Sleep Review

30/10/2025

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has developed and validated a patient-reported outcome tool for use in a clinical setting to monitor treatment response and longitudinal symptom progression in adults who have obstructive sleep apnea

The PLATO questionnaire is a valid and reliable patient-reported outcome tool that fills a significant void in the field of sleep medicine.

28/10/2025

What happens in the brain when we wake up? Researchers have uncovered a strikingly consistent pattern in how brain activity unfolds during the transition from sleep to wakefulness

Researchers have uncovered a strikingly consistent pattern in how brain activity unfolds during the transition from sleep to wakefulness.

23/10/2025

When standard OSA treatment falls short, sleep physicians need a systematic approach to identify underlying causes and implement targeted interventions.

Register today for a 1-hour webinar that will equip you with evidence-based strategies to optimize therapy, recognize overlapping sleep disorders, and explore adjunctive treatment options that can make a meaningful difference in patients’ lives.

CSTE Program application has been submitted for approval by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists.

🛏️ When: 11/20/25, 3:30 pm ET/12:30 pm PT

🛏️ Speakers: Steven Gradney, MD, Richard K. Bogan, MD, FCCP, FAASM

By attending this webinar, you will be able to: evaluate and optimize CPAP therapy parameters; better identify comorbid sleep disorders in treated OSA patients; and list adjunctive therapies to consider.

23/10/2025

✔️ Eight Sleep secured $100 million in funding from major investors and sports figures to advance its AI-powered sleep technology.

✔️ The company plans to enter the medical space, beginning with solutions for menopausal sleep disturbances and obstructive sleep apnea.

✔️ Its Pod device already adjusts temperature, body elevation, and soundscapes based on biometrics, with $500 million in sales to date.

✔️ A new Hot Flash Mode targets menopause-related symptoms.

✔️ Eight Sleep aims to seek FDA approval for its medical applications.

Eight Sleep plans to enter the medical space, beginning with solutions for menopausal sleep disturbances and obstructive sleep apnea.

21/10/2025

The Annual Product Guide is here:

Compare:

➡️ Automation Software

➡️ EEG Electrodes

➡️ Home Sleep Testing Devices

➡️ Home Sleep Testing Services

➡️ Oral Appliances

➡️ Polysomnography Systems

➡️ Positive Airway Pressure Interfaces

➡️ Positive Airway Pressure Systems

➡️ Respiratory Effort Belts

17/10/2025

At SLEEP 2025, Korea-based HoneyNaps unveiled a cloud version of its SOMNUM AI-powered sleep software.

The new SOMNUM Cloud, an AI solution for automated analysis of PSG data, allows users to upload EDF files extracted from PSG systems to the cloud, where the AI engine analyzes the data and generates a report—with no software installation required.

Korean sleep tech company HoneyNaps debuted SOMNUM Cloud at SLEEP 2025.

14/10/2025

Years ago, I got into a heated exchange with an Italian dentist on social media. I cringe when I reflect on it now.

The dentist shared that he had a patient with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who was unable to use his CPAP machine. Fitting a custom oral appliance, the dentist reduced the man’s apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) from the 70s to only nine events per hour. Instead of applauding a good outcome and the improved quality of life the patient was experiencing, I complained, “Obstructive sleep apnea isn’t properly treated until the AHI is under five events per hour.”

The exasperated dentist calmly pointed out that the patient had abandoned his CPAP therapy and had left his OSA entirely untreated before he got his oral appliance.

“Isn’t an AHI of nine with an oral appliance better than an AHI in the 70s with no treatment?” he asked.

--Emma Cooksey

For those people who are leaving their OSA entirely untreated, we need treatment options—and a new attitude of pragmatism.

13/10/2025

Nox SAS uses forehead EEG and EMG electrodes, eliminating the need for scalp and chin placements, making it suitable for patients with facial hair, scalp sensitivities, or limited access to trained technicians.

Pair the Nox SAS solution with the Nox A1 recorder to capture EEG, EOG, EMG, and ECG signals with high fidelity at home or in the lab.

09/10/2025

Late nights, irregular sleep schedules, alcohol, smoking, and other weekend-related lifestyle factors could be triggering “social apnea”—what Flinders University researchers dubbed an observable weekend spike in OSA severity

https://sleepreviewmag.com/sleep-disorders/breathing-disorders/obstructive-sleep-apnea/osa-severity-spikes-weekend-social-apnea/

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Researchers suspect weekend-related lifestyle factors contribute to the newly identified “social apnea” phenomenon.

06/10/2025

Blowing the conch shell, or shankh blowing, has been part of Indian culture for thousands of years. The researchers, led by Krishna K. Sharma, MD, from the Heart Care Centre and Research Institute in Jaipur, tested the hypothesis that engaging in respiratory muscle exercises through shankh blowing would result in reduced daytime sleepiness and other improved sleep-related outcomes for individuals with moderate OSA.

People who practiced blowing through a conch shell for six months experienced a reduction in symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea.

01/10/2025

The ProSomnus HWO2 Device enables patients to monitor their nightly health and wellness during sleep, specifically, blood oxygen saturation, pulse rate, and overall use time, from their smartphones. Available to a limited customer base for now, patients can order HWO2 directly through ProSomnus providers. (Providers can inquire with their local rep.)

ProSomnus has advanced multiple strategic initiatives, including FDA registration of its HWO2 buccal mucosal wellness oximeter.

29/09/2025

Sleep physicians outside America’s fee-for-service model use existing technologies to diagnose bruxism, narcolepsy, and much more without in-lab polysomnography. Even for sleep apnea testing, international colleagues move beyond AHI-focused diagnostics. Could this happen stateside?

While US sleep physicians remain constrained by reimbursement models, their international colleagues are leveraging type II home sleep technology to diagnose a comprehensive range of sleep disorders.