SPECIAL || Recalls, special announcements, breaking news, events
NOTE TO READERS: Next week is Drowsy Driving Awareness Week. We will specialize the news curation for next week by specifically targeting headlines about drowsy driving, shift work disorder, sleep deprivation and sleep health as it relates to public safety.
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TOP TEN || Sleep news picks this week -- newest to oldest
6 tricks for saving your sleep (and sanity) at the end of daylight saving time
Culture
2. OCT 27 || MEDSCAPE MULTISPECIALTY
Experts Debate Apnea Treatment Vacuum After SERVE-HF
Curator's comments: If you have central sleep apnea and a cardiac condition, and you are using ASV to treat your apnea, please consult with your doctor as you might be in danger of exacerbating your heart problems.
Technology
3. OCT 27 || THE WASHINGTON POST
We don’t need more sleep. We just need more darkness: Don't blame the clocks if you're tired, blame the lights
Lifestyle & Hygiene
4. OCT 25 || SLEEP REVIEW
Sleep Standard Bearer:Max Hirshkowitz, PhD, is chairman of the National Sleep Foundation as it enters its second quarter century with a continued focus on defining and encouraging sleep health
Industry News
5. OCT 24 || THE MIRROR
New study reveals 'perfect formula' for sleeping in winter ahead of clocks going back
Curator's comments: Who's with me? I'm gonna give it a shot.
The Science of Sleep
6. OCT 23 || BUSTLE
6 Ways To Deal With Your Partner's Sexsomnia, aka Sleep Sex
Lifestyle & Hygiene
7. OCT 23 || EPILEPSY SOCIETY
Brain scans identify possible risks for SUDEP
Curator's comments: It's long been thought that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome has a neurological basis. More recent research suggests the same thing.
The Science of Sleep
9. OCT 23 || LIVE SCIENCE
Many Ads in Parenting Magazines Show Unsafe Practices for Kids
Curator's comments: Yes, it is appalling to see those face-down babies and those cribs overfilled with soft bedding.
Family
10. OCT 22 || NEWSWEEK
Study: Lack of Sleep Linked to Risk Factors for Stroke, Diabetes and Heart Disease
Public Health & Safety
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WORLD || International sleep news
OCT 26 || MARKET WATCH [JAPAN]Mitsubishi Electric Develops Machine-learning Technology That Detects Cognitive Distractions in Drivers
OCT 26 || NIPPON.com [JAPAN]
Solving the Riddle of Slumber: Cutting-Edge Research Hub in Tsukuba Focuses on Sleep
Exclusive Sleep Therapeutics Agreement Gives Canadian Restless Legs Syndrome Patients Access to Relaxis
Before Olympics, a month in Rio sun: Sports ministry to send athletes 30 days in advance for better acclimatisation ahead of the Olympics in RiO
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NATIONAL || Sleep news across the U.S.
OCT 23 || CBS MIAMI [FL]
Police: Baby Falls From Boat While Mother Was Napping
OCT 23 || THE EXAMINER [IL]
Local family shares their battle with narcolepsy
OCT 23 || RICHMOND REGISTER [KY]
Nightmares, night terrors in children
OCT 24 || BUFFALO NEWS [NY]
Lancaster dentist says your oral health could be causing your sleep apnea
OCT 26 || DAILY TOREADOR [TX]
OCT 27 || WESTWORD [CO]
UPDATE: Missing 19-year-old sleepwalker Taylor Gammel found safe
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OCT 28 || ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE
How a Woman Could Sleepwalk for Nine Miles (news video)
Curator's comments: This sort of thing really does happen much more often than you think, and it really isn't funny, people.
OCT 28 || HAYS POST [KS]
HaysMed institute offers sleep apnea home test, other services
HaysMed institute offers sleep apnea home test, other services
OCT 28 || UC IRVINE NEWS [CA]
UCI study finds jet lag-like sleep disruptions spur Alzheimer’s memory, learning loss
UCI study finds jet lag-like sleep disruptions spur Alzheimer’s memory, learning loss
PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY || Community health: epidemiology, transportation, industry, education
OCT 27 || PR NEWSWIRE
Pulmonary & Sleep Consultants is Now Offering Complimentary Sleep Tests to Truck Drivers
BUSINESS & WORKPLACE || Workplace safety, corporate news, the business of sleep
Yoga Intervention Ups Sleep Quality for Staff Nurses
Curator's comments: Nurses definitely need more sleep than they are getting, and adding yoga to improve sleep quality is a brilliant idea.
OCT 25 || HUFFINGTON POST HEALTH
Want to boost the economy? Take a nap at work
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THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP || Scientific research and basic sleep health resources
OCT 24 || SCIENCE 2.0
STOPBang Helps Predict OSA--Questionnaire might help rule sleep apnea in or out
OCT 27 || LIVESCIENCE
The spooky effects of sleep deprivation
YouDocs: Sleep apnea and depression
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TECHNOLOGY || Devices and tools for diagnosing and treating sleep health issues
OCT 27 || SLEEP REVIEW
ResMed myAir Patient Engagement Platform Linked with High CPAP Adherence
**********ResMed myAir Patient Engagement Platform Linked with High CPAP Adherence
OCT 29 || ENTREPRENEUR
GE to Launch Connected Lightbulbs That Better Echo Your Body's Circadian Rhythms
GE to Launch Connected Lightbulbs That Better Echo Your Body's Circadian Rhythms
OCT 26 || ARIZONA DAILY SUN
Sleep Well: Sleep eating could be medicine-related
Drugs
OCT 27 || HERALD TRIBUNE HEALTH
Prednisone dose is causing insomnia
Curator's comments: Great, so not only does prednisone force major weight gain, destroy bone matter, influence heart disease negatively and raise one's risks for infection, it's also does this? Please consider using alternatives to prednisone if they are available to you. It is your right to ask.
Drugs
OCT 29 || HARVARD HEALTH
Can you find a good night’s sleep at the drugstore?
Drugs
CULTURE || Cultural and social expressions and discussions about sleep
OCT 22 || SPORTING NEWS
NFLPA files grievance against NFL teams for use of sleep-monitoring devices
Curator's comments: An interesting development. Now what do you think about that fitness wristlet you're wearing now?
Sports
Sleep Under the Northern Lights at this Arctic Resort
Travel
OCT 27 || FORBES
Why Asians Sleep In Public: Two Answers From Taiwan
Culture
OCT 27 || RAW STORY
The church of sleep deprivation: How Scientology keeps its workers compliant and childless
Curator's comments: Most sleep deprivation does not have a ulterior motive; sometimes, however, enforced sleep deprivation is not random but intentional.
Religion
LIFESTYLE & HYGIENE || Helps for patients and clues for sleep self-improvement
OCT 27 || TECH.co
An Entrepreneur’s Guide to a Healthy Back and Neck During Sleep
FAMILY || Sleep health through the lifespan: pediatrics, womens health, family health, eldercare
OCT 22 || HUFFINGTON POST PARENTS
Halloween and Daylight Saving Time Tips to Help Your Family Adjust
Kids
Erectile Dysfunction in Men With Sleep Apnea: New Clues
Mens Health
OCT 26 || HUFFPOST SCIENCE
Vivid End-Of-Life Dreams May Help Comfort--People Facing Death Emotionally charged dreams that lessen the fear of death are surprisingly common
Seniors
Prioritizing safe sleep practices
Kids
OCT 27 || JOURNAL STAR
Seniors
OCT 27 || WICHITA EAGLE
Sleep or behavioral problems? Tonsils and adenoids could be the culprits
Kids
OCT 28 || USA TODAY
Parents Say Essential Oils Help Children With Autism Sleep, But Is There Proof?
Kids
Parents Say Essential Oils Help Children With Autism Sleep, But Is There Proof?
Kids
OCT 29 || MADAME NOIRE
Babies
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MULTIMEDIA || Sleep health education and issues captured in graphics, photos, audio, filmOCT 26 || NEWS 4 JAX
Daylight saving and insomnia
TV news video
OCT 26 || WRVO
Fall time change and its affect on sleep
Radio program
OCT 27 || RRR NEWS
Sleep therapy on radiotherapy
Radio program
OCT 29 || LIFESTYLE FACTS
"Sleep 201 - Lifestyle Light Prescriptions for Night Shift Workers" - Virginia Gurley, MD, MPH
YouTube video
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DREAM LIFE || The art and science of dreaming
Our Dream State, REM Sleep, Influences Memory Consolidation During Other Sleep Phases
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