The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking several drug manufacturers to strengthen product warning labels for many sleep medications because of risks that people will do things they don’t ...
In the early hours of the morning, the world seems peaceful, and the roads less traveled. It is during these quiet moments that many individuals find themselves behind the wheel, heading to work or ...
New study focuses on low dose quetiapine (Seroquel), frequently prescribed for insomnia despite not being approved for sleep. While it modestly improved sleep quality and breathing overnight, it ...
Pretty much everyone has heard of sleepwalking – and some of us even do it from time to time. But sleep cooking and sleep driving? Engaging in such activities while not awake – a phenomenon known as ...
What if you could be fined or lose your license for driving tired? Our new study just published in Nature and Science of Sleep has found if you had less than five hours of sleep last night, you are ...
New research shows how deadly it can be to drive when you’re tired. The AAA study found drivers who miss two to three hours of sleep a day more than quadruple their risk of getting in a crash, ...
How can clinicians reduce crash risk in patients treated for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who still have persistent sleepiness? While wake-promoting agents have recently been authorized for this use, ...
Ever driven while asleep? No? Are you sure? In America people fall asleep at the wheel all the time. Many sleep experiences are microsleeps, brief “lapses of attention” where much of your brain is ...