Welcome to SLEEPTEMBER ... A grassroots campaign to raise awareness about sleep health and to solidify efforts to crowdsource funds for research related to all forms of sleep loss and how it significantly impacts public health and safety.
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TOP TEN || Sleep news picks this week -- newest to oldest
1. SEPT 2 || THE MANDARIN
What happens if Adelaide changes the clocks to EST?
World
2. SEPT 1 || AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
CPAP Works: Common Sleep Apnea Treatment Reverses Brain Function Changes Associated with Heart Disease
Therapies
3. SEPT 1 || THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
Adaptive Servo-Ventilation for Central Sleep Apnea in Systolic Heart Failure
Public Health & Safety
4. SEPT 1 || SLEEP REVIEW
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Show Compromised Blood-Brain Barrier Function
The Science of Sleep
5. AUG 31 || THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Benadryl commonly used as sleep aid
Drugs
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WORLD || International sleep news
AUG 29 || MIDEAST TIMES [IRAN]
5 interesting napping/sleeping trends in the Middle East
AUG 30 || SINGAPORE TIMES [SINGAPORE]
Genes could explain your reaction to jet lag
AUG 30 || TIMES OF OMAN [OMAN]
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
AUG 31 || DAILY MAIL (UK)
ASK THE DOCTOR: My insomnia pills worked, why can't I still have them?
AUG 31 || WALES ONLINE [WALES]
Do you have restless leg syndrome? One Welsh consultant says great strides are being made to tackle the condition
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NATIONAL || Sleep news across the U.S.
AUG 30 || YUMA NEWS NOW [AZ]
AUG 31 || MIAMI HERALD [FL]
AUG 31 || PHILLY.com [PA]
AUG 31 || TIMES LEADER [PA]
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PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY || Community health: epidemiology, transportation, industry, education
AUG 31 || FOX 2 NOW
STLMoms: Safe Driving Campaign
AUG 31 || NEWS ON 6
Dispatcher Helps Mother Save Baby During 911 Call: ...Doctors believe that Brewer and Stowe prevented a case of sudden infant death syndrome
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BUSINESS & WORKPLACE || Workplace safety, corporate news, the business of sleep
AUG 30 || BUSINESS INSURANCE
Wellness programs offer a good night's sleep
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THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP || Scientific research and basic information about sleep disorders
AUG 28 || THE DAILY BEAST
Can Quality Sleep Prevent Alzheimer’s?
AUG 28 || HEALIO PULMONOLOGY
Obstructive sleep apnea worsens symptoms, QOL in patients with PTSD
TECHNOLOGY || Devices and tools for diagnosing and treating sleep health issues
DRUGS & THERAPIES || Pharmacology, therapeutics, alternative medicine
AUG 28 || THE GUARDIAN
Can’t sleep? Try getting less: ‘By reducing your “sleep window”, you’re raising the stakes, giving your powers of sleep a real challenge, which brings out the best in them’
Therapies
Therapies and prevention
AUG 31 || STAMFORD ADVOCATE
Stamford co. in insomnia drug development
Drugs
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CULTURE & MEDIA || Cultural and social expressions and discussions about sleep
AUG 31 || THE DAILY MAIL
The rise of the snoring room: Homes for the wealthy now come with separate his and hers bedrooms as one in six couples now sleep apart
Economics
SEPT 1 || HUFFINGTON POST
Sleep With The Lights On -- New 'American Horror Story: Hotel' Teasers Are Here (You might want to avoid your mattress for a while.)
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LIFESTYLE & HYGIENE || Daily living helps for patients and clues for sleep self-improvement
AUG 28 || AAST WEB
Reinventing the alarm
AUG 28 || ALLEY WATCH
How to recover from jetlag, travel healthy and be productive
AUG 28 || BRAIN NEWS
5 ways to stop snoring while sleeping
AUG 28 || IDEA FACTORY
SLEEP: Do you have insomnia or difficulties sleeping? Welcome to today’s world
AUG 31 || TECH INSIDER SCIENCE
One super-simple way to determine if you are getting enough sleep
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FAMILY || Sleep health through the lifespan: pediatrics, womens health, family health, eldercare
AUG 28 || KHON-2
Tips on how to help our kids get the best rest
Kids
AUG 29 || LATINOS POST
Sleep-Deprived Children More Tempted by Food, Study Suggests
Kids
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MULTIMEDIA || Sleep health education and issues captured in infographics, photos, audio, film, podcasts, video, social media
AUG 28 || FACEBOOK public conversation
...it's called sleep apnea
Social media video
AUG 28 || WLFI
Doctors say take sleep more seriously
Video
AUG 30 || WRVO
Are Fido and Fluffy disturbing your sleep?
Social media video
AUG 31 || FACEBOOK public conversation
Had 2 people speak to me about Sleep Apnea in the last week. Gotta get this checked out, may well explain why I can fall asleep while riding my bike :(
Social media dialog
AUG 31 || MPR NEWS
Back to school: Why kids sleep patterns are at odds with school start time
Podcast
AUG 31 || YOUTUBE personal video
Sylver Barcley: Sleep Deprivation
Video
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FIRST PERSON || Individual accounts of living with sleep disorders
AUG 28 || CHICAGO NOW
Middle of the night musings on sleep and life
Books
AUG 30 || NEW YORK POST
A chronic sleepwalker reveals her terror in the night
Lifestyle & Hygiene
SEPT 2 || THE DAILY GAZETTE
Trooper's Death a Tragic Lesson
Public Health & Safety
SEPT 2 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
I will not go gently into that good night
The Science of Sleep
SEPT 2 || THE INQUIRER.net
My dream(ing) man
Dream Life
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DREAM LIFE || The art and science of dreaming
AUG 29 || BOSTON GLOBE
Do animals dream?
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Be aware that regular sleep loss and habits which prevent you from getting at least 7 hours of quality of sleep a night are going to have a long-term impact on your overall health and will increase your chances for having a fatal car accident, making major mistakes at work, or suffering from relationship problems. 
