Ellen Wermter, NP, DBSM, FAASM

I watched The Substance yesterday and the most unbelievable part of the entire film was how perfectly she did that bathroom renovation

A bee asleep in Autumn Joy sedum.

As a sleep researcher in Minnesota, one of my joys is to find insects who fall asleep in their food on chilly evenings.

We're messing with the two systems that run sleep:

Sleep Drive = hunger for sleep (driven by adenosine buildup) Circadian Rhythm = your 24-hour internal clock (driven by light/darkness)

Coffee at 4pm + screens at 11pm = confused brain.

You’ve heard of a nappiccino…does a nap in the sunshine have a similar effect?

Did I enjoy this iced coffee and crush my afternoon work? Yes. Do I care to comment on last night’s sleep? No.

Definately my weirdest scientific idea yet: Can humans sleep one half of their brains at a time when they sleep in water, like dolphins do? Certainly no proof of that yet - but we have a method to maybe catch it. And, Yes, a human can fall asleep floating in a fluid. lnkd.in/gUHSRjug

🧠💤 Memory consolidation during sleep is metabolically tuned? Short-term fasting enhances hippocampal ripples, cortical spindles, and slow oscillations, and shifts slow oscillation–spindle phase-amplitude coupling—all without altering overall sleep architecture.

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The Truth About Sleep Trackers, Bedroom Environments, and Rest for National Women's Health Month with Ellen Wermter & Mary Helen Rogers [Catching Zzz's Podcast Episode] - Better Sleep Council | Start ... The Truth About Sleep Trackers, Bedroom Environments, and Rest for National Women’s Health Month with Ellen Wermter & Mary Helen Rogers May is National Women’s Health Month and Better Sleep Month, and...

In honor of July, I’m finally getting around to posting something I did in May. Life’s going by like an F1 movie rn. bettersleep.org/blog/truth-a...

Regulation of peripheral glucose levels during human sleep Abstract. Studies in rats indicate that oscillatory signatures of memory processing during sleep, specifically hippocampal sharp wave-ripples, also regulat

Super cool work published in the latest issue of @sleepjournals.bsky.social showing a novel connection between sleep architecture and peripheral glucose ⬇️ #SleepPeeps academic.oup.com/sleep/articl...

Eating These Foods Could Improve Sleep Quality By 16%, Reveals New Study They're great for your overall health, too.

www.womenshealthmag.com/food/a651856...

Fun collab with Nishi Bhopal and Psychiatric Times, met some great people at the shoot and talked all things sleep including a personal favorite topic, #narcolepsy

Deeply feeling the #jetlag this morning and yawning through the coffee buzz…

1. Squee! Worked on a poster together and vibed irl 2. AASM 2025 Fellow, it’s me! 3. Couldn’t resist this Spider-Man meme 4. Selfie with the incomparable @matthorsnell.bsky.social
#SLEEP2025 was chock full of fun: cutting edge research, clinical practice pearls, and the best part, #sleeppeeps

Goals

Catching the last rays of the day

Yesterday I lunged every kind of lunge so today was a warm up on the bike and a yoga flow that ended up being more 🔥 than recovery. Excuse me while I crawl up the stairs.

Getting a spin sweat on at the Y while everyone else lines up for a turn on the glute thruster. Mood boosting + mood lighting

Laughing bc this thread brings back happy childhood memories of “sleeping” at my grandmas house! On the floor with a blanket in the dining room while the adults talked over the 11 o’clock news and 100 clocks ticked and chimed away

Adding these to my calendar!

Hee hee, no this was at dinner last night. And YES this year I’m finally going to make it to SLEEP! So excited! Must have selfie with the king of selfies, ahem.

Can’t resist a #sleep themed cocktail…

🌍 Happy #WorldSleepDay! Today, we’re joining thousands of advocates worldwide to highlight the importance of making sleep health a priority.

➡️ Created and hosted by World Sleep Society, visit worldsleepday.org to learn more!

What to Expect From Students After the Start of Daylight Saving Time Countless students arrive at school sleep-deprived. Health experts say daylight saving time adds to the problem.

"Daylight saving time is akin to setting our body’s natural 24-hour clock ahead by an hour. It should come as no surprise, then, that many people will feel less alert in the morning immediately after the clocks shift ahead."

Great read below! 👇

www.edweek.org/leadership/w...

Sleep medicine, not sleep apnea medicine.
#SleepPeeps

Narcolepsy Nerd Alert: Narcolepsy and Relationships - Project Sleep Project Sleep and special guests discuss narcolepsy and relationships, from early stages to long-term partnerships. Watch live Feb 14, 2024 at 1pm ET.

Happy Valentine’s Day! 💌
Check out this amazing resource to support personas with #narcolepsy
#sleeppeeps
Narcolepsy Nerd Alert: Narcolepsy and Relationships project-sleep.com/narcolepsy-n...

I read it for the first time last year, and only because my teenager loved and recommended it. Enjoy your time away!

Zepbound: Injection for Sleep Apnea Treatment — Brandon Peters, MD By Brandon Peters, M.D. Zepbound (tirzepatide) is a prescription drug used to treat obesity, diabetes, and obstructive sleep apnea. As it induces weight loss, this may improve crowding of the upper ...

The first-ever medication for the treatment of sleep apnea has been approved. #zepbound #sleepapnea #weightloss #sleep #sleeppeeps

I have read Proust. And I feel asleep more times reading In Search of Lost Time than any other book. 😂 But I agree, dreams are mega cool.

Exploring potential biomarkers for acute myocardial infarction by combining circadian rhythm gene expression and immune cell infiltration - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Exploring potential biomarkers for acute myocardial infarction by combining circadian rhythm gene expression and immune cell infiltration

"Emerging evidence suggests that, in addition to regulating cardiovascular physiologic processes, circadian rhythms also influence cardiovascular diseases, including atherosclerosis and thrombosis and myocardial injury subsequent to MI."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I do and I find it helpful, personally. I don’t think it’s necessary on a population level but there’s little risk to a trial on an individual level. I have settled on one formulation as some others have not been as helpful. And I have mild RLS and feel it improves my sx which in turn improves sleep