Sleep, Memory and Learning

Sleep might look like a passive activity on the surface, but your body and mind are actually hard at work when you hit the sack. Sleeping plays an important role in your memory and learning processes. When you learn how to do something new, memory, and sleep processes work together to internalize that new knowledge.

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How to Reduce 30-Day Hospital Readmission Rates

Hospital readmission rates are an important quality metric in the healthcare industry. Since one in five Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge, it’s a cause of major concern for practitioners and providers. And justifiably so: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services withhold reimbursements to hospitals with excessively high readmission rates.

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Itamar™ Medical and BetterNight to Join Forces Offering Referred Patients Home Based Virtual-Care Sleep Solution for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Apnea

Itamar Medical Ltd. (Nasdaq: ITMR) (TASE: ITMR), a medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of non-invasive medical devices, solutions and a digital health platform to aid in the diagnosis of respiratory sleep disorders, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Sleep Data Diagnostics and its virtual-care platform BetterNight and Sleep Data Holdings, a leading provider of home-based positive airway pressure (PAP) services.

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Restrict Caffeine For Better Sleep

Who doesn’t love a fresh cup of coffee, a bubbling caffeinated soft drink, or steaming mug of green tea? All around the world, people drink caffeinated drinks as part of their daily routine. Since caffeine is a stimulant, many of us reach for caffeine first thing after waking up to help us feel energized and alert.

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Sleep HealthAndrew Molesworth