Talking Sleep Season 5 | Episode 17 Insufficient sleep, circadian disruption and cardiometabolic health Dr. Christopher Depner, GUEST We frequently discuss how insufficient sleep may be harmful to cardiometabolic health, but is this the whole story? How does circadian rhythm misalignment contribute to [...]
Welcome to the latest edition of Montage, the AASM member magazine. In this issue, Dr. James Rowley, AASM president, reflects on changes in his career, the field of sleep medicine and at the AASM. The AASM Emerging Technology Committee describes new diagnostic devices [...]
Although sleep centers have significantly improved access to sleep medicine, we often lack psychologists with specialty expertise in sleep medicine on our teams. Consequentially, most sleep centers are unable to offer the first-line, recommended behavioral therapies to patients with complex insomnia, circadian rhythm sleep/wake [...]
The field of sleep medicine and the technologies that support sleep specialists continue to rapidly evolve. Newer technologies used for prescreening and diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea are not just smaller or more portable. They may use novel sensors, locations, processing, and artificial intelligence/machine learning/deep learning (AI/ML/DL) [...]
Army veteran, retired professor, and author Dr. Francesco Ancona lives a life of exploration and learning. Fascinated by sleep and dream interpretation, Dr. Ancona inspired students’ curiosity for more than 30 years and penned everything from scholarly texts to detective novels. Tell [...]
From the beginning of recorded time, sleep has played a central role in human lives, and several theories regarding sleep have been advanced and described throughout the centuries. Sleep was considered both a method of healing and a God: in Ancient Greece, Hypnos [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine Weekly Insider keeps members informed about current AASM initiatives and the latest developments in the field of sleep medicine. Watch the Disruptors trailer, view agenda Watch the new trailer for Sleep Medicine Disruptors and view the course agenda [...]
The AASM urges physician members to participate in a national study being conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA), and supported by 173 health care organizations including the AASM, to collect representative data on physician practice expenses. The aim of the Physician Practice Information [...]
Beacon Biosignals announced in a press release on Sep. 13, 2023 that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Dreem 3S, an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted wearable headband for sleep monitoring. The device allows patients to participate in home-based electroencephalogram (EEG) data collection. About the [...]
On Sep. 7, 2023, BodiMetrics announced that its circul pro Ring has received FDA 510(k) clearance as a pulse oximeter. According to the company, the device’s form factor and LED technology make it uniquely designed to accurately measure blood oxygen level on people with any skin [...]