20 November 2015

SLEEP NEWS THIS WEEK, Nov 13 - 20


 SPECIAL  || Recalls, special announcements, breaking news, events
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 TOP TEN  || Sleep news picks this week -- newest to oldest



1.  NOV 17 || ABC ACTION NEWS
Trucking company suspends driver who bragged on FB that he drove 20+ hours with no sleep
Curator's comments: OUTRAGEOUS. SHC hopes he never gets behind the wheel of a truck again.
Public Health & Safety

2. NOV 17 || ABC NEWS LIVE BLOG
Good Morning America: Watch Dan Childs Stay Awake for 40 Hours Straight
Media

3. NOV 17 || LIFEHACKER
Use the Rule of Threes to Find Out If You Have a Sleep Problem
Lifestyle & Hygiene

4. NOV 17 || SLEEP REVIEW
Sleep May Counter Impulse Buys
Culture

5. NOV 16 || ENGADGET
Experts say phones need a 'bedtime mode' to fix our sleep
Technology

6. NOV 15 || THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVORMcCrory donor sparked Highway Patrol campaign against napping truckers
Public Health & Safety



7. NOV 15 || THE NATIONAL
Dying for a place to sleep

Public Health & Safety

8.  NOV 14 || METRO
What would happen if you didn’t sleep?
Science of Sleep

9. NOV 13 || AMERICAN SLEEP ASSOCIATION
Sleep apnea remedy may be life altering – Houston Chronicle
Therapies

10. NOV 13 || FOX SAN ANTONIO
Linx treatment for GERD, heartburn
Therapies

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 WORLD  || International sleep news

NOV 13 || CHRONICLE HERALD [CANADA]

New effort aims to help sleep apnea sufferers without health plan

NOV 13 || TIMES OF INDIA [INDIA]
Six injured, two critically, after bus hits divider on Yamuna Expressway

NOV 14 || THE JAPAN TIMES [JAPAN]
Zzzz — a novel way to manipulate sleep

NOV 17 || ISRAEL [ISRAEL]
Curator's comments: Great progress made here!

NOV 18 || ASHBOURNE NEWS TELEGRAPH [UK]

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 NATIONAL  || Sleep news across the U.S.

NOV 13 || KFVS 12 [IL]
ISP: Semi crashed on IL Rte. 13 after driver fell asleep at wheel

NOV 13 || NORTHWEST GEORGIA NEWS [GA]
Community rallies around Gordon family; Model grad Matt Gordon at Erlanger after wreck

NOV 13 || OWATONNA PEOPLE'S PRESS [MN]
The hidden link between sleep and pain

NOV 13 || VAN WINKLE'S [VA]
Homeless Veterans Can Now Sleep Soundly in Virginia
Curator's comments: It's a start but let's get all fifty states in on this effort.

NOV 14 || FOX 29 SAN ANTONIO [TX]
Tired driver crashes car into retaining wall

NOV 14 || SFBAY.ca [CA]
Drowsy duo appear to drive car off cliff: Drowsy driving may be behind a plunge two people took late Friday night in their vehicle off a cliff near Stinson Beach in unincorporated Marin County, California Highway Patrol officials said

NOV 16 || BUFFALO NEWS [NY]
Grand Island man fell asleep at wheel, crashed into trees


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

NOV 13 || THE EXAMINER

Dangers of sleep deprivation

NOV 13 || PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL
Concerns about widely available sleeping pill

NOV 16 || WBIR
Staying safe behind the wheel of a big rig

NOV 17 || AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
New drowsy driving position statement calls for greater public awareness, education: American Academy of Sleep Medicine reports that drowsy driving prevention efforts can save lives
Curator's comments: Look at the Public Health & Safety and National departments in this weekly curation: these news stories alone should be enough to convince us all to forego getting behind the wheel when we are drowsy. DRIVE ALERT; ARRIVE ALIVE.



NOV 18 || CROZER-KEYSTONE HEALTH SYSTEM
Losing sleep? You may be more likely to catch a cold

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

NOV 17 || TRIB LIVE [PA]
Pitt study to explore shift work's effects on sleep

NOV 18 || FORTUNE
NOV 18 || HOSPITALITY.net
Creating A Quiet And A Peaceful Urban Oasis: Why A Quality Night’s Sleep Is So Important



NOV 18 || SAN JOSE INSIDE
Breakneck Work Culture Leads to Shift in How We Treat Sleep
Curator's comments: Something's gotta give, people. Heroics at work using sleep deprivation as a badge of honor isn't the way.

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 THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP  || Scientific research and basic sleep health resources

NOV 15 || THE NEWS INDEPENDENT
What Sleeplessness Says about your Sugar Level
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 TECHNOLOGY  || Devices and tools for diagnosing and treating sleep health issues


NOV 17 || GOOD
Can Technology Solve Our National Sleep Crisis?


Curator's comments: Maybe. If it works. Some of it works, some of it doesn't. But let's not pan all tech because some of it doesn't work. It makes sense to keep on trying. 

NOV 17 || TECH TIMES
The Juvo Sleep Monitor Helps Turn Your Room Into A Sleep Haven


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 DRUGS & THERAPIES  || Pharmacology, therapeutics, alternative medicine

NOV 13 || MY FOX 8 
Sleep Concerns: Sleep aids
Drugs

NOV 13 || REUTERS
Jaw support good alternative to breathing mask for sleep apnea
Therapies

NOV 18 || PLOS ONE
Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (ICBT-i) Improves Comorbid Anxiety and Depression—A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Therapies

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

NOV 13 || THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Couples find rest in slumbering separately

NOV 13 || THE CONVERSATION
Can listening to music help you sleep?

NOV 13 || WIAT
Sleep experts recommend ideal times for napping

NOV 15 || DETAILS
Pulling an All-Nighter Is Worse Than Six Months of Unhealthy Eating: Diet and exercise mean nothing if you're not getting enough sleep.

NOV 15 || VAN WINKLE'S 
Whatever Happened to the Waterbed?

NOV 18 || DENVER CHANNEL
Sleep experts: TV, video game screen time making night terrors worse in children
Curator's comments: Something that just seems obvious anecdotally now has some evidence to back it up. 

NOV 18 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS

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 FAMILY  || Sleep health through the lifespan: pediatrics, women's health, family health, eldercare

NOV 13 || SLEEP REVIEW
Common Causes, Effects, and Solutions to Sleep Deprivation in Children
Kids

NOV 13 || TODAY.com
Sneaky problem: Sleep apnea may be worse for women than men
Women's Health

NOV 15 || JUNEAU EMPIRE
Baby Box program to be launched in Juneau
Babies

NOV 16 || HUFFINGTON POST
Sleep-Deprived Dad's 'Shut Up And Dance' Parody Is The Ultimate Bedtime Anthem
Families


NOV 16 || SLEEP APNEA BLOG
Can sleep apnea affect children?
Curator's comments: Sleep apnea is a mechanical breathing problem, not a disease of aging.

Kids

NOV 17 || PLOS ONE
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 MULTIMEDIA || Sleep health education and issues captured in graphics, photos, audio, film


NOV 13 || BUSTLE
What Are The Best Sleep Positions? Probably Not What You're Using
Infographic

NOV 13 || WBIR 
Experts: Stress is proven to interfere with sleep
Video

NOV 13 || WSU HEALTH SCIENCES SPOKANE 

Sleep researcher presents on drowsy driving
Video

NOV 16 || CARTOON MOVEMENT

Insomnia and the error in counting sheep
Cartoon

NOV 16 || MOTHERBOARD

Sleep Deprivation Slowly Kills Your Brain
Video

NOV 17 || GQ

Incredible Video Shows What Happens When You Don't Get Enough Sleep
Video

NOV 17 || HEALTHiNATION

Sleep Well to Improve Heart Health (from the National Sleep Foundation)
Video


NOV 18 || CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Los Angeles' homeless can now sleep in cars, but will that help?
Curator's comments: It's a start.

Video

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 FIRST PERSON  || Individual accounts of living with sleep disorders

NOV 15 || DAILY HERALD

REM: the non-musical dream
Column

NOV 15 || THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Airway to Heaven: How I Finally Hit Snooze on my Snoring
Personal Narrative


NOV 18 || THE NOTRE DAME OBSERVER
Editorial


NOV 18 || THE REGISTER-GUARD
Letter to the Editor


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 DREAM LIFE  || The art and science of dreaming

NOV 17 || BUSTLE
Sleep? Everything You Need To Know About Your Midnight Musings

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