- AMERICAN SLEEP APNEA ASSOCIATION || Sleeptember
- SLEEPTEMBER.ORG || Sleeptember on Facebook
- NEW! Check out the Sleeptember Community Discussion Boards now open and actively engaging patients who have questions, experiences and thoughts about sleep health.
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SPECIAL || Calls to action, announcements, recalls, breaking news
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TOP TEN || Sleep news picks this week -- newest to oldest- 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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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
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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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
What Role does Your Biological Clock Play in Recovery?
SEPT 12 || THE DAILY TIMES [PAKISTAN]
Is lack of sleep making you gain weight?
Husband guilty of raping wife said he acted in his sleep
SEPT 14 || 9 NEWS [AUSTRALIA]
Sleep has SA teens smiling
SEPT 15 || ALL AFRICA [UGANDA]
Uganda: A Good Night's Sleep Is the Secret Behind Perfect Grades
SEPT 16 || THE DAILY MAIL [UK]
The perils of being narcoleptic: Student who nods off several times a day becomes the butt of her friends' jokes - and a constant source of amusement on Facebook
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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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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SEPT 11 || THE GUARDIAN [OR]
Plane passenger woke, stood, urinated on others and went back to sleep
Trouble sleeping? There could be a reason
SEPT 13 || PORTLAND PRESS HERALD [ME]
Some Maine schools making start times a little later
Editorial: Later school start times an idea worth sleeping on
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.
BUSINESS & WORKPLACE || Workplace safety, corporate news, the business of sleep
SEPT 11 || IOL LIFESTYLE
Could the world of work start later?
SEPT 15 || HR MAGAZINE
Three top tips to tackle employee sleep deprivation
SEPT 11 || MD
Sleep Problems and Breathing Problems May Indicate Neurological Injury
SEPT 14 || WASHINGTON POST
What goes on while you are sleeping
Snoring--The Silent Killer
SEPT 15 || SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Why We Sleep
SEPT 16 || DATELINE DOMINGUEZ
Smartphones vs. Sleep: CSUDH psychology professors’ study takes a look
SEPT 17 || THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Study Finds Link Between Diabetes, Napping
Smartphones vs. Sleep: CSUDH psychology professors’ study takes a look
SEPT 17 || THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Study Finds Link Between Diabetes, Napping
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 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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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
Grant Hackett finds the cure for his sleeping dramas
Sports
SEPT 11 || THE MIRROR
A lack of sleep can having a devastating impact on your body - and love life
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
SEPT 15 || ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
Good habits can help sleep come faster
SEPT 15 || THE ARGUS
Guest Professor column: Psychology and Sleep
SEPT 15 || LIFEHACKER
Naps vs. Coffee: Which is better when you're exhausted?
SEPT 15 || MOTHER NATURE NETWORK
Is it possible to gain muscle while you sleep? Sleep can do a body good in a number of ways, but this one might surprise you.
SEPT 16 || 9 NEWS
Caffeine at night is an even worse idea than we thought
SEPT 14 || THE GLOBE AND MAIL
A good night’s sleep is yet another reward for exercising
SEPT 15 || ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
Good habits can help sleep come faster
SEPT 15 || THE ARGUS
Guest Professor column: Psychology and Sleep
Naps vs. Coffee: Which is better when you're exhausted?
Is it possible to gain muscle while you sleep? Sleep can do a body good in a number of ways, but this one might surprise you.
SEPT 16 || 9 NEWS
Caffeine at night is an even worse idea than we thought
SEPT 16 || THE GREATIST
How Bad Is It to Sleep in My Contacts, Really?
Curator's remarks: Just do it.
How Bad Is It to Sleep in My Contacts, Really?
Curator's remarks: Just do it.
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SEPT 14 || THE HERALD JOURNAL
Sleepy teenagers? Don't blame them — blame Mother Nature
Kids
Using Melatonin To Help Children Fall Asleep
Kids
SEPT 15 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
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
Mayo Clinic Minute: Sleep, Depression, PTSD
Video
6 Ways #LackofSleep Hurts You – @PreventionMag + Body Diagram on Sleep Deprivation #SleepTips #HealthTips huge goal
Tweet
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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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