Top 10 Sleep News & Info Links, July 16 – 23, 2020
Links ranked in chronological order American Association of Sleep Technologists || July 23, 2020: Narcolepsy-Cataplexy and Precocious Puberty May Be Linked HCP Live || [...]
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Top 10 Sleep News & Info Links, July 9 – 16, 2020
Links ranked in chronological order Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine || July 15, 2020: Exercise as a treatment for sleep apnea Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine || [...]
Top 10 Sleep News & Info Links, May 28 – June 4, 2020
Links ranked in chronological order BBC News || June 4, 2020: Denbighshire crash: Driver who fell asleep at wheel jailed Berkeley News || June 4, 2020: Fitful nightly sleep [...]
Top 10 Sleep News & Info Links, Mar 6 – Mar 12, 2020
MARCH 13, 2020 IS WORLD SLEEP DAY Links ranked in chronological order Sleep Review || March 11, 2020: Better Sleep, Better Life, Better Planet: Celebrate World Sleep Day This [...]
Top 10 Sleep News & Info Links, Feb 7 – Feb 13, 2020
Links ranked in chronological order Association for Psychological Science || February 13, 2020: Romance, Scent, and Sleep: The Stuff that Dreams Are Made Of #sleep [...]
Wellness Wednesday: Children’s bedwetting, a problem for both parents and their kids
Sleep disorders among children include one which parents and children together struggle with: enuresis. [September 6, 2018 || Koala Center for Sleep Disorders] Bedwetting and [...]
Wellness Wednesday: Time to reset the kids’ sleep schedules
If you can help your kids' sleep schedules as they transition back to school, it can make a difference. Strict bedtimes for young ones is called for; advice to university coeds for managing sleep without the confines of family habits can also be useful. [...]
Wellness Wednesday: Sleep Tight video game makes fun of the dark
SLEEP TIGHT isn't probably something your sleep doctor will encourage but parents with kids afraid of the dark might see a benefit to empowering their children to vanquish the monsters who make their bedtimes fearful. Your mileage may vary. [...]
Wellness Wednesday: Managing the unmet needs of pediatric sleep apnea patients
Sleep apnea in kids can be caused by underdeveloped cranial physiology, tongue tie, obesity, overlarge tonsils, and other problems. [...]
Wellness Wednesday: Day care workers arrested in Chicago for feeding toddlers melatonin gummy bears at naptime
If you're a parent and you give your children melatonin, that is something you should do with the guidance of a pediatrician and in the privacy of your own home. For a daycare provider to dispense melatonin gummy bears as a "naptime snack" is unethical and illegal. We don't know enough about how melatonin affects children's sleep-wake cycles and overall brain development to be so cavalier about this practice. [...]
