19 September 2015

THIS WEEK IN SLEEP NEWS, Sept 11-18

 SLEEPTEMBER  || A patient-driven grassroots campaign to crowdsource funds for research related to sleep loss and chronic medical conditions related to sleep loss and how these impact public health and safety. 
 SPECIAL  || Calls to action, announcements, recalls, breaking news 
  •   HAPPY FIRST ANNIVERSARY TO SLEEPY HEAD CENTRAL!   
  • Ask Congress to designate a national awareness day for Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS). Many lifelong night owls actually suffer from (DSPS), a circadian rhythm disorder that is commonly experienced in young adults as a part of neurological development in late adolescence. Many adults never recover from these odd hours, however, and the result is ongoing daytime somnolence and other issues related to relationships and work. People with DSPS are not lazy or undisciplined; they have a legitimate sleep disorder and need diagnosis and treatment. As of this post, 9/1000 signatures have been collected. SIGN HERE to add yours
  • The National Sleep Foundation announces its 2015 Sleep Health & Safety Conference to be held at the McLean Hilton in McLean, Virginia, on November 6, 2015. Policy makers, manufacturers and the sleep community plan to discuss the challenges of keeping highways safe by using technology and prevention to reduce drowsy driving statistics. The keynote address will be delivered by the administrator to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Honorable Mark Rosekind. Registration information 

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

1. SEPT 18 || HUFFINGTON POST
6 Things People With Sleep Apnea Wish You Knew
Culture


2. SEPT 16 || THE CHATTANOOGA PULSE

Sleep of the Civil Servant (Again)
Curator's remarks: All the science-y articles in the world cannot teach what we as human beings can related to via direct life experience.
First Person

3. SEPT 16 || NEWSMAX
What to Do When Arthritis Won't Let You Sleep
Lifestyle & Hygiene

4. SEPT 16 || UPI
Genetics play role in development of adult insomnia
The Science of Sleep

5.  SEPT  15 || QUANTA MAGAZINE
How the Body’s Trillions of Clocks Keep Time
The Science of Sleep


6. SEPT  15 || VANCOUVER SUN
Lessons learned from a hard day’s night in a sleep lab
Curator's remarks: Here's a brief walk-through of what a sleep study looks like, incorporating the sensors, patient experience and technology. (To my RPSGT pals: those EOGs, wayyyyy off! LOL)

The Science of Sleep

7. SEPT 15 || VISUAL NEWS
Game-Changing Mattress Maker ‘Casper’ Goes on a Nap Tour
Lifestyle & Hygiene

8. SEPT 14 || CHANNEL 5
I Woke Up In a Morgue
Documentary


9.  SEPT 14 || NEW YORK MAGAZINE
Your Sleep Tracker Probably Isn’t Very Good at Tracking Your Sleep
Curator's remarks: Just because the technology exists doesn't mean it actually works.

Technology


10.  SEPT 14 || WFLA-NEWSCHANNEL 8
Children experiencing trouble in the classroom may have sleep disorder
Curator's remarks: Before you accept a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD for your school-aged child, consider getting a second opinion from a sleep physician.

Kids
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 WORLD  || International sleep news

SEPT  11 || THE DAILY MAIL [UK]
Is this FINALLY the answer to avoiding jet lag? The 'calculator' that tells you how to shift your body clock and beat groggy feelings

SEPT  11 || THE SIASAT DAILY [INDIA]
What Role does Your Biological Clock Play in Recovery?

SEPT  12 || THE DAILY TIMES [PAKISTAN]
Is lack of sleep making you gain weight?

SEPT  12 || THE DOMINION POST [NEW ZEALAND]
Husband guilty of raping wife said he acted in his sleep
Curator's remarks: When is it okay to mock someone with a disabling invisible illness like narcolepsy? Never. But it's just as harmful as mocking a person who is blind or has a club foot. Mockery = ignorance. Stahhhhhp it, people. 

SEPT  16 || THE GUARDIAN [UK]
A stroll by the sea will help you sleep longer, study finds

SEPT  17 || AAAS.org [EUROPE]
Sleepless in Slovenia: The European countries with the highest rates of insomnia

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 NATIONAL  || Sleep news across the U.S.

SEPT 11 || THE GUARDIAN [OR]
Plane passenger woke, stood, urinated on others and went back to sleep

SEPT 13 || AIKEN STANDARD [SC]
Trouble sleeping? There could be a reason
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 PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY  || Community health: epidemiology, transportation, industry, education

SEPT 12 || SLEEP BETTER, LIVE BETTER 
The Sleep Loss Epidemic: the huge social, medical, and economic costs of sleep deprivation
Curator's remarks: The statistics are real and they get worse every year. 

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

SEPT  11 || IOL LIFESTYLE
Could the world of work start later?
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 THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP  || Scientific research and basic sleep health resources

SEPT  11 || MD
Sleep Problems and Breathing Problems May Indicate Neurological Injury

SEPT  14 || WASHINGTON POST
What goes on while you are sleeping
SEPT  15 || NATION MULTIMEDIA
Snoring--The Silent Killer

SEPT  15 || SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Why We Sleep

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

SEPT  11 || THE NEW YORK TIMES
High-Tech Lights to Help Baby Sleep, or Students Stay Alert


SEPT  11 || ONE:LIFE
Sleep better: Tech that blocks blue light
Curator's remarks: If you're not going to stop staring at screen right before bed, at least invest in some kind of blue blocking technology. (Me? I follow my own advice; I wear blue blocking glasses when I work after dark and use a blue-light filtered booklight to read on my non-backlit Kindle at bedtime. Look Ma! No insomnia!) 

SEPT  14 || HEALTH DAY NEWS
Sleep Apnea Treatment May Reverse Unhealthy Brain Changes


SEPT  16 || THE NEW YORK TIMES
Sleep Aids to Get You Through the Night

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 DRUGS & THERAPIES  || Pharmacology, therapeutics, alternative medicine

SEPT  11 || LONGEVITY 
Yoga for Sleep
Alternative therapies


SEPT  14 || GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT 
Is natural sleep the only kind that counts? Or can we make that artificial, too?
Curator's remarks: Three cheers for better sleep hygiene!
Drugs

SEPT  16 || THE TELEGRAPH 
Coffee stops jet lag by rewinding the body clock - but there’s a catch
Drugs

SEPT  18 || BANGOR DAILY NEWS
Treating depression, anxiety and insomnia with Chinese medicine
Alternative Therapies

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 CULTURE  || Cultural and social expressions and discussions about sleep

SEPT  11 || THE TELEGRAPH
Is it time to rethink time?
Curator's remarks: Though the philosophy of this discussion is gratifying, until the world can reframe its priorities to center on human health before big business, the odds of changing our relationship to time to improve circadian rhythm function globally are probably astronomical.

Culture

SEPT 12 || JULIE FLYGARE
Narcolepsy Presentations at UCLA Med School 2015 – “A learning experience for both medical students and seasoned physicians.”
Education

SEPT  14 || THE GUARDIAN 
Aristocratic bloodlines sullied – how do the well-to-do sleep? Many working-class communities have adapted to racial diversity. Would that you could say the same for their alleged social betters
Status Quo

SEPT  15 || YAHOO! SPORTS
Aussie Olympic coaches encouraging late nights and sleep-ins
Sports

SEPT  16 || THE AUSTRALIAN 
Grant Hackett finds the cure for his sleeping dramas
Sports

SEPT  17 || THE BATT
Student debuts mental health-inspired novel
Literature

SEPT  17 || QUILL & QUIRE 
Nino Ricci and the power of Sleep
Literature

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

SEPT  11 || THE MIRROR
A lack of sleep can having a devastating impact on your body - and love life

SEPT  11 || MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE NEWS 
Alcohol Affects Mitochondria Due to Circadian Clock’s Disruption


SEPT  13 || SLEEP JUNKIE 
7 sleep sins that keep you awake at night
Curator's remarks: SHC can't reiterate it enough--we need to practice better sleep hygiene. All of us. 

SEPT  14 || THE GLOBE AND MAIL
A good night’s sleep is yet another reward for exercising

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

SEPT 14 || THE HERALD JOURNAL
Sleepy teenagers? Don't blame them — blame Mother Nature
Kids

SEPT 14 || SEATTLE MAMA DOC
Using Melatonin To Help Children Fall Asleep
Kids

SEPT 15 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
Crash Course: Public School Accommodations for Children with Hypersomnia (Part 1)
Kids

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 MEDIA || Sleep health education and issues captured in graphics, photos, audio, film

SEPT  13 || AMERICAN SLEEP APNEA ASSOCIATION
NFL players are at 4-5 times greater risk of having sleep apnea than the average population. #NFL #apnea #SleepHealth
Tweet

SEPT  14 || AETNA HEALTH NEWS
See what happens when you don’t get enough sleep: We challenged a group of stunt experts to demonstrate how lack of sleep affects our ability to function
Video

SEPT  14 || MAYO CLINIC MINUTE
Mayo Clinic Minute: Sleep, Depression, PTSD
Video

SEPT  14 || PREVENTION
6 Ways #LackofSleep Hurts You – @PreventionMag + Body Diagram on Sleep Deprivation #SleepTips #HealthTips huge goal
Tweet

SEPT  16 || SLEEP REVIEW CONVERSATIONS
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 FIRST PERSON  || Individual accounts of living with sleep disorders

SEPT 11 || BABBLE
Why naps need to make a comeback
Lifestyle & Hygiene


SEPT 11 || HUFFINGTON POST COLLEGE
Why This Energy Drink Poster Targeting College Students Is Red Bull$#!
Curator's remarks: There is no better way to improve one's energy, alertness and awakeness than by getting adequate sleep every single night. Caffeine and energy drinks are no substitute.

Lifestyle & Hygiene

SEPT 11 || HUFFINGTON POST PARENTS
How I've Coped With the Sleep Challenges of My Special Needs Son
Family

SEPT 17 || BROOMFIELD ENTERPRISE
Chance: Sleepless in Broomfield
Aging

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 DREAM LIFE  || The art and science of dreaming

SEPT 11 || QUARTZ
If you think you aren’t dreaming at night, you’re probably wrong

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