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Sleep is foundational to health, and American children — particularly adolescents — face “a nationwide sleep crisis,” according to “The MAHA Report: Making Our Children Healthy Again,” an assessment released May 22 by President Trump’s Make America Healthy Again Commission. The report aims [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates the members who were elected to positions of leadership during the 2025 election, including Fariha Abbasi-Feinberg, MD, FAASM, who was elected as the 2025 – 2026 president-elect, and Vishesh K. Kapur, MD, MPH, FAASM, who was [...]
Today the AASM released a statement in the context of recent changes in federal funding, staffing, and administrative requirements related to biomedical research and health care. The statement advocates for federal support of sleep and circadian research and clinical sleep medicine, and it [...]
In the context of recent changes in federal funding, staffing, and administrative requirements related to biomedical research and health care, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is advocating for robust federal investments in sleep and circadian research and clinical sleep medicine. Addressing [...]
DARIEN, IL – Five individuals have been selected as the 2025 American Academy of Sleep Medicine award recipients for their outstanding contributions to the field of sleep medicine. They will be recognized Monday, June 9, during the plenary session of the SLEEP 2025 annual [...]
Sleep professionals now have powerful new tools at their fingertips with the launch of the upgraded Sleep ISR, featuring the all-new Pro Scoring Mode. Enhancing both accuracy and efficiency in scoring polysomnograms (PSGs), this upgrade delivers an intuitive and customizable experience tailored to meet [...]
The 2024 AASM Sleep Medicine Compensation Survey is the largest national survey focused on salary and compensation trends in the field of sleep medicine. The Executive Summary is available as a member benefit, and the full report can be purchased through the AASM [...]
AASM Link, a new artificial intelligence-powered assistant and resource library from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, is now available to help sleep medicine professionals quickly access and query AASM guidelines, standards, and references. By streamlining information retrieval, it provides accurate answers, personalized [...]
DARIEN, IL — The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has released a new position statement emphasizing the clinical significance of sleepiness and its impact on performance, health, mood, safety, and quality of life. The position states that sleepiness is a critical patient-reported outcome that [...]
DARIEN, IL — New research reveals that lower proportions of specific sleep stages are associated with reduced brain volume in regions vulnerable to the development of Alzheimer’s disease over time. Results show that individuals with lower proportions of time spent in slow wave [...]