Sleep news
2019
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FDA clears several sleep-related devices and medications
In the second half of 2019, the FDA also cleared several devices and medications of relevance to sleep clinicians: - REM Sleep may help brain forget
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/rem-sleep-may-help-brain-forget?utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10-5+Sleep+Medicine+Weekly+Insider&utm_content=REM+sleep+may+help+the+brain+forget&utm_term=003410000140yVLAAY - Statistical uncertainty in OSA metrics
https://www.brighamandwomens.org/about-bwh/newsroom/press-releases-detail?id=3437&utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10-5+Sleep+Medicine+Weekly+Insider&utm_content=Most+read+last+week%3a+Statistical+uncertainty+in+OSA+metrics&utm_term=003410000140yVLAAY - Can Fitbit accurately track teen sleep?
http://jcsm.aasm.org/ViewAbstract.aspx?pid=31662 - Sleep varies by age, geographical location and gender
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/health-news/sleep-varies-by-age-geographical-location-and-gender?utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10-5+Sleep+Medicine+Weekly+Insider&utm_content=Sleep+varies+by+age%2c+geography%2c+gender&utm_term=003410000140yVLAAY - View World sleep day awards recipients
https://worldsleepday.org/activities/activity-awards - AIIMS Rishikesh starts 3.5yr BSc course for Sleep Technicians.
http://ewebapp.in/aiims/onlinereg2019-july-2/instruction.php - Calcutta Sleep Course 2019, Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkatta, 30 Aug-1 Sep 2019.
https://calcuttasleepcourse2019.com - Indian Association of Surgeons for Sleep Apnea starts training program for ENT Professionals for Surgical Management of OSA patients.
http://trainingprogram.iassa.in - International Restless Leg Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) annual meeting, 22 Sep 2019, Vancouver Canada
http://irlssg.org - Late meal timing was associated with worse sleep pattern, sleep quality and obstructive sleep apnea severity than early meal timing, according to a study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
http://click.email.aasm.org/?qs=6dd01e8c6874f24185d061c969254adb6204f62197e92fa91ee57043e8a01fe7d165b7183b57c70afb84d94d06b2e49405b2aa59275492ae - Download Sleep 2019 prelim program
http://click.email.aasm.org/?qs=d9427ae97d183571fabb8828817378d2aa233415c17a985b8f5c75583464234d604bce0156507a97739cc0232e3ad7ea45701d2d651da476 - Study evaluates accuracy of Beddit sleep monitor
http://click.email.aasm.org/?qs=f49975b385d1012e9ea74b2c14d8d9b8a22663b11384fce8ff9c44badfc4593b8abcbd5600fdae721e2b1254aa09ff524e5614483c5ff535 - Study provides Polysomnography reference values in healthy newborns
http://click.email.aasm.org/?qs=f49975b385d1012ebd1b17bf593ffddd54b2cdc43a5d077be69ca27c37f9b53ed402d1315274d96bb04f64e0ea2b7adbe5e02433b531bc18 - World Sleep Society has launched international sleep Research training program. Last date of application is 1st March 2019.
http://worldsleepsociety.org/isrtp/ - World Sleep Day is on 15 March 2019. Download official press release and media toolkit from
http://worldsleepday.org - Sleep awareness week; 10-16 March 2019
- AASM is organizing “Sleep Medicine Disruptors” on 29 March 2019. Register at
https://my.aasm.org/s/lt-event?id=a1U41000002v2UHEAY - Apply for AASM Mentor Program. Deadline is 28 Feb 2019.
https://aasm.org/professional-development/aasm-mentor-program/
Sleep news in media
- The men who stay awake so that India’s rich can sleep.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46779469 - Why Indian village is losing sleep over humble nightie
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46235692 - Desperate for slumber in Delhi, homeless encounter a sleep mafia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/world/asia/delhi-sleep-economy.html - “Can’t sleep at night”, despair over jobs as India’s jet airways grounded
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/cant-sleep-at-night-despair-over-jobs-as-indias-jet-airways-grounded - Why this IIT alumnus chose to bet on India’s sleep deficit with Cuddl.
https://yourstory.com/2019/05/iit-alumnus-sleep-better-pillows-cuddl - Does India Sleep well? Here is how we fare on our sleep health
https://fit.thequint.com/fit/sleep-health-do-indians-sleep-well - How Sequoia backed Wakefit is using data and science to democratize sleep for Indian’s
https://inc42.com/startups/how-sequoia-backed-wakefit-is-using-data-technology-to-democratise-sleep-for-indians/ - The best and worst sleeping positions you need to know about.
https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/health/world-sleep-day-2019-the-best-and-worst-sleeping-positions-5627595/ - Weekend catch up sleep is not enough
http://click.email.aasm.org/?qs=f49975b385d1012e7e341c8ceeadd156696cc1525287176d1b20c993e9e828e22bfdd56eaa4e4a07d61301f803d3f8cb98ef9802349182c9 - Sleep helps repair DNA damage
http://click.email.aasm.org/?qs=d9427ae97d183571754b7bb29798069ddae07d72b9fa8674abafeeee09c9ef3817a8926fd478e3272c59178d381359236c5a3b97eaa6352e - “Dream Genes”- Chrm 1 and Chrm 3 genes are essential for occurrence of REM Sleep
https://www.livescience.com/63459-dream-genes-rem-sleep.html - Please don’t sleep in contact lenses
https://www.livescience.com/63354-sleeping-contact-lens-infection.html - “Banking” sleep could help athletes go the extra mile
https://globalnews.ca/news/4004475/research-shows-banking-sleep-canhelp-athletes-go-the-extra-mile/ - Just one night of sleep loss may add to weight gain and muscle loss
https://www.livescience.com/63404-poor-sleep-weight-gain-muscle-loss.html - Naps can make our brains “remember things that never happened” (False Memories)
https://www.livescience.com/62460-naps-brain-false-memories.html - Contagious loneliness could follow poor sleep
https://www.livescience.com/63331-poor-sleep-lonelinesscontagious.html - Cyan color-between green and blue- is the hidden factor in promoting or preventing sleep
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-44565320?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c50znx8v441t/sleep&link_location=live-reporting-story - Writing a to-do list before bed could help you to sleep
https://www.livescience.com/61422-journal-writing-sleep-better.html - Sleeping more may curb sugar cravings
https://www.livescience.com/61381-sleep-more-eat-better.html - Too afraid to sleep: India’s homeless women suffer as cities expand
https://www.voanews.com/a/india-homeless-women-suffer-citiesexpand/4528693.html - Average Briton gets 6hrs and 19 min sleep every night.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/sleeping-number-hours-nightbritish-average-6-hours-poll-stress-work-a8336081.html - Feeling life has a meaning leads to better night’s Sleep
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/feeling-life-has-meaning-betternights-sleep-study-us-sense-of-urposenorthwestern-university-a7832901.html - It could be your Gut keeping you awake
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/19/is-your-gut-keepingyou-awake-at-night - Orthosomnia: A new disorder affects people who track their sleep
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/orthosomnia-sleep-disorderinsomnia-restless-fitness-trackers-fitbit-a8278391.html - Listening to foreign language while asleep can help you learn it.
https://www.independent.co.uk/lifestyle/foreign-language-new-howlearn-sleep-recordings-studyevidence-zurich-a8264956.html - Western society suffering from chronic sleep deprivation, warns Nobel Prize Winner
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/western-society-suffering-chronic-sleepdeprivation-nobel-prize-winner-euroscientistmichael-robash-a7988716.html - School gives pupils alarm clocks over fears their phones are disrupting sleep.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/sleepphones-impact-school-gives-students-alarm-clocks-7995436.html - Gujarat: Helping rural India Sleep better
https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/gujarat-helping-rural-indiasleep-better/1128782/ - Building a baby sleep machine in India
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/well/family/building-a-babysleep-machine-in-india.html - Third of elderly Americans take sleeping pills amid catastrophic and deadly insomnia epidemic
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/elderly-americans-sleepingpills-catastrophic-us-drugs-insomnia-epidemic-a7969656.html - Study planned on sleep patterns of Indian urban poor
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/study-planned-on-sleeppatterns-of-urban-poor/article19984243.ece - Bad Sleep may be evolutionary survival tool!!
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/12/bad-sleep-evolutionsurvival - New research identifies a group of neurons that can help us stay awake when it matters!
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170608123641.htm - According to a new study the secret of a good night’s sleep is having something worth getting out of bed for the next day.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/07/10/secret-good-nights-sleep-has-finallyfound-scientists/ - FITBIT is developing devices for sleep apnea as dominance in fitness tracking wanes
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/20/fitbit-is-going-after-sleep-apnea-to-expandbeyond-fitness-tracking.html - The number of tests carried out by the NHS to diagnose people with sleep disorders across England has doubled in the past decade.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-40122979 - Carrie Fischer’s death is a grim reminder of the dangers of Sleep Apnea
https://aasm.org/carrie-fishers-death-is-a-grim-reminder-of-the-dangers-of-sleepapnea/ - Jawbone’s demise a case of death by overfunding in Silicon valley
http://www.thehindu.com/scitech/technology/jawbones-demise-acase-of-death-by-overfunding-in-siliconvalley/article19249623.ece - Evening screen time can sabotage sleep!
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/evening-screen-time-cansabotage-sleep - You don’t need brain to sleep. Just ask Jellyfish!!
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/you-don-t-need-brain-sleep-just-askjellyfish - Donald Trump and Wife Sleep in separate rooms: US Media
https://www.samaa.tv/international/2017/03/donald-trump-andwife-sleep-in-separaterooms-us-media/ - 1 in 5 young people loose sleep over social media
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170116091419.htm - Better Sleep can lead to better Sex
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170201092644.htm - A jury found 50-year-old Joseph Mitchell not guilty of first-degree murder in what was called the “sleepwalking” murder trial. He was also found not guilty of two counts of attempted murder.
http://abc11.com/news/mitchell-found-not-guilty-in-sleepwalking-murdertrial/553824/ - Apps, social media pushing back sleep time over 1.5 hours
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/apps-social-media-pushingback-sleep-time-over-1-5-hours/articleshow/57696886.cms - Among adolescents, later weekend bedtimes correlated with smaller brain Grey Matter Volumes in frontal, anterior cingulate, and precuneus cortex regions.
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep41678 - A Duke University study of people living without electricity or artificial light in a remote farming village in Madagascar finds they get shorter, poorer sleep than people in the U.S. or Europe. But they seem to make up for lost shuteye with a more regular sleep routine, the researchers report in the American Journal of Human Biology.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170217012515.htm - Sleep-Engineering: Improve Your Life By Manipulating Your Sleep | Penny Lewis | TEDxGrandRapids
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