THIS WEEK IN SLEEP NEWS, Aug 28 - Sept 3

Welcome to  SLEEPTEMBER  ... A grassroots campaign to raise awareness about sleep health and to solidify efforts to crowdsource funds for research related to all forms of sleep loss and how it significantly impacts public health and safety.

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 SPECIAL  || Don't miss these highlights from the recent #KidsNeedSleep Twitter chat co-sponsored by the CDC, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Association of School Nurses. 

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

1. SEPT  2 || THE MANDARIN
What happens if Adelaide changes the clocks to EST?
World

2. SEPT  1 || AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
CPAP Works: Common Sleep Apnea Treatment Reverses Brain Function Changes Associated with Heart Disease
Therapies

3. SEPT  1 || THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
Adaptive Servo-Ventilation for Central Sleep Apnea in Systolic Heart Failure
Public Health & Safety

4. SEPT  1 || SLEEP REVIEW
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Show Compromised Blood-Brain Barrier Function
The Science of Sleep

5.  AUG 31 || THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Benadryl commonly used as sleep aid
Drugs

6. AUG 31 || HUFFINGTON POST
Look Beyond Pills for Better Sleep
Therapies

7. AUG 31 || TIME
Lack of Sleep Dramatically Raises Your Risk For Getting Sick
Public Health & Safety

8. AUG 30 || ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Are naps good or bad for you?
Lifestyle & Hygiene

9.  AUG 28 || ECONOMIC TIMES
Rio Olympics: Sleeping drug ban for Australian athletes
Sports

10. AUG 28 || TAXI
How much coffee, alcohol, sleep deprivation cam you take before it kills you
Lifestyle & Hygiene

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 WORLD  || International sleep news

AUG 29 || MIDEAST TIMES [IRAN]
5 interesting napping/sleeping trends in the Middle East

AUG 30 || SINGAPORE TIMES [SINGAPORE]
Genes could explain your reaction to jet lag

AUG 30 || TIMES OF OMAN [OMAN]
Obstructive Sleep Apnea

AUG 31 || DAILY MAIL (UK)
ASK THE DOCTOR: My insomnia pills worked, why can't I still have them?

AUG 31 || WALES ONLINE [WALES]
Do you have restless leg syndrome? One Welsh consultant says great strides are being made to tackle the condition

SEPT 2 || STANDARD DIGITAL [KENYA]
Overcoming a rare sleep disorder

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 NATIONAL  || Sleep news across the U.S.

AUG 30 || YUMA NEWS NOW [AZ]

Sandman Not Doing the Job? Use These Behavioral Strategies for Sleep Difficulties

AUG 31 || MIAMI HERALD [FL]

A sounder sleep for sleep apnea patients

AUG 31 || PHILLY.com [PA]

Health Tip: GERD Shouldn't Interrupt Sleep

AUG 31 || TIMES LEADER [PA]

Class on good sleep is in session

SEPT 1 || WCTV [FL]

Family of 8-Year-Old Killed in Crash Reminds Motorists: Don't Drive Drowsy

SEPT 1 || WSU NEWS [WA]

Shifting sleep cycle affects sleep quality, immune response

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

AUG 31 || FOX 2 NOW
STLMoms: Safe Driving Campaign

AUG 31 || NEWS ON 6
Dispatcher Helps Mother Save Baby During 911 Call: ...Doctors believe that Brewer and Stowe prevented a case of sudden infant death syndrome

SEPT 2 || TRI-COUNTY TIMES
Drowsy driving turned deadly: Family of 15-year-old victim continues fight to change laws

SEPT 2 || WSBT 22
Police: Drowsy driving may have caused crash that killed 2 Benton Harbor women

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

AUG 30 || BUSINESS INSURANCE
Wellness programs offer a good night's sleep

SEPT 3 || THE MIRROR
Workers suffer sleepless nights as one in three admit to job-related insomnia

SEPT 3 || THE OBSERVER
How Startups Are Cashing in on Our Obsession With Getting a Good Night’s Sleep

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 THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP  || Scientific research and basic information about sleep disorders

AUG 28 || THE DAILY BEAST
Can Quality Sleep Prevent Alzheimer’s?

AUG 28 || HEALIO PULMONOLOGY
Obstructive sleep apnea worsens symptoms, QOL in patients with PTSD

AUG 28 || HEALTH NEWS DIGEST
Circadian Genes Go to Sleep Every Day at the Periphery of the Nucleus

AUG 29 || SLEEP REVIEW
On the Beat: Shahrokh Javaheri, MD, sleep physician, TriHealth Sleep, is charting a new course in cardiovascular sleep medicine

AUG 31 || UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
UNM researcher explores how sleep apnea drives high blood pressure

SEPT 1 || CURE
Getting Some Sleep: New Strategies for Survivors--Sleep disorders are finally getting the attention they deserve

SEPT 1 || MD
Still in the Dark: Unknown Relationship Between Bipolar Disorder and Circadian Cycles

SEPT 1 || MEDICAL XPRESS
Researchers provide first evidence of how obstructive sleep apnea damages the brain

SEPT 3 || MEDICAL DAILY
The Science Of Sleep: Why Non-Dreamers 'Act Out' Dreams But Can't Recall During REM Behavior Disorder

SEPT 3 || VIRTUAL-STRATEGY MAGAZINE
Dr. Murillo, DDS Warns About Sleep Disorders and Oral Health

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

AUG 28 || INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
Light from gadgets, not the apps, causes younger teens to be sleep-deprived

AUG 31 || SLEEP REVIEW
In RLS Patients, NeuroMetrix Reports Positive Pilot Data for its Wearable Pain Relief Technology

AUG 31 || UBERGIZMO
Scientists create gas sensor to help track your sleep

SEPT 1 || CULT OF MAC
Sleep machine promises a good SNOOZ

SEPT 1 || SLEEP REVIEW
Oral Appliances Side-by-Side Comparison Guide (August 2015)

SEPT 3 || DAILY MAIL
The fitness tracker for SLEEP: Samsung unveils the SleepSense that monitors heart rate, breathing and movement to ensure a perfect night's rest

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 DRUGS & THERAPIES  || Pharmacology, therapeutics, alternative medicine

AUG 28 || THE GUARDIAN
Can’t sleep? Try getting less: ‘By reducing your “sleep window”, you’re raising the stakes, giving your powers of sleep a real challenge, which brings out the best in them’
Therapies

AUG 29 || MEDSCAPE MULTISPECIALTY
Siesta Therapy: Midday Napping Could Help Lower BP in Patients Treated for Hypertension
Therapies

AUG 30 || BLACKBIRD (press release)
Houston plastic surgeon outlines unexpected benefits of rhinoplasty
Surgical options

AUG 30 || THE PAPER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY ONLINE

Preventing, treating insomnia

Therapies and prevention

AUG 31 || THE HEALTH SITE
6 soothing yoga poses for sleeping better
Alternative therapies

AUG 31 || STAMFORD ADVOCATE
Stamford co. in insomnia drug development
Drugs

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

AUG 31 || THE DAILY MAIL
The rise of the snoring room: Homes for the wealthy now come with separate his and hers bedrooms as one in six couples now sleep apart
Economics

SEPT 1 || HUFFINGTON POST
Sleep With The Lights On -- New 'American Horror Story: Hotel' Teasers Are Here (You might want to avoid your mattress for a while.)

Television

SEPT 3 || WALL STREET JOURNAL
Inside Max Richter’s ‘Sleep,’ an ‘Eight-Hour Lullaby’ for Adults

Music

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 LIFESTYLE & HYGIENE  || Daily living helps for patients and clues for sleep self-improvement

AUG 28 || AAST WEB
Reinventing the alarm

AUG 28 || ALLEY WATCH
How to recover from jetlag, travel healthy and be productive

AUG 28 || BRAIN NEWS
5 ways to stop snoring while sleeping

AUG 28 || IDEA FACTORY
SLEEP: Do you have insomnia or difficulties sleeping? Welcome to today’s world

AUG 28 || YALE DAILY NEWS
KOHRMAN: Go to sleep

AUG 30 || THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Sleep debtors: Getting proper rest pays dividends You can make up an hour here or there, but sleep debt will catch up to you

AUG 30 || THE DAILY ILLINI
Sleep schedules as dedicated as regular schedules

AUG 30 || ZEE NEWS
Looking at bright screens before sleeping can affect sleep patterns of young teens

AUG 31 || SLEEP REVIEW
In Hypertensive Patients, Midday Naps Linked with Reduced Blood Pressure, Fewer Meds

AUG 31 || TECH INSIDER SCIENCE
One super-simple way to determine if you are getting enough sleep

SEPT 1 || HARVARD HEALTH LETTER
Restructure your day to get a better night’s sleep

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

AUG 28 || KHON-2
Tips on how to help our kids get the best rest
Kids

AUG 29 || LATINOS POST
Sleep-Deprived Children More Tempted by Food, Study Suggests
Kids

AUG 31 || GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
This Sleeping Habit Can Hurt Your Chances of Getting Pregnant
Pregnancy

SEPT 1 || FOX NEWS

Daylight saving time harms high school students' alertness, study suggests

Kids

SEPT 2 || BIOMEDICAL CENTRAL

High risk for obstructive sleep apnea and other sleep disorders among overweight and obese pregnant women

Pregnancy

SEPT 2 || SCIENCE DAILY

New symptom may help identify sleep apnea in older women

Menopause

SEPT 2 || WOODTV.com

Help your child establish good sleep habits

Kids

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 MULTIMEDIA  || Sleep health education and issues captured in infographics, photos, audio, film, podcasts, video, social media

AUG 28 || FACEBOOK public conversation
...it's called sleep apnea
Social media video

AUG 28 || WLFI
Doctors say take sleep more seriously
Video

AUG 30 || WRVO
Are Fido and Fluffy disturbing your sleep?
Social media video

AUG 31 || FACEBOOK public conversation
Had 2 people speak to me about Sleep Apnea in the last week. Gotta get this checked out, may well explain why I can fall asleep while riding my bike :(
Social media dialog

AUG 31 || MPR NEWS
Back to school: Why kids sleep patterns are at odds with school start time
Podcast

AUG 31 || YOUTUBE personal video
Sylver Barcley: Sleep Deprivation
Video

SEPT 1 || WTXL ABC 27
Troopers Warn Against Drowsy Driving
Video

SEPT 2 || DAILY MAIL
Sleep expert explains why we snore and how to stop it
Video

SEPT 2 || VISUAL.LY
Wake up to the Drowsy Driving Epidemic
Infographic

SEPT 3 || NPR
Trouble Sleeping? A Composer Wants to Help
Podcast

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 FIRST PERSON  || Individual accounts of living with sleep disorders

AUG 28 || CHICAGO NOW
Middle of the night musings on sleep and life
Books

AUG 30 || NEW YORK POST
A chronic sleepwalker reveals her terror in the night
Lifestyle & Hygiene

SEPT 2 || THE DAILY GAZETTE
Trooper's Death a Tragic Lesson
Public Health & Safety

SEPT 2 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
I will not go gently into that good night
The Science of Sleep

SEPT 2 || THE INQUIRER.net
My dream(ing) man
Dream Life

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 DREAM LIFE  || The art and science of dreaming

AUG 29 || BOSTON GLOBE
Do animals dream?

AUG 30 || STUFF.co.nz
To learn how to lucid dream, read this

AUG 31 || VAN WINKLE'S
Homo Erectus, Come on Down! How Early Humans Left Their Trees and Learned to Dream

SEPT 1 || YOUTUBE
"Sleep Anthem" music video by Pierre Stemmett

SEPT 2 || DISCOVER
Does Everybody Dream?

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