The SLEEP meeting is the world’s premier forum on sleep medicine, and sleep and circadian research with attendees from around the world.
ICYMI: Highlights From SLEEP 2023
December 21st 2023Key highlights from SLEEP 2023: long COVID-19's impact on sleep, racial disparities in sleep health, idiopathic hypersomnia prevalence, disrupted nighttime sleep's link to narcolepsy in children, and the ease of transitioning to lower-sodium oxybate in narcolepsy treatment while maintaining effectiveness.
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Dr Sheila Garland Highlights Lifestyle, Psychological Impacts of Cancer Treatments
August 8th 2023Sheila Garland, PhD, MSc, Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada talks about the cognitive effects cancer can have on patients, beyond treatment side effects, and the direct impacts these can make on patients’ lives and care.
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Dr Dayna Johnson Emphasizes the Need for Community Feedback in Sleep Health
July 25th 2023Dayna Johnson, PhD, MPH, MSW, MS talks about the necessity of community partnerships as the recipient of this year’s Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Award at SLEEP 2023 and how inquiring into the community is vital for integrating healthy sleep practices.
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Dr Judite Blanc Discusses Digging Deeper, Getting to the Root of Sleep Health
July 21st 2023Judite Blanc, PhD, is lead author on the abstract, “Social Determinants of Sleep Disorders Among Multiethnic Americans in the NIH All of Us Research Program,” which was presented on June 5th at the SLEEP 2023 conference.
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A Q&A With the NIEHS’ Dr Symielle Gaston: Understanding Racial/Ethnic Variations in Sleep Health
June 8th 2023In this interview with The American Journal of Managed Care®, Symielle A. Gaston, PhD, MPH, of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health, explores the relationship between sleep health and outcomes disparities among patients of various races and ethnicities.
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Dr Sheila Garland: CBT for Insomnia Improves Functioning in Patients With Cancer
June 7th 2023Targeting insomnia with cognitive behavior therapy is almost like a frontline therapy, because by doing so, you’re able to improve a whole host of other symptoms that would coexist with insomnia, explained Sheila Garland, PhD, MSc, Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada.
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Dr Andrew McHill Discusses Damaging Sleep-Related Blood Pressure Changes
June 7th 2023Research is finding that there is an intricate connection between sleep and inflammation, such that lack of sleep can increase inflammation, noted Andrew McHill, PhD, an assistant professor at Oregon Health and Science University.
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Dr Dayna Johnson: Mindfulness Can Help Facilitate Better Sleep and Health Outcomes
June 6th 2023Dayna Johnson, PhD, MPH, MSW, MS, the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, discusses principal findings from the analysis of a 35-day sleep intervention study that utilized a mobile mindfulness app to manage stress and anxiety combined with healthy sleep practices.
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Dr Ariel Williamson: Family Environment Is Crucial When Tailoring Sleep Interventions
June 6th 2023It’s important to consider the social context, the social ecology, and the family environment when investigating behavioral sleep problems among children and adults, noted Arielle Williamson, PhD, DBSM, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
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Dr Rebecca Spencer Highlights How SLEEP 2023 Will Bridge Basic and Clinical Science
May 31st 2023In this preview interview for SLEEP 2023, Rebecca Spencer, PhD, chair of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies Program Committee, highlights how bringing patients and clinicians together can inspire new ideas in sleep medicine.
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Dr Michael Thorpy: Shared Decision-Making Is Important for Managing Narcolepsy
July 29th 2022Personalizing treatment for narcolepsy requires shared decision-making between patients and clinicians to understand the most important symptoms that need to be treated and the right therapy, said Michael Thorpy, MD, director of the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center and professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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Dr Michael Thorpy Explains Findings From REST-ON Trial for Narcolepsy Treatment
June 8th 2022Once-nightly sodium oxybate was associated with a statistically significant reduction in cataplexy episodes among patients with narcolepsy, explained Michael Thorpy, MD, director of the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center and professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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The Challenges of Living With Narcolepsy While Pregnant and How Providers Can Help
June 8th 2022A panel of providers and patients with narcolepsy who are parents shared the struggles and possible support tools that neurologists and other providers should be aware of when caring for patients with narcolepsy who are pregnant or postpartum.
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Idiopathic Hypersomnia Needs More Attention to Overcome Challenges Regarding Diagnosis and Treatment
June 8th 2022During her presentation at SLEEP 2022, Isabelle Arnulf, MD, PhD, a neurologist and professor, detailed the long list of challenges for understanding different aspects of idiopathic hypersomnia and called for more attention to be devoted to future research.
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Dr Sean Drummond Discusses Pros, Cons of Consumer Sleep Technology
June 8th 2022While consumer wearables for sleep are popular, evidence-based guidelines need to be established to interpret data coming from these technologies, said Sean Drummond, PhD, professor of clinical neuroscience, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health at Monash University.
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Rhinomed’s Michael Johnson Highlights 2022 Sleep and Snoring Report Findings
June 7th 2022Michael Johnson, CEO of Rhinomed, expands on the findings of the 2022 Annual Global Sleep and Snoring Report conducted in February 2022, which found that people are not getting nearly as much sleep as they should.
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Dr Stacey Simon Explains Effects of Type 1 Diabetes on Sleep
June 7th 2022Behavioral and physiological components of type 1 diabetes and its management can contribute to worsened sleep and health outcomes, which can vary by age, according to Stacey Simon, PhD, sleep psychologist and associate professor, University of Colorado Denver, Children's Hospital Colorado.
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