WHAT'S HAPPENING: CPAP users... news you can use!

SPOTLIGHT: USING CPAP 

While dental sleep medicine has emerged as a significant player in the field of sleep apnea treatment, there are still hundreds of thousands of people around the world using some form of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy to treat their sleep breathing disorders. 

Check out these posts related to using PAP, especially CPAP (but including BiPAP, APAP, ASV, CPAP accessories, the big business of CPAP, legislation and insurance concerns, and more).  

This week's links were published or updated between 8.1.16 and 8.31.16.

AUG 3 || THE SLEEP ZONE
Avoiding Red Marks from a CPAP Mask

AUG 4 || HELLO GIGGLES
Why I decided to embrace my CPAP machine

AUG 8 || THE SLEEP ZONE

Live Healthier with the SoClean Machine

AUG 9 || FOX NEWS HEALTH
Online marketplace offers cheaper CPAP machines without a prescription

AUG 9 || SOUND SLEEP HEALTH
5 things you need to know: Central Apnea & ASV therapy

AUG 10 || HOME CARE
Proof of Medical Necessity No Longer Required for Replacement CPAP or RAD Accessories

AUG 10 || THE SLEEP ZONE
Summer Travel with a Mini CPAP Machine

AUG 10 || TWIN CITIES BUSINESS
Report: If You Suffer From Sleep Apnea, Don’t Buy A Breathing Device Online

AUG 11 || SLEEP REVIEW
Study Raises Safety Concerns Over the Online Sale of Secondhand CPAP Devices

AUG 11 || SOUND SLEEP HEALTH
When is oxygen therapy performed in a sleep lab?

AUG 16 || MEDSCAPE MULTISPECIALTY
Oral Appliance Therapy in OSA: A Better Way to Ensure Success

AUG 17 || THE SLEEP ZONE
The New CPAPgel Improves Sleep Experience

AUG 18 || MOBI HEALTH NEWS
ResMed launches app for CPAP users to track sleep apnea treatment

AUG 19 || LEXOLOGY

ResMed Files New 337 Complaint Regarding Certain Sleep-Disordered Breathing Treatment Mask Systems

AUG 19 || SLEEP RESOLUTIONS

Checking your CPAP Machine Filters: Replacement and Cleaning

AUG 19 || THE SLEEP ZONE
Is Your CPAP Causing Dry Mouth?

AUG 22 || SLEEP RESOLUTIONS
How do I know when it's time to get a new CPAP mask?

AUG 22 || SLEEP REVIEW
Urbanization, Pollution Driving Respiratory Care Device Market

AUG 22 || THE SLEEP ZONE
CPAP Myths Busted

AUG 23 || PRESS RELEASE ROCKET
Inventor and InventHelp Client Creates Storage Accessory for CPAP Mask (LCC-3123)

AUG 23 || RESPSHOP
CPAP masks & machines: What's best for you?

AUG 23 || RESPSHOP
Top ten reasons to use CPAP machine

AUG 24 || NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RECORD
Resmed Corp. alleged to have infringed patents with CPAP machines

AUG 26 || THE SLEEP ZONE
A-Flex, C-Flex, EPR: What’s the Difference?

AUG 27 || NEWSDAY
Ailing mother gets breathing machine

AUG 28 || 9 NEWS
World’s largest sleep disorder study finds breathing machines can improve severe depression in sufferers

AUG 28 || SLEEP RESOLUTIONS
How do I know when it's time to get a new CPAP mask?

AUG 28 || DISPATCH
Emergency Medicine: Traveling without CPAP machine puts man in jeopardy

AUG 29 || BOTTOM LINE INC
Don’t Fall For This Sleep Apnea Trap

AUG 29 || THE SLEEP ZONE
Learning to Love Your CPAP

AUG 30 || THE NEWS-GAZETTE
Hoopeston man's invention could be a sleeper hit

AUG 31 || SLEEP REVIEW
No Cardiovascular Benefits from CPAP, Study Finds; Quality of Life Improves

Sleep Hygiene September: Take 2 tips & feel better in the morning!

For the month of September, SleepyHeadCENTRAL is celebrating two years of public service educating readers about sleep health by offering a fun and useful curatorial focus: Two sleep hygiene tips a day, every day, for the whole month!

If you don't subscribe to this blog, now's the time! (Scroll down the right-hand column to discover several subscription and following options.)

If you struggle with sleep, you'll not want to miss these easy, inexpensive approaches to improving your sleep habits.

WHAT'S HAPPENING: Hypersomnia: When sleeping too much is not a good thing

 SPOTLIGHT: WHEN WE SLEEP TOO MUCH

The media has done a fine job of pushing the critical message that we, as a culture, are sleep deprived. It's true: between untreated sleep disorders, insomnia, mental health concerns, and poor sleep hygiene, our record for getting adequate sleep, night after night, is dismal, on the whole.

But there is such a thing as sleeping too much. Not because of poor sleep hygiene, or emotional problems, but because of a distinct and legitimate category of sleep disorders known collectively as hypersomnia. 

People with hypersomnia―idiopathic hypersomnia, narcolepsy with or without cataplexy, Kleine-Levin Syndrome (Sleeping Beauty Syndrome), and general hypersomnia caused by other factors―suffer from distinctively different levels of severity when it comes to their daytime sleepiness. 

They are not "lucky" because they get more sleep, and they cannot simply drink a cup of coffee and walk it off. They also sometimes have trouble sleeping at night, just like the rest of us, making it that much harder for them to live full, healthy lives. 

They suffer from chronic and often incurable problems whose symptoms and causes are biologically distinctive from the kind of somnolence we experience due to sleep deprivation. 

This week's links were published or updated been 3.22.16 and 8.25.16.

MAR 22 & APR 15 || HEALTH CENTRAL

A Two Part Primer on Narcolepsy + A Two Part Primer on Narcolepsy Part 2

MAY 11 || SLEEP REVIEW

Integrative Medicine Approaches to Narcolepsy

MAY 13 || JULIEFLYGARE.com

Captain America’s Jeremy Renner wants Narcolepsy as his Superpower?

MAY 18 || HUFFINGTON POST
Dear People With Narcolepsy, You Are Awesome!

MAY 18 || JD SUPRA BUSINESS ADVISOR
Fourth Circuit Rejects Motor Carrier's Defense in Refusing to Hire Driver Diagnosed with Narcolepsy

MAY 19 || KCBD
South Plains narcoleptics refuse to sleep their lives away (news video)

MAY 25 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
Sleep Disorders and Your Job – What To Do When The Writing’s On The Wall
Narcolepsy & Hypersomnia

MAY 30 || SOUND SLEEP HEALTH
FAST FACTS: Signs and symptoms of hypersomnolence

JUN 1 || eNEURO
GABA Receptors on Orexin and MCH Neurons are Differentially Homeostatically Regulated following Sleep Deprivation (PDF)

JUN 6 || WTOP.com
What happens when your child’s sleep cycle goes out of sync?
Narcolepsy

JUN 9 || THE DENVER POST
When 11 hours aren’t enough: The rare disorder of perpetual sleepiness
Narcolepsy

JUN 10 || JULIEFLYGARE.com
A Monumental Day: Visiting the White House as a Narcolepsy Advocate

JUN 14 || BUSINESS INSIDER
More sleep may not be making you as productive as you think
Hypersomnia

JUN 15 || BREAKING NEWS IRELAND
Limerick teenager with sleep disorder fights State for compensation after swine flu vaccine
Narcolepsy

JUN 15 || SOUND SLEEP HEALTH
Hypersomnolence: Is there such a thing as too much sleep?
'Long sleep' and hypersomnia

JUN 16 || SLEEP REVIEW
Investigational New Drug Newly Accepted for Phase II Study in Adults with ADHD May Later Be Tested for Narcolepsy

JUN 27 || CBS LOCAL LOS ANGELES
LA Woman Describes Serious Sleep Disorder: ‘It Feels Like Being Awake Inside A Corpse’
Narcolepsy

JULY 3 || RAPID CITY JOURNAL
Family launches campaign to explain sleep disorder
Kleine-Levin Syndrome

JULY 8 || SIOUX CITY JOURNAL
Siouxland teen navigates life with narcolepsy

JULY 11 || SLEEP REVIEW
Managing Narcolepsy Symptoms with Pharmaceuticals: Currently Approved Medications and Promising Drug Trials

JULY 12 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
Hypersomnia Research-Where We Are And Where We Are Headed

JULY 18 || SLEEP REVIEW
Clinicians: Swiss Narcolepsy Scale Has High Utility in Narcolepsy Screening

JULY 18 || SLEEP REVIEW
Leadership Program to Help People with Narcolepsy Share Their Stories to Launch in Summer 2017

JULY 21 || CW39 NEWSFIX
Woman with rare sleep disorder sleeps for days, weeks and sometimes even months
Kleine-Levin Syndrome

JULY 26 || HUFFINGTON POST
Doctors Are Prescribing A ‘Date Rape Drug’ For This Medical Condition

JULY 26 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
Flumazenil for the Treatment of Refractory Hypersomnolence

AUG 2 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
Together, We Can Solve the Puzzle of Hypersomnia

AUG 3 || FIERCE PHARMA
Noted price-hiker Jazz feels the heat as PTO strikes Xyrem patents
Narcolepsy

AUG 3 || FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
Altered Brain Microstate Dynamics in Adolescents with Narcolepsy

AUG 3 || JULIE FLYGARE
YOUR STORY MATTERS: Introducing Rising Voices of Narcolepsy ℠

AUG 4 || BEND BULLETIN
Interview with an artist: Megan Phallon’s vivid visions hang at Franklin Crossing
Narcolepsy

AUG 4 || NJ.com
N.J. to get millions in settlement over sleep disorder drug
Provigil (modafinil)

AUG 4 || SLEEP REVIEW
Sleep Professionals Dismayed by Portrayal of Narcolepsy in New York Magazine Article

AUG 8 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
What’s New in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypersomnia in 2016?

AUG 8 || SLEEP REVIEW
Daytime Sleepiness and Attention Deficiencies Linked for Narcolepsy and Idiopathic Hypersomnia Patients Highlight the Need for Clinical Assessment

AUG 13 || JULIEFLYGARE.com
What is my secret? Am I a “typical” person with narcolepsy?

AUG 14 || GREENFIELD REPORTER
Judge sentences man who led police on high speed chase to 10 years in prison
A Greenfield man’s attorney asked a judge for leniency for his client this week, saying the man who led police on a high-speed chase suffers from narcolepsy and other medical conditions that cause him to black out while driving.

AUG 18 || THE MIGHTY
'Finding Your Fairytale' Reimagines Fairy Tales Using People With Chronic and Mental Illnesses
Narcolepsy

AUG 19 || BENZINGA
CME Outfitters Launching a New Live and On Demand Webcast Series on Narcolepsy

AUG 19 || COUNTY TIMES
Pontrobert woman being 'punished' for not being able to work
Narcolepsy

AUG 20 || ATTN:
This Is What It Actually Feels Like to Have Narcolepsy

AUG 22 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
Ask the Doctor (new column)

AUG 22 || JULIEFLYGARE.com
New York Times editor’s The Big Thing features Wide Awake & Dreaming: A Memoir of Narcolepsy

AUG 25 || BENZINGA
Janney Initiates Jazz Pharma At Neutral, Cites Potential Competition For 'Blockbuster Narcolepsy Franchise'

AUG 25 || MEDGADGET
Global Sleep Disorder Therapeutics Market : Historical, current and projected industry size by 2015-2021

AUG 25 || SLEEP REVIEW
Study Quantifies Prevalence, Sensitivity, Specificity of PSG SOREMP for Narcolepsy

AUG 25 || SLEEP REVIEW
Why Actigraphy Should Be Considered Before An MSLT to Diagnose Narcolepsy

WHAT'S HAPPENING: CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS

SPOTLIGHT: CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS

Why we sleep is determined by our need for rest, as determined by our sleep drive, as well as the way we are synchronized with the Earthly patterns of light and dark, rhythms which drive the life force of all living things. When our circadian rhythms fall out of sync, we pay a price for it. Learn about jet lag, early birds and night owls, circadian rhythm disorders, disorders related to shift working, and more.

This week's links were published or updated been 6.1.16 and 8.19.16. 

 CIRCADIAN RHYTHM BASICS 
JUN 1 || SLEEP REVIEW MAGAZINE
Shedding light on dawn simulation

JUN 8 || MEDICAL XPRESS
Lighting color affects sleep and wakefulness

JUN 10 || SLEEP REVIEW
Individuals Exposed to Blue Wavelength Lights Experienced Faster Reaction Times

JUN 22 || NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Delving Deeper into the Circadian Rhythms of Life

JUN 27 || METRO
Genetic researchers studying why some people don't need 8 hours of sleep

JUN 28 || HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
Honeybee circadian rhythms are affected more by social interactions

JULY 7 || FARM & RANCH GUIDE
Circadian rhythms influence everyone, and farmers in particular

JULY 12 || SLEEP REVIEW
Greater Variation in Sleep Timing, Efficiency in Blind Individuals Than in Normal-Sighted

AUG 2 || INSIDE SCIENCE
Sleep Could Be An Olympic Athlete's Secret Weapon

AUG 3 || CURIOUS
I’ve got (Circadian) rhythm

AUG 4 || SLEEP REVIEW
Researchers Develop Understanding of Sleep Homeostat

AUG 5 || AMERICAN SLEEP ASSOCIATION
New Protein Found that Helps Repress Inflammation During Sleep

AUG 5 || FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETIES FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
Why you're stiff in the morning: Your body suppresses inflammation when you sleep at night

AUG 5 || NPR
The Mystery Of Why Sunflowers Turn To Follow The Sun — Solved

AUG 8 || CLINICAL ONCOLOGY NEWS
Gut Bacteria Mind Their Own Clock, Respond to Melatonin

AUG 11 || UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
Human brain clocks exposed: Effects of circadian clocks and sleep loss vary across brain regions, new study finds

AUG 19 || EDMONTON METRO NEWS
Alberta geneticists study link between body clocks and growth


 "ZEITGEBERS" (TIME CUES) 

JUN 22 || KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
Is 'when we eat' as important as 'what we eat'?

JULY 6 || US NEWS & WORLD REPORT

What’s the Best Time of Day to Exercise? The Answer Is Complicated

JULY 9 || THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

Why midnight snacking is one of the worst things you can do

JULY 12 || FAST COMPANY

Why Regular Mealtimes And A Big Breakfast Are So Important To Keeping You Healthy

JULY 23 || THE COURIER-MAIL

Australia's Olympic swimmers can sleep easy at Rio despite late night meets thanks to recovery training

JULY 23 || PHYS.org

Getting to sleep in space is hard – and not exactly restful for the mind and body

JULY 29 || TECH INSIDER

This is the latest you should eat at night if you want to sleep well and not gain weight

 CHRONOTYPES  
JUN 6 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS
This May Explain Why You Can’t Stop Hitting The Snooze

JUN 10 || MY 9 NJ
Your DNA determines your bedtime and why you hit the snooze button (video)

JUN 24 || HELLO GIGGLES
Study shows night owls are magical creatures who can eat junk food with no consequences 

JULY 21 || DAILY HERALD
Early bird or night owl: The answer may affect your personality

AUG 5 || LIVE SCIENCE
Bad Timing: Biological Clock Linked to Infections (early birds)

AUG 19 || ALBANY STAR HERALD
15 different DNA variant[s] related with [being a] Morning Person


 SLEEP DISORDERS & RELATED MEDICAL PROBLEMS  
JUN 1 || PSYCH CENTRAL
Abnormal Circadian Rhythm May Disrupt Brain Chemicals in Bipolar Disorder
Circadian rhythm disruption

JUN 2 || HINDUSTAN TIMES
Shift changes not only affect sleep but also put you at risk of a stroke
Shift work disorder

JUN 6 || THE JOURNAL
There may be a cure for jet-lag and tiredness from shift-work
Shift work disorder + jet lag

JUN 7 || SLEEP REVIEW
Insights Into How Cancer Rewires Circadian Rhythms
Circadian rhythm disruption

JUN 7 || WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Benefits to timing chemotherapy to body's 'awake' time
Circadian rhythm disruption

JUN 28 || JOURNALISTS RESOURCE
Drowsy driving and car crashes: How night-shift work contributes to traffic dangers
Shift work disorder

JULY 1 || THE GUARDIAN
Can't focus? Maybe it's your body clock
Circadian rhythm disruption

JULY 1 || SLEEP
Intermittent Short Sleep Results in Lasting Sleep Wake Disturbances and Degeneration of Locus Coeruleus and Orexinergic Neurons (abstract only)
Intermittent short sleep

JULY 13 || DOVE PRESS
Editorial: How to reduce circadian misalignment in rotating shift workers (click on PDF to download and read full editorial)
Shift work disorder

JULY 28 || MIT NEWS
Why working the night shift can pose a cancer risk
Shift work disorder

JULY 30 || RELIAWIRE
Circadian Clock Disruption Linked With Tumor Growth
Circadian rhythm disruption

AUG 3 || DAILY MAIL
A good sleep can beat back pain - thanks to the 24-hour clock in the spine: Discs can cause agony if they get out of sync
The body clock and pain 

AUG 4 || THE ATLANTIC
Why Napping Can't Replace a Good Night's Rest
Circadian rhythm sleep disorders

AUG 5 || MEDSCAPE MULTISPECIALTY
Should Night-Shift Nurses Nap at Work?
Shift work disorder

AUG 10 || SLEEP SCIENCE
Loss of melatonin daily rhythmicity is associated with delirium development in hospitalized older adults
Dementia


 LIGHT POLLUTION & SLEEP  
JUN 13 || METROPOLIS
Why Light Matters: Designing with Circadian Health in Mind

JUN 13 || SCIENCE ALERT
A third of us can’t see the Milky Way anymore, and it’s messing with our health

JUN 24 || SLEEP REVIEW
AMA Adopts Community Guidance to Reduce the Harmful Effects, Such As Melatonin Suppression, of High Intensity Street Lighting

JUN 26 || SLEEP RESOLUTIONS
The problem of light pollution and sleep

JULY 12 || FUTURE STRUCTURE
New Atlas Shows Extent of Light Pollution – What Does it Mean for our Health?

JULY 15 || KILL SCREEN
Video games and the end of sleep

JULY 21 || BRADENTON HEALTH
Lakewood Ranch asks LED bidders to avoid blue light

JULY 21 || KATU
Shine a little light: Are Portland's new LED streetlights bad for your health?

JUL 29 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS 
The Amount Of Light In Your Bedroom Could Up Your Obesity Risk

AUG 2 || QUARTZ
Sleeping with your light on could mess with your body clock and accelerate aging

AUG 5 || MED PAGE TODAY
PMR Symptoms Follow Circadian Pattern: Symptoms correlate with levels of inflammatory cytokines

AUG 9 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS 
Effects Of Screen Time On Adult Sleep

AUG 10 || UPPSALA UNIVERSITY
Plenty of light during daytime reduces the effect of blue light screens on night sleep

AUG 12 || GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT
Epigenetic Zs: Could a bad night’s sleep alter your genes?

AUG 12 || WELL (THE NEW YORK TIMES) 
Excess Light Exposure May Take Toll on Muscles and Bones

AUG 17 || WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES
Star Light, Star Bright, Can You See the Stars Tonight?


 JET LAG  
JUN 3 || BUSTLE
How To Adjust To A Time Change While Traveling With 11 Helpful Tips

JUN 6 || MEDICINE NET
What is jet lag?

JUN 14 || REDEYE CHICAGO
Study: Traveling to the West Coast makes sports teams suck

JUN 30 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS
Here’s How You Get Better Sleep While On An International Travel

JULY 12 || PHYS.org
Mathematical models explain east-west asymmetry of jet lag recovery

JULY 12 || SLEEP REVIEW
Why Sleep Training Should Be Part of Sports Teams’ Winning Traditions

JULY 13 || MEDICAL NEWS TODAY 
Neuroscience Mathematical models explain east-west asymmetry of jet lag recovery

AUG 3 || FOX NEWS HEALTH
Does jet lag make you hungry?

AUG 4 || STONE HEARTH NEWSLETTER
Jet lag and cancer

AUG 9 || CHEAT SHEET
The Effects of Jet Lag: 6 Things it Does to Your Body

WHAT'S HAPPENING: Back to school and the rethinking of the early bell time

SPOTLIGHT: START SCHOOL LATER EFFORTS
SleepyHeadCENTRAL is a strong supporter of the national Start School Later campaign. Please consider the links posted below if you are still uncertain about any relationship school bell times may have with teenage health, performance, and safety.  

This week's links were published or updated been 7.4.16 and through 8.11.16. 

 START SCHOOL LATER  || School start times and their impacts on students, parents, administrators, and communities

JULY 4 || WRAL
 Study: Later school bell cuts teen crashes

JULY 7 || ABC 3 WEAR TV
 Teen designs new bus schedule for Okaloosa County schools

JULY 8 || USA FOOTBALL
How much sleep does your student athlete get per night?

JULY 9 || THE MONROE NEWS
Tips to help moms sleep better during back-to-school transitions

JULY 18 || BERKSHIRE FAMILY FOCUS
Tips from a school nurse: Dangers of Energy Drinks For Teens

JULY 18 || HEALTH CENTRAL
Beware The Illnesses Teens Risk When They Don't Get Enough Sleep

JULY 18 || THE WESTERLY SUN
Later starting times studied for high school

JULY 20 || HUFFINGTON POST
Sleep Deprivation Makes Being A Teenager Even Harder (video)

JULY 21 || NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION
 Changing high school start times: science paves the way

JULY 25 || CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Bedtime should be the same time year-round, say sleep experts

JULY 25 || EDSURGE
A Virtual Start Can Mean Real Sleep For Students

JULY 25 || PARENT HERALD
The Importance of Sleep for Teenagers: Brains Will Not Develop Fully If There is Sleep Deprivation

JULY 25 || WELL: THE NEW YORK TIMES
Helping Our School-Age Children Sleep Better

AUG 1 || LAS CRUCES SUN-NEWS
Help your kids get the sleep they need

AUG 3 || ABC ACTION NEWS

National Sleep Foundation releases new sleep guidelines (video)

AUG 3 || FOX 8 CLEVELAND
Lights Out! It’s time to adjust summer sleep schedules to get ready for school 

AUG 3 || JAPAN INFO
How Effective Could the Kakogawa Junior High School’s Trial Nap Time Be? 

AUG 4 || SCOUT SOMERVILLE
Sleep, Science and the Somerville Public School Schedule 

AUG 5 || ESTES PARK TRAIL GAZETTE
Paving the way for a Smooth Transition Back to School 

AUG 5 || INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS JOURNAL
IPS considers letting high school students sleep in 

AUG 5 || WONKBLOG : THE WASHINGTON POST
The powerful thing that happens when the school day starts in the afternoon 

AUG 8 || CHARLESTON GAZETTE-MAIL
Sleep essential for college students’ physical, mental health 

AUG 8 || FOX 2 DETROIT
Getting a good night's sleep in the college dorm (video) 

AUG 8 || HUFFINGTON POST
More Schools Delay Opening Bell for Sleep’s Sake