Medicare covers sleep tests for certain conditions such as sleep apnea, narcolepsy, or parasomnia, but limitations may apply.

Polysomnography, also known as a sleep study, is a test in which a doctor observes you while you’re sleeping. Doctors use this test to identify possible sleep disorders. A doctor may perform ...

A board-certified sleep medicine specialist reviews the history of wearable sleep trackers and explains how clinicians ...

The frequency and duration of large muscle group leg movements during sleep change over time, and show distinct sleep stage differences.

Highest performance seen by combining five features but only analyzing short (0.1- to 2-second duration) movements.

type-II home-polysomnography system has proven to be as beneficial as in-hospital testing in a validation study. In what the company is calling one of the largest sleep diagnostic trials of the ...

This may be done in a sleep disorder center or even at home. A polysomnogram -- or sleep study -- is a multiple-component test that electronically sends and records specific physical activities ...

Study demonstrates comparable performance between wireless, patch-based Onera Sleep Test System and in-lab polysomnography for sleep staging and respiratory event detection. EINDHOVEN, Netherlands ...

A delay in getting to the rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep may be linked to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, ...

Prolonged rapid eye movement (REM) latency may be a potential marker for Alzheimer disease and Alzheimer disease and related ...

The pathophysiology of residual sleepiness in treated obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) remains poorly understood. Animal models ...