For partners of CPAP wearers, the breathing devices can cause just as many obstacles in the bedroom as snoring.

Babbett Peterson, the wife of a CPAP user, told Newsweek, "Things were great ...

The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) recently tapped David Cloud as its new CEO. Cloud joins the nonprofit group after serving as president of the Professional Relations and Research Institute, an association management firm whose clients include academic organizations in thoracic surgery, gastroenterology and medical research.

Cloud steps in for an e-mail interview with ADVANCE's Mike ...

The state Senate on Monday gave preliminary approval ...

Are the drugs we're taking to improve our health hurting us? Or worse yet, killing us?

That's the question more and more patients are asking themselves as public doubt continues to plague the Federal Drug Administration. And that skepticism is increasing as we're bombarded with headlines and recalls that warn of faulty imports, contaminated foods, and previously undiscovered drug side effects.

These ...

Researchers ...

The final national determination, announced March 13, comes with a string attached. Medicare will limit initial coverage of CPAP for OSA to 12 weeks to determine whether patients will respond ...

Even if you have an experienced hand in prescribing and formulating meds, it can be difficult to keep up with all of the data and updates from the Food and Drug Administration.

Our April Drug Data article, "Not the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of" discussed some concerns surrounding sedative-hypnotic medications - the subject of an FDA advisory last March. The experts I spoke with emphasized the desperate need for ...

Researchers over the years have attributed a whole host of sins to daylight saving time-car crashes, industrial accidents, and decreased creativity-but a recent study says the time shift shouldn't get all the blame for disturbing Americans' ...

Dr. Jeffrey Lipsitz alleges in a lawsuit filed in the Ontario Superior Court that the college and Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care together embarked on a "closure campaign" to silence his advocacy ...

Students everywhere may long ago have made their own assumptions about the relationship between sleep and memory, especially after they drew a complete blank on that last test after pulling an all-nighter. Had they taken a few short naps, perhaps they would remembered the material from their cram sessions a little better, ...

California sleep technologists will face a new hurdle for practice if State Sen. Jeff Denham (R-Merced) wins his push for a new sleep credential. The Polysomnographic Technologist Act (Senate Bill 1125) would require licensing of all sleep ...

I got more than a few laughs ...

New Korean research indicates that regular snoring may double the risk of chronic bronchitis. From earlier research, we already knew that people who suffer from chronic bronchitis are more likely to snore, or have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

This prospective ...

Heavy eyelids? Trouble concentrating? Whip-like temper? Sounds like someone has a case of the Monday morning blues. Turns out, you're not alone.

A recent study reported by the BBC identifies Sunday night as the hardest night of the week to get undisturbed sleep, meaning Monday morning co-workers get to witness the resulting fun firsthand.

The ...

As the presidential candidates scramble for delegates on Super Tuesday, they will have to battle more than attack ads and finger pointing from opponents. Sleep deprivation may prove their No. 1 foe as they hop from New York to California and the 21 states in between.

Running on empty has induced more than a few gaffes along the campaign trail. 

How many masks do you have available at your sleep laboratory? Do you try to always get the "latest greatest" masks, or do you stick to mostly "tried and true"? How often do you use a full-face mask instead of a nasal mask?

I got to talking about these issues with a couple of people at the last APSS/AAST meeting, and the exchange got a little heated! People have passionate opinions about this - similar to ...

I have a vegan friend who has always distrusted cell phones, and refuses to use one. I used to laugh at this, likening it to my father's early misgivings about microwave ovens. When we got our first microwave in the 1980s (as a gift), Dad would hurry out of the kitchen whenever it was running, eager to protect his body from unbidden assault by the strange waves.

I always thought my vegan friend's mistrust ...

Why do we sleep? This fundamental question has remained a mystery for thousands of years. The precise answer has always eluded us (and is likely to be quite complex). But the more we study this question, the more it seems to me that the bottom line is growth -not just physical growth, but also growth and restructure of our neural networks.

It seems ...

Now that computers can understand our voices, and cars can pinpoint our global position, I guess it was about time for beds to go high-tech as well. The new Starry Night Bed from Leggett and Platt is like something from the Jetsons household.

It detects vibrations of snoring, and automatically raises the head of the bed 7 degrees to compensate for it. It senses ...

You probably already know that there is a link between poor sleep hygiene and death. If we graphed this relationship, we'd get a "U-shaped" distribution. In other words, if your sleep duration is extreme - either extremely short or extremely long - your mortality risk increases.

In the middle of the graph, there is a "sweet spot", a zone that represents ...

Do you routinely place a disposable bacterial filter at the far end of each patient's CPAP tubing before connecting hose to machine? From an infection control standpoint, it may be an important question, especially if your lab provides heated humidity during titration.

New research published ...

I ran across a great article published in the Baltimore Sun (click here to read it), that discusses the link between sleep and obesity.

Research has consistently found a correlation between sleep deprivation and obesity, and has also established a possible biochemical basis for it (changes in blood sugar, and in ...

Exciting new primate research, published in the December 26, 2007 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that a quick whiff of orexin-A can correct many of the cognitive deficits caused by sleep ...