Washington DC: On April 11, the inaugural Bright Schools Competition™, sponsored in collaboration by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), named 50 middle-school teams as national finalists in the competition, which challenged students in grades 6-8 to explore the light and sleep and how this relationship affects student health and performance.
The initial turn out for the content was 170 teams, composed of nearly 550 students heralding from 63 different schools.
"Congratulations to all of the national finalists who competed in the competition this year,” said NSTA Executive Director Dr. David Evans. “We are pleased that so many students choose to use science to explore the connection between light and sleep.”
The first-, second- and third-place national winning teams will be chosen and announced on May 2. Learn more about the competition here.
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New York City: April 17 marks the date of the first Sleep Symposium, touted as "an eye-opening day of conversations and experiences exploring the science and culture of sleep, featuring Arianna Huffington, Reggie Watts, St. Lucia, and more." Day passes are $50; schedule is from 2-8pm. The event is sponsored by Casper. Learn more about the symposium here.
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Boston: The 2016 Boston Marathon takes place on April 18, and so does the benefit for Wake Up Narcolepsy, which has surpassed $50,000 so far, with a goal of reaching $60,ooo by Sunday.
Funds raised during this event will help advance the understanding of narcolepsy to improve the lives of people suffering with narcolepsy.
This is the seventh consecutive years that #TEAMWUN has participated as a fundraiser to provide research money for improved treatment, prevention, and a cure.
Narcolepsy is a devastating sleep disorder affecting 200,000 Americans and millions of people worldwide. Learn more here.
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TOP TEN || Sleep news picks this week — newest to oldest — Curator's Choice
1. APR 14 || KOREA HERALD [SOUTH KOREA]
Korean market for insomnia drugs grows on rising patients
From the curator: Why are drugs the go-to for treating insomnia? CBT-i has so much to offer and is so much safer and more effective.
World
2. APR 13 || THE MORNING STAR
Dentists can check for signs of sleep apnea
From the curator: Chairside, these medical professionals may end up being your best resources for dealing with sleep apnea.
Public Health & Safety
3. APR 11 || CBS NEWS
What commercial drivers conceal could have dangerous consequences
From the curator: This is why we need nationwide regulations; relying on voluntary self-policing of a major cause of traffic fatalities in this country is obviously not working.
Public Health & Safety
4. APR 11 || LIFEHACKER AUSTRALIA
Ask LH: Should I Stay In Bed When I Can't Sleep?
From the curator: Inquiring minds want to know... and not everybody agrees with the answer.
Lifestyle & Hygiene
5. APR 10 || CNN
Why letting teens sleep in could save lives
From the curator: Let's stop characterizing our sleepy teens as lazy and disengaged. They're neither... they're sleep deprived.
Teens
6. APR 9 || USA TODAY
Navy SEAL Bin Laden shooter blames sleep aid for DUI charge
From the curator: We absolutely must make treatment for veteran soldiers with PTSD a priority in this country, or more of these kinds of bad-news stories are going to take place.
Ambien
7. APR 8 || AMERICAN COUNCIL OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH
Insomniacs’ Brains Are Wired Differently, Science Says
From the curator: I hope there will continue to be closer studies on insomnia so we can get to the bottom of this common, but devastating, sleep disorder
The Science of Sleep
8. APR 8 || CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS
Seniors’ lack of sleep can pose serious problems
From the curator: Lack of sleep is especially debilitating to our older loved ones.
Seniors
9. APR 8 || NEWS 24 [SOUTH AFRICA]
Sleeping MP needed a duvet day, says sleep specialist
From the curator: We should all be suspect of any world leaders not getting adequate sleep...
World
10. APR 8 || PARENT HERALD
Sleep Deprivation Vs. Obesity: Lack Of Sufficient Sleep Outranks Obesity As America’s Major Health Crisis
From the curator: And just think... you could prevent obesity by getting more sleep.
National
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WORLD || International sleep news
APR 8 || HERALD & POST [UK]
If you want a goodnight sleep you will not get one in Northamptonshire
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 9 || EXPRESS & ECHO [UK]
Passenger left paraplegic after driver falls asleep at wheel on Devon road begs judge to show mercy on offender
From the curator: That is some seriously saintly forgiveness.
APR 9 || METRO [UK]
This is what happens if you fall asleep on strangers on the tube
APR 9 || MEXICO NEWS DAILY [MEXICO]
Celaya chief caught napping at his desk
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 10 || HUFFINGTON POST CANADA [CANADA]
Infant Suffocation: Parents Whose Daughter Died Start Petition For Breathable Mattresses
From the curator: The problem is... is it only the bedding that causes SIDS or is it something intrinsic to the brain of the baby that contributes? This is why we need more research.
APR 11 || SOUTHERN WEEKLY [AUSTRALIA]
Learn how to avoid drowsy driving
APR 13 || EXPRESS HEALTHCARE [INDIA]
IASSA issues surgical guidelines to treat obstructive sleep apnea
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 14 || DAILY MAIL [UK]
Nursery teacher who dragged three year old boys across a carpet while shouting at them is suspended as disciplinary panel rejects her excuse she suffers from a sleep disorder
From the curator: It seems fashionable these days to blame a sleep disorder for one's behavioral problems. While it makes sense that narcolepsy could cause irritability, I don't think it's behind this woman's rampage.
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NATIONAL || Sleep news across the U.S.
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 8 || 13 ACTION NEWS [NV]
Revolutionary sleep apnea surgery could change lives: Surgery happening Friday for first time in NV
From the curator: The wave of the future. Why do I say this? Because there are no drugs for sleep apnea, people don't like CPAP, and oral devices can't help people with severe OSA.
APR 8 || FOX 4 KC [MO]
Second annual Rock and Remember benefits SIDS Resources
APR 8 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS [KY]
How A Nearly Fatal Drowsy Driving Accident Saved One Man’s Life
APR 10 || ABC15.com [AZ]
Driver falls asleep at wheel, crashes into a vehicle
APR 10 || KAKE [KS]
Wichita police confirm 4 baby co-sleeping deaths within the last month
APR 10 || KFVS 12 [KY]
Paducah man injured in crash after allegedly falling asleep at the wheel
APR 10 || KGMI [WA]
Banana truck blocks freeway after driver falls asleep at the wheel
APR 11 || LONSDALE NEWS REVIEW [MN]
Tyler Skluzacek makes his PTSD app available to Lonsdale area veterans
APR 11 || NEWSDAY [NY]
Greenlawn man falls asleep at wheel, crashes car, cops say
APR 11 || WOWT.com [NE]
Update: Residents still tired of losing sleep from night noise
APR 12 || HAYS POST [KS]
Sheriff: Kan. man hospitalized after falling asleep at the wheel
APR 12 || PARENT HERALD [MA]
Sleep-Friendly Schools: Massachusetts To Delay Start Of School Day To Let Students Get Healthier Sleep
APR 12 || WNCN [NC]
Driver indicted after crash into propane tank sparks deadly NC home explosion
APR 13 || NEWS 10 [NY]
Woman falls asleep at the wheel in Esperance, tree catches fire
APR 14 || DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE [TX]
Bone tired
APR 14 || MY CENTRAL OREGON [OR]
Terrebonne driver crashes while asleep at the wheel
PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY || Epidemiology, transportation safety, workplace
safety, public education
APR 8 || SLEEP RESOLUTIONS
Can't sleep because of seasonal allergies? Reasons and solutions
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 11 || FLEET OWNER
Do your drivers hate their PAP machines?
From the curator: They still need to use them if they want to keep their jobs AND avoid killing people due to drowsy driving.
APR 11 || WCPO
Greyhound driver who rolled bus along I-75 should not have been allowed behind wheel, attorney says
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 13 || BEL MARRA HEALTH
Obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia increases risk of workplace injury
From the curator: The business world is becoming more and more aware of the costs of sleepy employees. Are you one such employee? Be careful, the trends suggest that, in the near future, your job could be on the line if you don't do something about it.
APR 14 || AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE
AASM educates traffic safety stakeholders on dangers of drowsy driving
APR 14 || JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Positive Airway Pressure Therapy Adherence in a Sleep Center (abstract)
APR 14 || TRUCKING INFO
Trucker Sleep-Apnea Study Launched by ATRI
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THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP || Scientific research and sleep medicine using ICSD-3 categories, may include full text, abstracts. Note: Some of these links are intended for medical professionals. Complete articles may require paywall access.
Sleep Deprivation
APR 8 || ENDOCRINOLOGY ADVISOR
Sleep Deprivation Prolongs Cognitive Impairment Induced by Hypoglycemia
APR 8 || THE MIRROR
More than 15 million hay fever victims suffer sleep deprivation due to pollen, shock figures reveal
APR 8 || PERFSCIENCE
Risks Involved with Sleep Deprivation among Schoolchildren
APR 11 || BT.com
7 weird things that happen to your body when you don't get enough sleep
APR 12 || NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE AND TREATMENT
Sleep deprivation disturbed regional brain activity in healthy subjects: evidence from a functional magnetic resonance-imaging study
Insomnia
APR 8 || MEDICAL NEWS TODAY
Why white matter matters in insomnia
APR 14 || JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
CBT-I Coach: A Description and Clinician Perceptions of a Mobile App for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (abstract)
Sleep Related Breathing Disorders
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 14 || AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SLEEP TECHNOLOGISTS BLOG
Floppy Eyelid Syndrome (FES): Why Optometrists See Sleep as an Issue
From the curator: I'm so glad to hear dentists, EENT specialists, and now optometrists and ophthalmologists calling out evidence of sleep disorders. Waiting to hear from endocrinologists.
APR 14 || JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
Association of Sleep Disordered Breathing with Wake-Up Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Full Polysomnographic Study (abstract)
APR 14 || JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Cognitive and Functional Outcome of Stroke Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Randomized Controlled Trial (abstract)
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 14 || JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
High Adherence to CPAP Treatment Does Not Prevent the Continuation of Weight Gain among Severely Obese OSAS Patients (abstract)
From the curator: CPAP cannot fix obesity. But then, that is not why it exists.
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 14 || JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
Medium Increased Risk for Central Sleep Apnea but Not Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Long-Term Opioid Users: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (abstract)
From the curator: You can't hide your drug-altered brain wave patterns from a sleep tech.
APR 14 || JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Company Workers: Development of a Two-Step Screening Strategy with a New Questionnaire (abstract)
APR 14 || JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
Respiratory Variability during Sleep in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Patients (abstract)
APR 14 || MEDSCAPE MULTISPECIALTY
AMD: Untreated Sleep Apnea May Reduce Response to Bevacizumab
Movement Disorders of Sleep
APR 12 || NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE AND TREATMENT
Relationship between quality of life and restless legs syndrome among a community-dwelling population in Japan
APR 14 || VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
VUMC lauded by Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation
Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
APR 8 || VAN WINKLE'S
The Mysterious Phenomenon Behind Your Morning Energy
APR 12 || SLEEP REVIEW
Researchers Reveal Network of Circadian Neurons that Communicate to Re-establish Synchronization
APR 14 || JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
Subjective and Objective Measures of Hypersomnolence Demonstrate Divergent Associations with Depression among Participants in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study (abstract)
Parasomnias
APR 12 || SOUND SLEEP HEALTH
Night Terrors vs Nightmares: Both Can Be Very Frightening
Central Disorders of Hypersomnia
APR 9 || BROADLY.
What It's Like to Abruptly Pass Out Every Time You Laugh
APR 13 || SOUND SLEEP HEALTH
Idiopathic hypersomnia: feeling tired all the time
Other Research
APR 8 || BMJ OPEN ACCESS
Exploring the experience of sleep and fatigue in male and female adults over the 2 years following traumatic brain injury: a qualitative descriptive study
APR 12 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
Calcium-dependent Pathway Helps to Regulate Sleep Duration
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 12 || NEUROLOGY NOW
Sleep Smarter: For people with neurologic conditions, sleep can be elusive. We troubleshoot six obstacles to a healthy night's rest
From the curator: Good information here, practical and thoughtful for those who struggle with both sleep problems and neurological disorders.
APR 13 || THE JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Synaptic Mechanisms of Memory Consolidation during Sleep Slow Oscillations
APR 14 || JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
Abnormal Nocturnal Behavior due to Hypoglycemia in a Patient with Type 2 Diabetes (abstract)
APR 14 || JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
Pre-diagnostic Sleep Duration and Sleep Quality in Relation to Subsequent Cancer Survival (abstract)
APR 14 || UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
New study illuminates key aspects of how we fall asleep and wake up (press release)
Researchers
APR 8 || ABC NEWS 7
Bay area researchers tackle sleep cycles
APR 14 || WKU NEWS
WKU biology faculty member receives NSF research grant: Project on how arctic songbirds have adapted to diminished sleep patterns might help understanding of sleep loss in humans
TECHNOLOGY || Devices (including PAP, dental sleep medicine, neurostimulation, etc) and tools for diagnosing and treating sleep health issues
APR 8 || GADGETS 360
From YouTube to VR, in Search of a Good Night's Sleep
Apps
APR 8 || SLEEP REVIEW
HST: Past, Present, & Future
Home Sleep Apnea Testing
APR 10 || SLEEP JUNKIES
5 'brain gadgets' for hacking your sleep
Apps
APR 11 || SLEEP RESOLUTIONS
Durable medical equipment (DME) and the sleep center
PAP devices
APR 11 || SLEEP REVIEW
PAP Therapy Data Downloads: Advantages and Limitations of Old and New Methods
Apps
SleepRate Says Its New Mobile App Treats Non-medical Sleep Deficiencies
Apps
APR 12 || SLEEP BETTER, LIVE BETTER BLOG
How Often Should You Replace Your CPAP Supplies?
PAP devices
APR 12 || SLEEP BETTER, LIVE BETTER BLOG
Will my Insurance Cover CPAP? Frequently Asked Questions About Coverage
PAP devices
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DRUGS || Over the counter drugs, prescription medications, illicit substances, nutraceuticals
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 13 || PHILLY.com
Nun charged with DUI blames Ambien, can't recall driving to N.J.
From the curator: The story itself is outrageous, and then you have to look at that picture of the smiling nun and think, how can you be smiling?
Ambien
APR 14 || JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
Sleep Disturbances and Nightmares in a Patient Treated with Prazosin (abstract)
Prazosin
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 14 || MEDICAL DAILY
Diet For Sleep, Digestive Health: Magnesium Levels Help Set Circadian Rhythm And Increase Metabolism
From the curator: Before you go out and buy a Costco-sized bottle of the stuff, make sure you need it, k? And don't take too much, it does a number on your bowel otherwise.
Magnesium
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THERAPIES || Cognitive behavior therapy, chronotherapy, phototherapy, alternative therapy, complementary medicine, functional medicine
APR 11 || LONG-TERM LIVING
Light therapy helps people with dementia sleep
Phototherapy
APR 11 || THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
A Simple Tool to Ease Cancer’s Side Effects: In a test, researchers at Mount Sinai try light therapy to help the fatigue and depression that many cancer patients feel
Phototherapy
APR 12 || ZDNET
Sleepless? Use your Amazon Echo as a white noise machine
White noise technology
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THE BUSINESS OF SLEEP || Corporate news, the business of sleep
APR 8 || LIVEMINT
Lupin gains as its arm launches Zolpidem Sublingual Tablets in the US
APR 11 || EGM CAR TECH
Report: Toyota teams up with Uber and The Huffington post to combat drowsy driving w/ video
APR 14 || MASS DEVICE
BMC claims wins in continued spat with ResMed over CPAP patents
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CULTURE || Cultural, social, athletic, legal, artistic and religious discussions of sleep
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 8 || PULSE
Insomniac artist makes dress using 2,000 sleeping pill prescription labels
From the curator: Hey, if you're going to stay up all night, you may as well be productive.
Fashion
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LIFESTYLE & HYGIENE || Tips and clues for sleep self-improvement
APR 8 || COGENT
Sleep hygiene and sleep quality as predictors of positive and negative dimensions of mental health in college students
APR 8 || THE NEW YORK TIMES
Power Napping on Campus
APR 12 || THE BAKER ORANGE
A college student's guide to napping
APR 12 || MONTGOMERY ADVISER
Chances are, lack of sleep is making you fat
APR 14 || BUSTLE
11 Ways To Create The Most Sleep-Friendly Bedroom Ever
APR 14 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS
9 Things In Your Dorm That Are Wrecking Your Sleep
APR 14 || SOUND SLEEP HEALTH
Food and Sleep: What and when we eat matters to the body clock
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FAMILY || Sleep health through the lifespan: pediatrics, women's health, family health, men's health, parenting, eldercare
APR 12 || INDEPENDENT
Ask the expert: What can I do about my four-year-old son’s early waking?
Kids
APR 12 || ROMPER
7 Ways Sleep Deprivation Affects Your Marriage
Marriage
APR 12 || SLEEP REVIEW
Elementary School Students’ Grades Improve with Small Increases in Sleep
Kids
APR 13 || SLEEP REVIEW
For Young Adults, Sleep Problems Predict Later Pain Problems
Young adults
APR 14 || JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
A Three-Item Instrument for Measuring Daytime Sleepiness: The Observation and Interview Based Diurnal Sleepiness Inventory (ODSI) (abstract)
Seniors
APR 14 || MODERN MEDICINE NETWORK
Do parents push sleep problems onto their kids?
Parenting
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MULTIMEDIA || Sleep health media captured in graphics, photos, audio, film
APR 8 || NBC NEWS
Aetna is Paying Employees Up to $300 a Year to Sleep Well
Broadcast news video
APR 9 || NPR
Sleep Deprived: We're Recharging Our Phones, But Not Ourselves
Radio program
APR 10 || BUSINESS INSIDER
Arianna Huffington destroys the macho ‘no sleep’ mentality
YouTube
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FIRST PERSON || Op-Ed, letters to the editor, columnists, advocates, personal essays
APR 8 || CITIZEN'S VOICE
Dr. Anthony Komaroff: Too much sleep a sign of problems
Advice columnist
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 8 || HUFFINGTON POST
Deborah Hersman/National Safety Council: You’re More Than Tired, You’re Deadly
From the curator: As someone who curates dozens of news articles on traffic fatalities linked to drowsy driving, I second this statement.
Advocacy
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 8 || SPLICE TODAY
Rooster Quibbits: Sleepless in Silicon Valley: Wondering whether it’s all worth it on the set of James Franco’s latest short film
From the curator: Dear James Franco, I really want to like you, I do, but your sleep attitudes and habits to me are as annoying and disturbing as watching my blind date clipping his nails at the table. Stop pretending you don't have a sleep disorder already. Real men acknowledge their health problems and get treated for them.
Personal essay
APR 8 || STUFF.co
Grant Shimmin: Confessions of an accomplished daytime sleeper
Personal essay
APR 9 || CDA PRESS
Dr. Donald Johnson: How to stop irritating snoring
Guest editorial
APR 11 || NORTH BY NORTHWESTERN
Jimmy Yook: An Anticlimax
Personal essay
APR 14 || ELITE DAILY
Leigh Weingus: I Can’t Sleep, And I’m Finally Going To Do Something About It
Personal essay
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DREAMING || All things to do with the dream world
CURATOR'S CHOICE
APR 11 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS
Is There Really A Connection Between Melatonin And Crazy Dreams?
From the curator: Such a popular discussion point!
APR 11 || THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Does Spicy Food Cause Bad Dreams?
The next news curation will post on Friday, April 22
