SomnoMed North America announced Nexus Dental Systems as its preferred partner to offer sleep dentistry training and medical billing for oral appliance therapy (OAT) in the US Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and commercial market segments. The partnership enhances the objectives of SomnoMed’s Medical Initiative by further enabling and expanding collaborative patient treatment…
June 16, 2023 • Research Highlight An estimated 40% to 50% of people will experience adversity during childhood, which can increase the risk for physical and emotional challenges when they grow up. Studies show that parents who faced difficult situations in their childhood may pass on some of those risks to their children. However, the…
When the emperor Nero blamed Christians for starting the fire that destroyed much of Rome in AD 64, persecution became official policy for the first time. Though it remained sporadic, many early Christians never knew when they might be forced to pay the ultimate price for their faith. Pictures of such Christians facing lions in…
Staying up late at night has little impact on how long “night owls” live, but data based on nearly 23,000 twins shows that evening types have a slightly increased risk of dying than morning types—a risk largely linked to smoking and drinking. The study, published in Chronobiology International, tracked people over the course of more…
Fewer than six hours or more than 10 hours of sleep and poor quality of sleep are associated with a greater risk for diabetes, according to research being presented at ENDO 2023. Poor sleep quantity and quality and its impact on the risk for diabetes or obesity has been previously studied. However, this study, published…
Avadel Pharmaceuticals is sponsoring the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Foundation’s 15th Annual Young Investigators Research Forum (YIRF). This will be Avadel’s third year as lead sponsor of the YIRF program, which takes place through June, with virtual and in-person events. Avadel has supported AASM Foundation’s YIRF program since 2021 and has increased support…
American TelePhysicians (ATP), a virtual healthcare company, and MedBridge Healthcare, a provider of sleep center management services, have joined forces to provide sleep diagnostics and therapeutics within ATP’s healthcare offerings. Through this partnership, patients can access a seamless sleep medicine ecosystem via ATP’s healthcare CURA4U platform, incorporating screening, diagnosis, treatment, and consultations with sleep medicine…
Swiss clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company NLS Pharmaceutics Ltd announced positive data from five in vitro drug-drug interaction (DDI) studies investigating the potential for DDI of mazindol—being developed for the treatment of narcolepsy—as well as its hydrolyzed metabolite. NLS recently obtained Orphan Disease Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency…
To combat fatigue-related auto accidents, emotion3D, Chuhang Tech, and SAT have joined forces to develop an advanced multi-sensor in-cabin analysis system. This collaboration brings together the expertise of emotion3D, a camera-based in-cabin analysis software company; Chuhang Tech, a startup specializing in radar technologies for AD and ADAS applications; and SAT, a startup focused on sleep…
The Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) announced the winners of its 2023 Certification in Clinical Sleep Health (CCSH) Educational Grant for RPSGTs who are interested in pursuing the CCSH credential through Pathway 3. Ten RPSGTs were selected out of nearly 40 applications. “We were thrilled to see so much interest in this year’s grant…