In many parts of the country, children and their parents face months-long wait times for sleep tests at labs. With obesity rising among the pediatric population, at-home sleep tests to assess sleep ...

Everybody sleeps, yet we still know so little about why, what the brain does while we do or how it affects people’s behavior. Recent studies conducted bythe University’s joint sleep research lab with ...

What is a sleep study? A sleep study, also known as a polysomnogram, is a diagnostic test that monitors various body functions while a person is asleep. It is most commonly used to diagnose sleep ...

Ottumwa Regional Health Center has reopened its sleep lab after five years without the service, giving patients a local ...

"Not every child who has a sleep disorder needs an overnight sleep study," said Dr. Julie Boergers, the co-director of the lab. That's why here they may start with an EEG --which looks at brain ...

Research carried out by the University of Oregon and its partners has found another reason to be concerned about sleep disorders. While disrupted or reduced sleep has been linked to depression and ...

Medicare Part B may cover sleep studies, including polysomnographies, to screen for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) if a person shows clinical signs and their doctor provides medical evidence supporting ...

Sleep has emerged as the most important factor for life expectancy bar smoking in a new study from Oregon Health & Science ...

A nationwide study revealed that insufficient sleep is second only to smoking in predicting shorter life expectancy across ...

Chronic sleep deprivation is a growing public health issue that continues to have devastating effects on individuals’ lives.

Study reveals sleep's effect on daily activity. The sweet spot isn't what experts thought, and sleep quality matters more ...

Federal data shows Oregon statewide has one of the nation’s best (which is to say, lowest) rates of insufficient sleep. But ...