may play a role in health
The Science of Sleep

JUNE 14 || WHAT'S UP DOC
Sleep Series Part 3: Energy Exercises for Insomnia
Drugs & Therapies

JUNE 15 || CHANNEL 3000
Healthwatch: Sleep disorders and heart attacks
Public Health & Safety

JUNE 15 || MARIE CLAIRE
Shocking New Video Shows What Sleep Deprivation Does to Your Face
Culture & Media


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 FIRST PERSON  || Individual accounts of living with sleep disorders

JUNE 12 || NEW YORK POST

How having narcolepsy is messing with my love life
Lifestyle & Hygiene

JUNE 13 || THE GUARDIAN
I’ve hit a sleep wall and I’m seeing double
Family

JUNE 18 || QUARTZ
I once tried to cheat sleep, and for a year I succeeded
The Science of Sleep

JUNE 19 || THE GUARDIAN
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/19/experience-blindness-no-sense-of-time
The Science of Sleep


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 DREAM LIFE  || The art and science of dreaming

JUNE 14 || LIVEWELL NEBRASKA
Why do we dream? Creighton Med neurologist determined to find answer

JUNE 14 || PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
Commonly Asked Questions About Dreams

JUNE 16 || WASHINGTON POST
How Gandhi and Paul McCartney used dreams to solve problems and surface great ideas

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