For the entire month of May, Better Sleep Month, Aviisha has reduced the cost of its home sleep test by $100 for commercial drivers as part of its ongoing DriveSafe Campaign to improve driver health, safety, and sleep   Van Nuys, California (May 2, 2012) –  Aviisha Medical Institute, LLC, an industry leader in portable [...]

College students are no strangers to burning midnight oil. The only problem is many are unaware of the health risks involved with losing sleep, especially in terms of gaining weight. A study by Columbia University New York Obesity Research Center’s Marie-Pierre St-Onge shows how people who sleep less 4 hours at night tend to eat [...]

A recent study in the U.S. has found that teenaged drivers who have classes very early in the morning are more prone to getting involved in vehicular accidents. Researchers say that students may not be fully alert in the morning largely due to the fact that their schedules are bringing about loss of sleep and [...]

Maybe, if you’re lucky, you have a job that allows you to work flexible hours or even from home, and you can sleep late when you’re feeling tired. Or maybe you have a job that affords you the opportunity to nap at work. But in many of the most stressful jobs, it’s not uncommon to [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Michael Huerta today announced a sweeping final rule that overhauls commercial passenger airline pilot scheduling to ensure pilots have a longer opportunity for rest before they enter the cockpit. “This is a major safety achievement,” said Secretary LaHood. “We made [...]

What was expected to be a routine sleep study has now become the center of attention in a possible homicide case against Emory Healthcare. A young man, Brandon Harris, suddenly collapsed and then passed away right in the middle of the study. It is being reported that Harris was suffering from a long list of [...]