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Updates about new public awareness campaigns and sleep disorders information
As part of the National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project’s “Make Time 2 Sleep” campaign, AASM Past President Nathaniel Watson, MD, held an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session on Reddit on Aug. 30.
The arrival of another school year means that it’s time for students to reset their bedtimes as the summer break comes to an end.
When Netflix CEO Reed Hastings recently remarked that he considers sleep to be a competitor for his streaming entertainment service, he had a valid point. Netflix, which is approaching 100 million subscriber members, covets the 7 billion people worldwide who “subscribe” to sleep.
A new position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) asserts that the school day should begin at 8:30 a.m. or later for middle school and high school students.
Two new reports developed in a collaboration between the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Consumer Reports will give patients and the public a better understanding of sleeping pills for insomnia.
The science of sit-sleep? Slate magazine recently posed a question to AASM member Michael Decker, PhD, RN, at Georgia State University: Is it healthy to sleep sitting up? Occupy movement members, who sleep sitting up to bypass rules against camping on public property, inspired the story.