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- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE || CDC publishes new state-specific analysis of middle and high school start times
- KSN-NBC || School sleep should start now
- LIMAOHIO.com || Expert: School-age children getting less sleep
- MARIETTA DAILY JOURNAL || Snoozing for school: Developing healthy sleep schedule important for children, teenagers
- NARCOLEPSY NETWORK || Tips to make the back-to-school transition easier
- OAOA.com || CENTERS' PIECE: Be aware of sleep deprivation in teens (OpEd)
- PR NEWSWIRE || New Liberty Mutual Insurance and SADD survey finds majority of teens engage in dangerous driving behaviors to accommodate "always on" lifestyle
- SCOPE || Rethinking middle and high-school success: strategies for creating healthier students
- TIME || Schools Start Too Early, Federal Officials Say
- WASHINGTON POST || CDC: Too many schools start class too early, a problem for student health
- WTOC || Normal sleep cycle crucial for getting children back to school
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1. AUG 6 || ALABAMA.com
Alabama mother fights for 'drowsy driving law'
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Please see the comments to understand why we actually NEED this kind of legislation. Drowsy driving is a major public safety hazard in the US, yet American citizens do not have the slightest clue how bad the problem is or that it's even a problem. -- The Curator, SHC
Public Health & Safety
2. AUG 6 || AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE
ResMed provides updated contraindication for ASV therapy - Link to the updates here
Special Bulletin
3. AUG 6 || MEDICAL NEWS TODAY
'Start high and go low' dosing strategy advised for chronic insomnia
Drugs
4. AUG 5 || TREEHUGGER
How to use screens at night without ruining your sleep
Technology
5. AUG 4 || THE EXPRESS
Hospital consultant accidentally killed himself by using anaesthetic to help him sleep
Public Health & Safety
Breathing Device for Premature Infants Targets Needy Countries
Technology
7. AUG 4 || PRAVDA
8. AUG 4 || THE PRESS ENTERPRISE
MORENO VALLEY: Fatal crash leads to family's plea: Young drivers, stay safe (drowsy driving)
Public Health & Safety
Texas man ran $114 mln Ponzi scheme linked to drowsy driving -- SEC
Public Health & Safety
Companies wake up to cost of employee sleep deprivation on the job: The average worker loses 11 days of productivity each year due to insomnia
Business & Workplace
JULY 31 || PLYMOUTH HERALD [UK]
Friends say Plymouth Apprentice star Stuart Baggs, 27, 'worked himself to death' (Insomnia)
Gun stolen while cop naps
AUG 1 || UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY [AUSTRALIA]
Need a power nap? Sleep pods are now in the Library
AUG 2 || VICTORIA AGE [AUSTRALIA]
Sleep pods popping up as tired city workers seek an afternoon siesta
AUG 3 || THE LOCAL [GERMANY]
Man promises to stop coffin naps in public
AUG 6 || THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR [CANADA]
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AUG 3 || POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL [NY]
Snoozing through ‘sleep study’ can shed light on disorder
AUG 5 || HAWAII NEWS NOW [HI]
How Do You Get Your Keiki Back on A Sleep Schedule? Doctor Offers Tips
Working Through The Stress of Sleep Disorders
Insomnia and heart disease risk
JULY 31 || HOMETOWN LIFE
Stay alert behind the wheel this vacation season
AUG 3 || YALE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Food Insecurity Linked to Poor Sleep Patterns, Study Finds
BUSINESS & WORKPLACE || Workplace safety, corporate news, the business of sleep
AUG 3 || BUSINESS INSIDER TRAVELSee the secret airplane bedrooms where flight attendants sleep on long-haul flights
How The Sleep Industry Is Making Billions From Our Sleepless Nights: "The main driver of the growth, according to the report, is the one you’re holding in your hand."
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AUG 3 || VAN WINKLE'S
Rethinking Our Rest: The Science Behind Polyphasic Sleeping
Changing Clocks & Changing Seasons: Scientists Find Role for Neuronal Plasticity
AUG 4 || SLEEP REVIEW
GABA May Act as Chemical “Brake” Preventing Histamine Wakefulness from Being Too Intense
AUG 4 || STONYBROOK UNIVERSITY NEWSROOM
Could Body Posture During Sleep Affect How Your Brain Clears Waste?
AUG 6 || MEDICAL NEWS TODAY
Could sleeping on one's side reduce risk of Alzheimer's?
AUG 6 || LAB MANAGER
Rhythm & Snooze: Gut microbes affect circadian rhythms in mice, study says
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DRUGS & THERAPIES || Pharmacology, therapeutics, alternative medicine
AUG 3 || HUFFINGTON POST
Ask JJ: Sleep Supplements
Drugs
AUG 4 || PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS JOURNAL
New CEO for Montco firm taking on sleep apnea: A Montgomery County biopharmaceutical company working on a pill to treat sleep apnea has a new chief executive
Drugs
AUG 5 || WAAYTV.com
Yoga experts say they have the secret to better sleep in six minutes
Alternative Therapies
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AUG 1 || DAILY MAIL
'I'm 46 but it's more like 64': Jason Bateman loves nothing more than sleeping... and blames snooziness on his toddler daughter
Celebrities
AUG 4 || THE TELEGRAPH
Instagram jet-setters at risk of ill-health and relationship breakdown: Jet-setting may seem glamorous but it can lead to loneliness, isolation and a string of health problems
Culture
AUG 6 || YAHOO! HEALTH
Sleepwalking May Have Caused Death of TV's Chris Hyndman — But How? — TV personality Chris Hyndman was found dead late at night on Monday, July 3
Culture
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JULY 31 || MINN POST
The importance of sleep: It's not just how much, but when
AUG 1 || SC TIMES
Take steps to reduce noise, light for better sleep
AUG 4 || CURRENT IN ZIONVILLE
Column: The (good) news about naps
AUG 5 || AMERISLEEP
How to Sleep Better Every Night: 45 Science-Backed Tips for More ZZZ’s
AUG 6 || THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
Eight hotel hacks that will make your stay more comfortable
AUG 6 || YAHOO! TRAVEL
Kellan Lutz Invented the One Thing That Will Help You Sleep on a Plane
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JULY 31 || THE 402 (411)
Sleep training teaches self-coping skills
Pediatrics
Keep electronics out of kids' bedrooms for healthy sleep
Pediatrics
AUG 1 || SC TIMES
Your sleep habits change as you age
Seniors
MEDIA || Sleep health education and issues captured in audio, video and print
AUG 3 || FOX 19 NOW
Cincinnati officer appears to sleep in cruiser
Video
Terry Cralle, RN, and W. David Brown, PhD, Explore Sleep Health and Wellness in New Picture Book for Children
Books
AUG 5 || HUBSPOT
The Science of Sleep: What Happens During the 5 Stages of Your Sleep Cycle
Infographic
AUG 5 || KALW
Your Call: What are the public health implications of insufficient sleep?
Audio
Small portable device helps those with sleep apnea
Video
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JULY 31 || THE GLOBE AND MAIL
No screens before bedtime? Not in my house
Lifestyle & Hygiene
JULY 31 || THE GUARDIAN
Night shifts are wrecking my health – but I can’t seem to give them up
Lifestyle & Hygiene
AUG 3 || ATTN
Why I Am No Longer Terrified of Sleep Paralysis
The Science of Sleep
AUG 4 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
Why I Am No Longer Terrified of Sleep Paralysis
The Science of Sleep
AUG 4 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
AUG 6 || BUSINESS INSIDER AUSTRALIA
I hate getting out of bed in the morning, so I tried the famous 'wake-up light'
TechnologyI hate getting out of bed in the morning, so I tried the famous 'wake-up light'
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How do we dream? What are nightmares?
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