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Sleep Technologists Appreciation Week
Sleep Technologists Appreciation Week Join us October 22-28, 2023, in celebrating Sleep Technologists Appreciation Week!
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) – Awareness Month and Safe Sleep Practices
Sleep health professionals are in the perfect position to advocate for safe sleep practices in their communities. Although the rate of SIDS has declined over the years, it still occurs. Although October is SIDS awareness month, we should be thoughtful of this year...
Dementia and Sleep
By: Patrick Moday, BBA, RPSGT, RST, CCSH You know, the first sign of dementia is when you repeat yourself. You know, the first sign of dementia is when you repeat yourself. Dementia Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning —...
Community
By: Jonathan Sherrill, RPSGT, RST Greetings fellow sleep professionals, With so many changes happening in the community of sleep, I would not be surprised if we set a new attendance for our annual conference, October 6-7, 2023, in San Diego, California. Community: A...
Idiopathic Hypersomnia Is More Than Just Sleepiness
By: Logan D. Schneider, MD Idiopathic hypersomnia is a sleep disorder that is primarily characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS; the inability to remain awake or alert during the day) and, in some patients, an excessive need for sleep (often sleeping more...
Volunteering – Cost: Personal Time and Effort, Reward: Priceless
By: Patrick Moday, BBA, RPSGT, RST, CCSH Volunteering is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor for community service. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue....
Beyond Sleep Tracking: Leveraging Consumer Sleep Technology For Improving Population Sleep Health
By: Elie Gottlieb, PhD Consumer sleep technology is ubiquitous with the goal of empowering users to become more aware of their sleep, with some even claiming to improve healthy sleep and circadian behaviors. Initially conceived as ‘fitness trackers’ primarily limited...
Healthier Sleep May Be Coming To Florida
By: Rafael Pelayo, MD Why are you reading about Florida in a California Sleep Society newsletter? Florida is considering delaying school start times statewide like we have in our State! The California Sleep Society’s efforts in our state helped pass the first state...
From Sleep Tech to Sleep Manager
By: Alana Sherrill, CCSH, RPSGT, Supervisor, Hoag Sleep Program and Lacey Lori, RPSGT, Redlands Sleep Center Manager, Progressive Neurology and Sleep Medicine Associates It’s summer of 2022, two daytime sleep techs take a break to rest their achy scoring claws with a...
President’s Corner
By: Rafael Pelayo, MD Thank you to all of you that attended our annual meeting in Sacramento. For those of you who did not make it, you really missed a great time. Please do yourself a favor and don’t miss another one. This year was one of my favorite CSS meetings...
Sleep Inequality in America: A Qualitative Synthesis
By: Elie Gottlieb, Ph.D. Income inequality and social inequality have long been acknowledged as critical issues in the United States. Emerging research now highlights a pervasive problem: sleep inequality. Despite the well-documented physiological benefits of sleep,...
Silent Nights: Exploring the Benefits and Risks of Mouth Taping for Improved Sleep Quality
By: Audrey Yoon, DDS, MS Affiliations/Institutions Sleep Medicine Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Redwood City, CA, USA Department of Orthodontics, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry at the...
Clinical Sales Specialist – Remote (San Francisco)
Clinical Sales Specialist - Remote (San Francisco) At ZOLL, we're passionate about improving patient outcomes and helping save lives. We provide innovative technologies that make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Our medical devices, software and related...
Ditch DST in CA 2024 – Vote Yes on SB-1413/AB-1776
We need your help in advancing SB-1413 (Niello) and AB-1776 (Ta), California’s companion bills to ditch Daylight Saving Time (fast time) and restore permanent Standard Time (natural time). This policy is pre-approved by federal law, it is widely endorsed by nonprofits...
Delayed Phase Sleep Syndrome and Adolescence
By: Patrick Moday, BBA, RPSGT, RST, California Sleep Society President Question: What is Delayed Sleep Syndrome? Answer: The natural shift in a teen’s circadian rhythms is called “sleep phase delay”. Delayed sleep phase is a sleep disorder that affects the internal...
Insomnia in Narcolepsy, A Clinical Paradox
By: Sam A. Kashani, MD, California Sleep Society President-Elect If sleep disorders could be represented by a solitary scale of sleep-wake dysfunction, insomnia and narcolepsy would seemingly represent two opposite ends of this scale. One may assume that a person who...
Ways to help AB-1776 and SB-1413 (permanent Standard Time by end of 2024) succeed in California (anything is better than nothing)
👉 Please share this link far and wide for any resident to click and send a pre-written letter to his/her state legislators: https://www.votervoice.net/ditchDST/Campaigns/112508/Respond 👉 Please encourage anyone—especially nonprofits, doctors, and notable people—to...
Safe Sleep Saves Lives – NICHQ Sleep Awareness Week
Join NICHQ in observing Sleep Awareness Week 2024, observed March 10-16, by advancing advocacy, protection, and promotion of evidence-based safe-sleep practices to ensure that all babies are sleeping safely. NEW NICHQ Study Community infant safe sleep and...
Call for Applications – 2024 BRPT’s CCSH Pathway 3 Educational Grant
Once again this year, the BRPT is excited to offer a series of CCSH Educational Grants to provide assistance to RPSGTs who are interested in pursuing the CCSH credential through Pathway 3. These educational grants are intended for RPSGTs who are unable to apply...
California Assembly Effort Would Repeal Daylight Saving Time
Assembly Bill No. 1776 would repeal daylight saving time in California, requiring the state to observe year-round standard time. The proposal would require passage by a two-thirds vote. Read more here.