Results suggest that achieving sufficient nightly sleep should be an essential component of obesity prevention and weight management programs.

Getting a good night’s sleep often comes down to technique. Avoiding late-night technology use and keeping a regular sleep schedule are two important techniques to heed as kids head back to school.

The surprising results suggest that the increased prevalence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) among boys is not explained by any gender differences in arousability.

The association between extremes in sleep duration and heart problems remained high after controlling for depression, diabetes and hypertension.

Study is the first experiment to systematically examine the relationship of the duration of sleep dose to the recovery of neurobehavioral deficits from sustained sleep restriction.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recognized the following individuals at SLEEP 2010, the 24rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), in San Antonio, Texas.

The following links direct are to press releases summarizing selected scientific abstracts that will be presented on Wednesday, June 9, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) in San Antonio, Texas.

The following links direct are to press releases summarizing selected scientific abstracts that will be presented on Tuesday, June 8, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) in San Antonio, Texas.

The following links direct are to press releases summarizing selected scientific abstracts that will be presented on Monday, June 7, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) in San Antonio, Texas.

Study predicts that day shifts allow workers to get more sleep than night shifts, and a night shift that begins after midnight may be better than a shift that starts at 11 p.m.