AADSM: Dentists Can Order Home Sleep Tests
A new position statement supports qualified dentists’ ability to order or administer HSTs. Not everyone agrees.
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Bookmark This American Heart Association Webpage for Cardio-Sleep Education
With financial support from Jazz Pharmaceuticals, the American Heart Association will create sleep-related educational multimedia content.
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PopularCatching Up with William Dement, MD, PhD
William Dement, who has been on the faculty unit of Stanford University Medical Center since 1963, provides insights to Sleep Review (SR) on several topics.
Orofacial Pain Becomes a Recognized Dental Specialty
According to the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, orofacial pain disorders include TMJ disorders, jaw movement disorders, neuropathic and neurovascular pain disorders, headache, and sleep disorders.
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How to Be Confident in Your Dental Sleep Medicine Practice
Newly installed AADSM president David Schwartz, DDS, has worked in a collaborative sleep medicine setting for more than a decade. And he wants other dentists to enjoy the benefits of multidisciplinary colleagues too.
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8 Anticipated Highlights of Virtual SLEEP 2020
A plenary session will discuss sleep and Alzheimer’s disease. Blues Night will be a tribute to Bill Dement, MD, PhD.
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A New National Sleep Foundation CEO Takes the Helm
“I am looking forward to using my experiences and professional purpose at a ground-breaking institution I have known for more than half its life, and I will be focusing on an area of public health to which I am deeply committed.”
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National Sleep Foundation Partners with Samsung to Provide Sleep Health Education
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch3 will feature an updated sleep tracking function that will generate a “sleep score.” Sleep scores will be accompanied by educational sleep health messages.
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Survey: Majority of US Adults Lose Sleep Due to Reading
Losing sleep to get lost in a book can take a toll on your health, and it’s more common in women than men.
Read MoreAASM Installs Kannan Ramar as President
Kannan Ramar, MBBS, MD, who works at Mayo Clinic, will serve a one-year term as president of the AASM.
Read MoreIn Canada, Doctor Bikes to Raise Sleep Apnea Awareness
Dave Merrell, founder of the Sleep Apnea Society of Canada, began his trip in Calgary on July 1 and is riding to Winnipeg, reports CTV News.
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ATS Shares Guidance on Restoring Elective Sleep Services
The new guidance, published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, is titled “Restoring Pulmonary and Sleep Services as the COVID-19 Pandemic Lessens.”
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Society: Resume Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Before COVID-19 Pandemic Is Over
The ASMBS declared metabolic and bariatric surgery “medically necessary and the best treatment for those with the life-threatening and life-limiting disease of severe obesity” and called for the safe and rapid resumption of procedures.
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Task Force Offers Insomnia Management Recommendations During the Pandemic
The Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (SBSM) has convened a group of experts to create recommendations related to the management of sleep disturbances during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read MoreWilliam C. Dement, MD, PhD, Father of Sleep Medicine, Dies
William “Bill” C. Dement, MD, PhD, the “Father of Sleep Medicine,” died in the early morning hours of June 17, with his family at his side.
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AASM Congratulates 2020 Trainee Investigator Award Recipients
The award program is open to AASM members who are students, postdoctoral fellows and residents, and who present an abstract at the SLEEP annual meeting.
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Why We Need Treatments Beyond Just CPAP
Positive airway pressure therapy isn’t for everyone, says AASM award winner Richard Berry, MD, FAASM, who also shares his insights on positional therapies, neurostimulation, and interface selection.
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A New AADSM President Begins a Two-Year Term
“The AADSM will work tirelessly on behalf of its members to develop resources that help them both build and strengthen referring relationships.”
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