Announcing the 2023 AAST Award Winners
AAST recognizes individual members for their professional excellence, service and commitment to the association and to the sleep technology profession in the following areas of commitment; leadership to the growth […]
Sponsored: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help During Sleep Lab Labor Shortages
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already making an appearance in diagnostic sleep labs throughout the world. A team of sleep medicine experts from Nox Medical came together to share their thoughts […]
Announcing the 2023 AAST Class of Fellows
The AAST Fellow Program is a means of recognizing those who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of sleep technology. Fellowship recipients must be credentialed in sleep […]
Sleep Hygiene: Practicing What You Preach
One of the most important factors for a restful night is the practice of good sleep habits. From a patient perspective, sleep habits, however, are often overlooked, being sidelined by […]
The Impact of Sound on Sleep
Southerners can sleep through anything as long as they have their fan on — at least that’s the stereotype associated with anyone living in the southern part of the United […]
Managing Sleep Problems in People With Long COVID
In 2019, information regarding a fast-spreading atypical pneumonia-like illness began to be reported. The cause of the illness was a virus, now called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). […]
The Impact of Halloween on Sleep Hygiene
This article previously ran in the Q3 2023 issue of A2Zzz. The light of the day turns to night, and children and adults throughout the US don their costumes — this can only […]
Explaining The Body’s Relationship to Sunlight to Sleep Patients
Most patients are familiar with the concept of circadian rhythm, with the topic usually rising in conversation around daylight saving time (or winter outside of the United States). However, many […]
The Reluctant Patient: Simplified Motivational Enhancement Therapy to Improve CPAP Adherence
It is generally accepted that continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) adherence is considered more than four hours per night during at least 70% of the nights in a 90-day trial […]
Peeking into the Mind’s Eye: Detecting Drowsiness With Intelligent Eyeglasses
You have waked me too soon; I must slumber again; as the door on its hinges, so he on his bed, turns his sides, and his shoulders and his heavy […]
