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The Cycle of Sleep and Mental Health
At Somnology, we view sleep medicine comprehensively by examining its role in the greater picture of one's health. When it comes to this full health picture, not only is physical wellbeing an essential consideration, but also mental wellbeing. The relationship...
Olympian Sleep Habits
As this year's Olympic games wind down in Tokyo, we look to the competitors for insights into their athletic achievements. Olympic athletes are equipped with a myriad of resources devised for maintaining their performance. Physical health is not the sole area of...
How Mental Health Affects Your Sleep
Mental health is an aspect of life that affects all people, although often to different degrees. During times of widespread hardship however, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, there are more factors that influence mental wellbeing. Studies of previous viral outbreaks...
Sleep Disorders and Mental Health
After over a year of COVID-19 impacting our day-to-day lives, studies are now taking place to discover what the lasting effects of the pandemic may be. One major concern has arisen: the mental health of people beginning to re-integrate with society and the...
IDTF Scalability
Millions of Americans across the nation suffer from sleep disorders, but the limited number of board-certified sleep specialists and accredited sleep centers prevent many from obtaining the treatment they need. Because insufficient sleep can increase the risk of...
NASCAR, Speed & Sleep
This year, 21-year-old Toni Breidinger became the first Arab-American woman to race at the Daytona International Speedway. Her magnetism to racing started early. "As soon as I got into a go-kart (at age 9), I really just knew," Breidinger told CNN. "I've always had...
Somnology Launches Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility, Addresses Growing Need for Comprehensive Sleep Studies
REDWOOD CITY, Calif, (April 15, 2021) – Lack of quality sleep is linked with numerous acute health problems and has been known to lead to flare-ups of chronic medical conditions like diabetes or heart failure. Sleep issues are also expensive for the country: An...
4 Global Sleeping Habits
Did you know sleeping habits can hold cultural and historical significance in many countries? The way we think about sleep, it’s role in our lives, when it's socially acceptable to sleep, and more varies from culture to culture. The seeds of some sleep practices...
6 Little-known Presidential Sleeping Habits
All jobs are not created equal. Decisions made by people in certain positions have more resonant and further-reaching consequences (i.e., airplane pilots, generals, business titans, and world leaders). Which begs the question: How do people in these...