Ohio Sleep Medicine Institute

04/09/2026

An astonishing 50% of teens gets less than 5 hours of sleep per night according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers analyzed the data from nearly 121,000 high school students from the 2023 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey to determine if mental or physical health issues were contributing to poor sleep.

Surprisingly, risk factors such as depression, substance use, sedentary habits, and heavy screen time were not the main culprits behind insufficient sleep. The study authors suggest that early school start times, high demand from after-school activities, and less parental guidance are more likely contributing factors to insufficient sleep.

To lessen the issue, parents may consider fostering consistent bedtime routines, encourage limited technology use in the evening, and exemplify good sleep habits. School districts may also ponder delaying school start times and reviewing the high demand for extracurricular activities. https://bit.ly/3NVVdBT

04/06/2026

New non-invasive technology allows researchers to measure how sleep helps the brain cleans itself and offers a new approach in monitoring brain aging.
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04/01/2026

New research using machine learning model to analyze microstructural details of brain waves during sleep electroencephalography (EEG) demonstrates that every 10-year increase in brain age index (BAI) correlates with a 39% higher risk of developing dementia. BAI is defined as the difference between EEG-predicted brain age and the chronological age. These findings show a promising avenue for dementia detection using sleep EEG-based BAI as a valuable prediction biomarker. https://bit.ly/4dWIeKB

03/30/2026

New research shows that caffeine helps protect the brain prior to sleep deprivation by preventing disruption of circuits involved in social memory. This discovery may lead to new approaches in improving memory consolidation and preserving cognitive performances.
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03/11/2026

Sleep plays a vital role in clearing up Alzheimer’s-linked proteins per a study recently published in Nature Communications. Researchers were able to demonstrate that glymphatic clearance of plasma levels of amyloid beta and tau levels in the bloodstream is higher in normal sleep than during sleep deprivation in humans. Previously hypothesized, these results suggest that the physiological processes occurring during sleep are essential in flushing out toxic proteins associated with neurodegeneration. This finding may provide a new strategy in developing potential therapeutics targeting Alzheimer’s disease and prevention.
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03/09/2026

Untreated sleep apnea can be costly for employers! A recent study from BMJ Thorax estimates that untreated sleep apnea in the US may result in an annual productivity loss of up to $180.2 billion due to absenteeism and decreased productivity. This amounts to $3,727 per employee whereas CPAP treatment costs on average $1,661 per patient. https://1l.ink/GQWW2HR

03/04/2026

Be your best at night! Don’t wait until Sleep Awareness Week starts to prioritize your sleep. Maximize your chances of having a good night. Educate yourself on sleep hygiene and sleep disorders on www.sleepmedicine.com . Seek further guidance or treatment from an OSMI provider... so you can feel the BEST day and night. 😉

03/02/2026

Spring into the new season with your eyes closed! Follow these simple sleep hygiene tips to easily move forward your body clock one hour next weekend.

- Over the coming week, move your bedtime 10 minutes earlier every day
- Expose your eyes to the early morning sunlight to help reset your master circadian peacemaker
- Keep a regular sleep schedule even on weekends

02/25/2026

For those who love to run, watch out! Inadequate sleep nearly doubles the chance of getting injured while running. Per a study published in Applied Sciences, poor sleepers are 1.78 times more likely to sustain an injury than good sleepers. Researchers took into consideration sleep quantity, sleep quality, and sleep disorders. Runners who are unable to keep a constant sleep schedule, have difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, or suffer from unrefreshing sleep due to sleep disturbances, also have a 68% chance of getting injured within the next 12 months. Sleep is important in tissue repair, hormone regulation, concentration, and should be a key element in any training regimen.
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02/23/2026

Looking forward to spring and starting a new fitness program? Make sure to incorporate good sleep so you can accomplish your goals and help your body recover faster. Be the champion of your nights so you can power your day. Visit www.sleepmedicine.com and discover how healthy sleep can make all the difference.

02/19/2026

Stopping food intake 3 hours before falling asleep improves cardiometabolic health per a new study published by Northwestern University researchers. Without any physical effort and no diet restriction, participants were able to lower their blood pressure by 3.5% and heart rate by 5% at night while also improving daytime blood sugar levels. They avoided food and dimmed the lights 3 hours before bedtime to better align the fasting period to sleep timing. As a result, the coordination between the heart, metabolism, and sleep was greatly improved.

This sleep-aligned time-restricted eating concept provides a new and attainable non-pharmaceutical approach for middle age and older adults who are more at risk for developing cardiometabolic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and cardiovascular disease.

A simple shift in your evening routine may give your heart a measurable boost. In a new study, adults who stopped eating and dimmed the lights three hours before bed and extended their overnight fast by about two hours saw improvements in blood pressure, heart rate, and blood-sugar control — witho...

02/17/2026

What if you could get over jet lag twice as fast? This is the promise behind Mic-628, a new compound identified by Japanese researchers, which shifts the body’s internal clock forward in mice. The compound acts simultaneously on the brain’s master clock and peripheral organs, irrespective of the time the dose is ingested. More testing is needed on humans, but this “smart drug” may prove beneficial not only to individuals with jet lag, but also for those with disorders related to circadian misalignment such as shift workers with sleep problems. Details of the findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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