Sleep problems affect everyone, but they are particularly common among military veterans. Recent studies of U.S. veterans highlight the prevalence of sleep disorders. What sleep disorders are veterans likely to experience? Veterans are exposed to stressful situations during military service. The stress of training, [...]
Review: The aptly-named film “The Quest for Sleep” follows the journeys and struggles of several people living with insomnia. They share their highly personal experiences about what it feels like to not get the sleep their bodies need, the life events that may have [...]
Each night millions of people in the U.S. struggle to fall asleep or stay asleep. For some, this is only a brief problem. For others, insomnia can become an ongoing struggle. Download an infographic about insomnia.
June features the shortest nights of the year, but for those living with chronic insomnia, every night is long. That’s why the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (SBSM) are working to raise awareness of the disease with [...]
Is COVID-19 keeping you up at night? You’re not alone. According to a new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, a third of Americans are sleeping worse than they did before the pandemic. About 30 percent say they have difficulty falling asleep [...]
June features the shortest nights of the year, but for those living with chronic insomnia, every night is long. That’s why the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (SBSM) and American Alliance for Healthy Sleep (AAHS) are working to [...]
This information is intended for people who have to stay indoors for an extended period of time. If you are sleep deprived because of lack of opportunity to sleep (e.g., frontline health professionals, support workers, caregivers), please prioritize sleep and rest as much as [...]
Insomnia is the most common sleep complaint, affecting as many as 30 to 35 percent of adults at some point in their lives, and 8 to 10 percent chronically. There’s more to insomnia than feeling tired after the occasional restless night. An insomnia disorder [...]
If you’re not Walt Disney Studios, chances are you’re having a bad time at the box office this summer. While Disney is rampaging this year with several billion dollar box office hits (and many more to come), other studios have been failing at getting [...]
Monday, March 11, 2019, is the sixth annual Insomnia Awareness Day. The word “insomnia” gets tossed around a lot. There’s even a brand of cookies named after it! But insomnia isn’t just being tired after a night of poor sleep or tossing and turning [...]
