In a special article published in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, patient and research leaders of the Sleep Apnea Patient-Centered Outcomes Network (SAPCON) discuss the role patients and patient-centered networks may play in informing evidence-based research designed to meet patient's needs.

The next public meeting of the Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board (SDRAB) will be held Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, from 1-5 p.m. EDT and Friday, Aug. 19 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT.

Circadian sleep-wake disorders were recognized as a group of disturbances by its own only when chronobiology and sleep research began to interact extensively in the last two decades of the 20th century, according to a review article in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

A pilot study in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows the feasibility of a randomized, sham-controlled trial of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy among stroke rehabilitation patients.

Research published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine and the journal SLEEP continues to capture the attention of the scientific and medical communities, as well as the media and the general public. Take a look at the recent and past papers that received the most pageviews on the websites of both journals in the first six months of 2016.

A request for information (NOT-RM-16-023) issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund seeks comments that might be used in the development of a comprehensive research program focused on the relationship of fatigue to health.

An analysis of data from the Sleep Heart Health Study shows that among individuals with self-reported heart failure, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was much more common at 55.1% than central sleep apnea (CSA) at 4.1%.

A study published in the July issue of the journal SLEEP characterizes secular trends in diagnosed sleep disorders among nearly 10 million veterans seeking care in U.S. Veterans Health Administration facilities from 2000 to 2010.

Patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are more likely to exhibit short-term, night-to-night variability in their apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) during home sleep apnea testing (HSAT), according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

A study in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found a clear dose-response between sleep duration and health status: the more hours of sleep, the better the overall self-reported health.