The Atlantic recently published a feature article entitled "Why Americans Can't Sleep." The article was written by Jennifer Senior, and fantastically accomplished writer (2022 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing, the 2022 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, and the 2024 National Magazine Award for Columns & Essays) and details not only her own personal struggles with insomnia, but also attempts to dive deeper into sleep science and what she describes as a "public health emergency." In this episode, we will:

• Look at this article in a list of similar articles and books over the decades that detail harrowing personal accounts of insomnia
• Understand why the hook of these articles seems to mirror that of other news/extreme weather, where the thrust of the piece is centered around the insomnia being "the worst" and "the most severe"
• Discuss how failure to differentiate sleep deprivation and insomnia can lead to erroneous conclusions
• Examine how these pieces almost uniformly fail to define insomnia, and in doing so fail to define what a successful outcome/solution would look like. In other words, what does "work" mean?
• Imagine what a truly revolutionary article about insomnia might look like

Produced by: Maeve Winter

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Bruxism or teeth grinding is a remarkably common occurrence and often happens during our nightly sleep period, disrupting sleep quality and continuity. In this episode we will:

• Define bruxism
• Explore the epidemiology of the condition
• Look at some of the causes of teeth grinding
• Touch upon proposed mechanisms of bruxism
• Review recent bruxism research
• List common treatments for the condition

Produced by: Maeve Winter

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Weight loss drugs are everywhere and recently Zepbound (tirzepitide) made big news when it became the first FDA-approved sleep apnea therapy for mild to moderate sleep apnea. In this episode, we will:

• Introduce and explain weight loss medications
• Review the studies that convinced the FDA to approve Zepbound for sleep apnea
• Provide an overview on this class of weight loss medications
• Evaluate the risks and determine who is a best match for this therapy
• Touch on the cost and difficulty in getting these drugs approved
• Revisit Apnimed's SynAIRgy press release and how it relates to our discussion in episode 110 of the podcast

Produced by: Maeve Winter

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• The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child

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