SPECIAL || Recalls, special announcements, breaking news, events
- Disclosure: The curator of SHC is now a regular contributor to the blog for the Somnosure Education Center blog.
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
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
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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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!
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NOV 13 || KFVS 12 [IL]
ISP: Semi crashed on IL Rte. 13 after driver fell asleep at wheel
Community rallies around Gordon family; Model grad Matt Gordon at Erlanger after wreck
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
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
NOV 16 || THE COURIER [OH]
Findlay councilman’s car crashes, wife hurt
NOV 16 || IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY [IA]
Change Agent: Zlatan Križan
Findlay councilman’s car crashes, wife hurt
NOV 16 || IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY [IA]
Change Agent: Zlatan Križan
NOV 16 || KMA LAND [NE]
Nebraska man hurt in northwest Missouri crash
NOV 16 || WIBW [KS]
7-year-old pushes to put the brakes on fatalities
NOV 17 || 12 NEWS [AZ]
Casa Grande baby's sleep pattern worries parents, doctors
NOV 17 || BLUE RIDGE NOW [NC]
Car nearly hits house after driver falls asleep
NOV 17 || KPTV [OR]
Car smashes into building after driver falls asleep at the wheel
NOV 18 || WEST VIRGINIA METRO NEWS [WV]
3 injured in Kanawha school bus crash
Nebraska man hurt in northwest Missouri crash
NOV 16 || WIBW [KS]
7-year-old pushes to put the brakes on fatalities
NOV 17 || 12 NEWS [AZ]
Casa Grande baby's sleep pattern worries parents, doctors
NOV 17 || BLUE RIDGE NOW [NC]
Car nearly hits house after driver falls asleep
NOV 17 || KPTV [OR]
Car smashes into building after driver falls asleep at the wheel
NOV 18 || WEST VIRGINIA METRO NEWS [WV]
3 injured in Kanawha school bus crash
NOV 13 || THE EXAMINER
Dangers of sleep deprivation
Concerns about widely available sleeping pill
NOV 16 || WBIR
Staying safe behind the wheel of a big rig
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 coldBUSINESS & WORKPLACE || Workplace safety, corporate news, the business of sleep
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.
Curator's comments: Something's gotta give, people. Heroics at work using sleep deprivation as a badge of honor isn't the way.
NOV 15 || THE NEWS INDEPENDENT
What Sleeplessness Says about your Sugar Level
NOV 16 || CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OPINION
NOV 17 || RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
NOV 17 || SLEEP REVIEW
NOV 17 || SLEEP REVIEW
NOV 18 || CELL
NOV 18 || NEWS-MEDICAL.net
NOV 18 || SOMNOSURE
The Yin and Yang of Sleep and Attention (abstract)
NOV 18 || SLEEP REVIEW
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
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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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 CHANNELSleep 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 13 || SLEEP REVIEW
Common Causes, Effects, and Solutions to Sleep Deprivation in Children
Kids
Sneaky problem: Sleep apnea may be worse for women than men
Women's Health
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
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
Modified STOP-Bang Tool for Stratifying Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk in Adolescent Children
Diagnostics
NOV 17 || VERDE NEWS
'Unsafe sleep conditions' cause of spike in deaths of children in Arizona
Kids
NOV 19 || NEWS.com.au
Diagnostics
NOV 17 || VERDE NEWS
'Unsafe sleep conditions' cause of spike in deaths of children in Arizona
Kids
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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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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 REGISTER-GUARD
Letter to the Editor
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