Month: June 2020
Happy 80th Dr. Sugg – Four Decades and No End in Sight
We would like to wish our esteemed colleague and founding member of the American Sleep and Breathing Academy Dr. Harry Sugg a wonderful 80th birthday. We hope you are blessed with health and happiness...
Pandemic Sleep Rhythms Could Change Traditions
In the radically changed work rhythms of the global pandemic, workers are discovering a new life no longer dictated by the strict schedules of the office. BBC.com took note of the relatively new pheno...
Steroid Treatment for COVID-19 Shows Promise
In March 2020, the RECOVERY (Randomized Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY) trial was established as a randomized clinical trial to test a range of potential treatments for COVID-19, including low-dose de...
In Memory of Sleep Pioneer Dr. William C. Dement
Sleep pioneer Dr. William C. Dement died on June 17, 2020, according to a report from the Sleep Research Society (SRS). As a researcher, clinician, educator, advocate, and mentor, Dement’s legacy exte...
Pandemic Puts Spotlight On Breathing
Sometimes it takes a national emergency to illuminate what people instinctively already know, namely that sleep and breathing are important. A new book called Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art may...
Harvard Sounds Off On Insomnia
Insomnia is a hot topic in good times, but factor in a global pandemic and it becomes fodder for ivy league musings in The Harvard Gazette. Dubbed “the latest casualty” in the COVID-19 crisis, lack of...