Recent news coverage of sleep-related topics has included the expertise and insight of AASM members who have helped raise awareness of the importance of healthy sleep.
On Thursday House Republicans passed their bill, the American Health Care Act, to repeal and replace key parts of the Affordable Care Act by a vote of 217-213, capping weeks of negotiations.
Emory Healthcare is addressing the problem of post-traumatic stress disorder among veterans through its Veterans Program, according to a press release from the Wounded Warrior Project. The Veterans Program, which is part of the Warrior Care Network, connects veterans with its sleep program and focuses on two areas of concern: obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), which can cause problems simultaneously.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced that it will implement a new Grant Support Index (GSI) when assessing research applications.
On Friday President Trump signed a bipartisan $1.1 trillion spending bill that includes a $2 billion funding increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The AASM recently partnered with several social media influencers who helped spread the message on Instagram and Twitter that "Sleep Recharges You."
On Thursday, May 11, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar to provide more information on group participation for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017.
The American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) has selected three recipients who will receive a Strategic Research Award to evaluate how telemedicine can play a role in the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).
Several leaders in the field of sleep medicine and a national transportation executive were selected as recipients of the 2017 American Academy of Sleep Medicine awards, which will be presented Monday, June 5, during the plenary session of SLEEP 2017, the 31st annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC (APSS) in Boston.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced a call for submissions for the Healthy Behavior Data Challenge.