Summary: The Sleep Consortium announced the Illuminate Hypersomnia Adjunct Scientific Meeting, a virtual session on Feb 13, 2025, to address drug development challenges for idiopathic hypersomnia (IH). Building on insights from a previous patient-focused meeting and survey, the event will bring together experts in sleep medicine, pharmaceutical research, and advocacy to tackle barriers in IH…
Summary: A study co-led by UCLA and Baylor College of Medicine suggests that a wearable transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) device may help alleviate persistent pain, fatigue, and mobility issues in individuals with long COVID. The device, which delivers low-voltage electrical currents, was tested on 25 participants over four weeks, with the high-dose group showing…
Summary: Embr Labs, maker of the Embr Wave wrist-worn wearable, announced six new patents granted across the US, Japan, and the EU. These patents focus on AI-driven systems that deliver personalized warming and cooling stimuli to address hot flashes, stress, and sleep disruptions. The patented technology leverages sensors to detect physiological signals, enabling adaptive and…
Christmas Sermon Prep Webinar – Join me for a FREE webinar on Dec. 5th at 2 pm ET to learn about preaching a Christmas message that deeply changes lives. https://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/sermonprep/ ————————— The truth is, you can’t shepherd numbers. You can only shepherd names. And yet, in a culture obsessed with metrics, many leaders feel…
Few of us would willingly repeat our middle and high school years. For many, the span from age twelve to seventeen held insecurities, fears, disappointments, and maybe even intense suffering that we would not want to relive. Part of our trouble came from the adolescent tendency to filter everything, even our deepest joys and triumphs,…
Summary: A study led by researchers at the University of Lausanne, published in Nature Neuroscience, identifies the brain’s locus coeruleus as a key regulator of the transitions between non-rapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. This brain region, previously known for its role in wakefulness, acts as a “clock” to maintain normal…