Sleep is not simply a time for the body to rest

It is essential for physical health, brain function and emotional well-being. Research over the past decade has strengthened our understanding of how sleep is associated with chronic disease, and why healthy sleep involves more than just the number of hours spent in bed.

How Does Sleep Affect Your Health¹

1. Weight Gain and Obesity

People who sleep less tend to gain more weight over time. Sleep loss changes the hormones that control hunger and makes unhealthy snacking more likely.

2. Type 2 Diabetes

Research pooling many studies found that insufficient sleep was associated with about a one-third higher risk of developing diabetes. Even a week of short sleep can make the body less responsive to insulin.

3. Heart and Metabolic Health

Insufficient or poor-quality sleep is associated with high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, obesity and problems with blood sugar regulation. The 2025 American Heart Association scientific statement emphasizes that sleep health includes duration, regularity, continuity, timing and daytime alertness, not duration alone ².

4. Brain and Emotional Health

Sleep supports concentration, memory and everyday functioning. Research also links sleep disorders and disturbed sleep with stroke, cognitive impairment and dementia. Sleep difficulties can affect mood and overall well-being ^{3, 4}.

5. Daily Safety and Performance

Poor sleep can leave you feeling tired, less alert and slower to react, affecting your performance and increasing the risk of accidents.

6. Inflammation

In lab studies, restricting sleep raises markers of inflammation in the body.

Are You Getting Enough Good-Quality Sleep?

Most adults should aim for 7–9 hours of sleep per night. However, sleeping long enough does not necessarily mean sleeping well. Frequent awakenings, irregular sleep schedules or an underlying sleep disorder may affect sleep quality.

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an example. It causes repeated interruptions in breathing during sleep and may go unnoticed by the person experiencing it ³.

Watch for warning signs, including loud snoring, gasping during sleep, pauses in breathing noticed by a bed partner, or persistent daytime sleepiness. If you experience these symptoms, consult a healthcare professional about whether a sleep assessment is appropriate.

Small Steps Toward Better Sleep

• Maintain a regular bedtime and wake-up time.
• Allow enough time for sleep each night.
• Keep your sleeping environment comfortable, dark and quiet.
• Reduce stimulating activities before bedtime.
• Seek medical advice if sleep problems persist or you suspect a sleep disorder.

Your sleep is influenced not only by personal habits but also by stress, work schedules, family responsibilities and your sleeping environment. Improving sleep may therefore require both healthy routines and appropriate professional support.

Make Sleep a Priority, Not a Luxury

Sleep is an important part of a healthy lifestyle, alongside physical activity, balanced nutrition and regular health checks. Paying attention to both sleep quality and duration—and recognizing possible sleep disorders—can be an important step toward protecting your long-term health.

This article is for general health education and does not replace professional medical advice.

Continued Reading :

See our previous story about CBT-I to understand how Belun’s applications would help clinical psychologists.

REFERENCE:

1. Grandner MA. Sleep, Health, and Society. Sleep Medicine Clinics. 2017;12(1):1–22.

2. St-Onge M-P, et al. Multidimensional Sleep Health: Definitions and Implications for Cardiometabolic Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2025;18.

3. Gottesman RF, et al. Impact of Sleep Disorders and Disturbed Sleep on Brain Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Stroke. 2024;55–e76.

4. Shah AS, Pant MR, Bommasamudram T, et al. Effects of sleep deprivation on physical and mental health outcomes: an umbrella review. Am J Lifestyle Med. 2025.

Publications by Belun :

1) “Belun® Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea” (https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8592),

2) “Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun® Sleep Platform wearable with neural network based algorithm and its combined use with STOP-Bang questionnaire” (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258040),

3) “Belun® Ring (Belun® Sleep System BLS-100): Deep Learning-Facilitated Wearable Enables OSA Detection, Apnea Severity Categorization, and Sleep Stage Classification in Patients Suspected of OSA”  (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37380590/), 

4) “Correlation of Pulse Rate Variability(PRV) and Heart Rate Variability(HRV) Metrics During Sleep in Subjects Suspected of OSA” (https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/46/Supplement_1/A420/7182347)

5) “The Belun sleep platform to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea in patients with hypertension and high cardiovascular risk” (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37071415/)

6) “Integrating Body Sensor into a Wearable Platform to Enhance the Identification of Central and Mixed Apneas”. (https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/47/Supplement_1/A222/7654683)

7) “Using a Wearable’s Multi-Night Capability to Mitigate Night-to-Night Variability in a Dental Clinic Cohort”. J Dental Sleep Med. 2026; 13(1). (https://aadsm.org/journal/original_article_1_issue_131.php)

Partnering with Belun :

If you would like to know more about how to adopt Belun’s solution in your organization, please feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting by filling out the form below:

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Poor sleep may affect your blood pressure, blood sugar, weight and heart health. Here’s why getting quality sleep matters.

Could Poor Sleep Be Affecting Your Health ?

You may be surprised by how closely sleep is connected to your overall health.

If you are managing diabetes, high blood pressure or weight problems, paying attention to your sleep may be another important step toward better health.

Sleeping 8 Hours but still Feeling Tired ?

Most adults need around 7–9 hours of sleep each night. However, getting enough hours does not always mean getting good-quality sleep.

You might spend eight hours in bed but still wake up feeling exhausted. One possible reason is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a condition where breathing repeatedly becomes blocked or restricted during sleep.

These breathing interruptions can disturb your sleep, sometimes without you realizing it. Sleep apnea is also associated with high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

Five Signs Your Sleep May Need Your Attention

Do any of these sound familiar?

These symptoms do not necessarily mean you have sleep apnea, but they may indicate that your sleep deserves further attention.

What Do You Do To Improve Your Sleep

Small changes can make a meaningful difference.

If your sleep problems continue, speak with your GP. Your doctor can help assess possible causes and determine whether further sleep testing is appropriate.

Better Sleep, Better Health

Taking care of your sleep is just as important as eating well, exercising and attending regular health checks. If you are managing high blood pressure, diabetes or weight concerns, your sleep health may be another piece of the puzzle.

This article is for general health education and does not replace professional medical advice.

Continued Reading :

See our story about CBT-I to understand how Belun’s applications would help clinical psychologists.

REFERENCE:

1. Grandner MA. Sleep Med Clin. 2017;12:1–22.

2. St-Onge M-P, et al. AHA Scientific Statement. 2025.

3. Gottesman RF, et al. Stroke. 2024.

4. Shah AS, et al. Am J Lifestyle Med. 2025.

Publications by Belun :

1) “Belun® Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea” (https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8592),

2) “Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun® Sleep Platform wearable with neural network based algorithm and its combined use with STOP-Bang questionnaire” (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258040),

3) “Belun® Ring (Belun® Sleep System BLS-100): Deep Learning-Facilitated Wearable Enables OSA Detection, Apnea Severity Categorization, and Sleep Stage Classification in Patients Suspected of OSA”  (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37380590/), 

4) “Correlation of Pulse Rate Variability(PRV) and Heart Rate Variability(HRV) Metrics During Sleep in Subjects Suspected of OSA” (https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/46/Supplement_1/A420/7182347)

5) “The Belun sleep platform to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea in patients with hypertension and high cardiovascular risk” (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37071415/)

6) “Integrating Body Sensor into a Wearable Platform to Enhance the Identification of Central and Mixed Apneas”. (https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/47/Supplement_1/A222/7654683)

7) “Using a Wearable’s Multi-Night Capability to Mitigate Night-to-Night Variability in a Dental Clinic Cohort”. J Dental Sleep Med. 2026; 13(1). (https://aadsm.org/journal/original_article_1_issue_131.php)

Partnering with Belun :

If you would like to know more about how to adopt Belun’s solution in your organization, please feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting by filling out the form below:

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Among a population of 1.46 billion, health-conscious Indians are keen to explore ways to stay fit. Belun hopes to spread the sleep health concept to stressful executives with wellness remaining top-of-mind but always time-deprived. We look forward to collaborating with the mindfulness guru at the yoga retreat or even a sleep master class. DM us if you are a potential partner!

Photo by Vansh, TENx2 & The Wellness. Co. 

Partnering with Belun :

Up to now, over 32 organizations, including HK hospital authority, medical groups, clinic groups, dentists, and elderly centers selected to use the Belun Sleep health platform, Belun® Ring and Sleep App, and Belun® RemoVital monitoring system. Many doctors read our medical journal papers, including 1) “Belun® Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea” (https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8592) and 2) “Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun Sleep Platform wearable with neural network based algorithm and its combined use with STOP-Bang questionnaire” (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258040). If you would like to know more about how to adopt Belun’s solution in your organization or home use, pls feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting by filling in the form below:

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Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is a short, structured, evidence-based approach to cure insomnia. CBT-I explores the connection between how we think, what we do, and how we sleep. It is a multi-component treatment because it combines several different approaches, involving cognitive intervention, behavioral intervention, and psychoeducational intervention. During treatment, a trained CBT-I provider helps identify thoughts, feelings, and behaviors contributing to insomnia symptoms. The provider will examine the shared beliefs and emotions to see if they’re accurate and review the behaviors to see if they promote sleep. The process aims to clarify or reframe misconceptions and challenges in a way that is more conducive to restful sleep. Treatment often takes 6-8 sessions, although the length may vary depending on a person’s needs. 

CBT-I is a collaborative process, and the skills learned in sessions require practice. Homework is a common component of treatment.

Assignments in-between sessions may involve:

• Keeping a sleep diary.
• Practicing questioning automatic thoughts or beliefs when they arise.
• Improving sleep hygiene practices.

Access the patients’ sleep architecture
Belun® Ring can become a patient’s digital sleep diary. It records what happened every night. Does the patient have insomnia because they cannot fall asleep quickly, do not sleep well, or have difficulty falling asleep again after waking up? Adopting the ring empowers the doctor with quality data (Belun’s sleep data is medical grade) to determine the cause of insomnia more accurately, instead of relying solely on the patient’s description out of sheer memory or guessing. The ring is a digital tool providing scientific data to support diagnosis, thus improving clinical decision-making.

About Sleep2022 : 

https://www.sleepmeeting.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SLEEP-2022-Preliminary-Program.pdf

Partnering with Belun :

Up to now, over 32 organizations, including HK hospital authority hospitals, medical groups, clinic groups, dentists and elderly centers selected to use Belun Sleep health platform, Belun Ring and Sleep App and Belun remoVital monitoring system. Many doctors read our medical journal papers including 1) “Belun Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea” (https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8592) and 2) “Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun Sleep Platform wearable with neural network based algorithm and its combined use with STOP-Bang questionnaire” (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258040). If you would like to know more about how to adopt Belun’s solution in your organization or home use, pls feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting by filling the form below:

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) susceptibility is influenced by physiology, genetics, and exposure. Physiology includes (1) Autonomic nervous system (ANS) responses: CV responses to respiratory events, arrhythmia, ischemia, and cardiac output; and (2) Sleep State dynamics. Genetics includes inflammation and angiogenesis, while exposures include smoking, diet, physical activity, etc.

Precision medicine has been a hot topic. During the talk, Susan Redline shared her vision of how “gender differences” can be a step towards precision sleep medicine. How additional parameters, including ANS response during respiratory events, hypoxic burden, and delta heart rate, can more accurately predict CVD risks. Dr. Redline concluded the keynote by calling for action in improving metrics that robustly identify individuals at risk for OSA-related CVD, including endotypes, physiological response markers, e.g., ANS, hypoxic burdens, delta heart rate, genetics, gender, etc. Last is the need and value of multi-disciplinary teamwork in physiology, epidemiology, genetics, and implementation science. Empowered by the FDA-cleared wearable (Belun® Ring) and its proprietary machine learning algorithms, the Belun Sleep Platform is capable of computing both the AHI of the users and the ANS response throughout the night, reflecting users’ ANS response to respiratory events. In addition, hypoxic burdens and delta heart rate will be new features in the product roadmap, which concur with Dr. Redline’s outlook.

About Sleep2022 : 

https://www.sleepmeeting.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SLEEP-2022-Preliminary-Program.pdf

Partnering with Belun :

Up to now, over 32 organizations, including HK hospital authority hospitals, medical groups, clinic groups, dentists, and elderly centers selected to use Belun Sleep health platform, Belun® Ring and Sleep App and Belun® RemoVital monitoring system. Many doctors read our medical journal papers, including 1) “Belun® Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea” (https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8592) and 2) “Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun Sleep Platform wearable with neural network based algorithm and its combined use with STOP-Bang questionnaire” (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258040). If you would like to know more about how to adopt Belun’s solution in your organization or home use, pls feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting by filling out the form below:

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On the other hand, Belun will join many interesting tutorials and plenary sessions in #sleep2022 related to Sleep technology:
5 Jun | SUN – C02: Trends in Sleep Medicine
5 Jun | SUN – C07: The Ones and Zeros of Digitizing your Practice: Roadmap to Choosing Digital Health Solutions
6 Jun | MON – O11: Sleep Considerations in Hypertension, Arrhythmias, and More
7 Jun | TUE – D07: Smart Sleep: A Guide to Choosing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions for Clinical Practice

Belun Presentive Healthcare Solution:

Partnering with Belun :

Up to now, over a hundred organizations, including HK hospital authority hospitals, medical groups, clinic groups, dentists, and elderly centers selected to use the Belun Sleep System, Belun® Ring and Sleep App, and Belun® remoVital monitoring system. Many doctors read our medical journal papers, including: 

1) “Belun® Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea” (https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8592),

2) “Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun Sleep Platform wearable with neural network based algorithm and its combined use with STOP-Bang questionnaire” (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258040),

3)Belun® Ring (Belun Sleep System BLS-100): Deep Learning-Facilitated Wearable Enables OSA Detection, Apnea Severity Categorization, and Sleep Stage Classification in Patients Suspected of OSA  (https://journals.lww.com/jhypertension/Abstract/2023/06000/The_Belun_sleep_platform_to_diagnose_obstructive.16.aspx), 

4) Correlation of Pulse Rate Variability(PRV) and Heart Rate Variability(HRV) Metrics During Sleep in Subjects Suspected of OSA (Accepted in SLEEP conference 2023, Abstract ID: 954).

If you would like to know more about how to adopt Belun’s solution in your organization or home use, please feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting by filling out the form below:

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Convenience is what we need nowadays. Technology can bring treatment accessibility to the mass, which we see as a way out for our worldwide ageing population and long-term chronic disease management. OSA is highly related to many of them. It also significantly saves government healthcare expenditures if we adopt preventive healthcare now. Belun embarks on this new company direction in “Preventive Healthcare Solutions” based on the health fingerprints collected in our six-year journey, which become a solid foundation of our AI algorithms.

The AI would predict risk to warn the individuals when detecting abnormalities before the situation worsens, thus minimizing health risk. In addition, Belun creates medical-grade wearables & solutions for screening sleep health, evaluating treatment effectiveness for chronic disease patients & predict health risks.

Do Wearables and AI shed light on OSA and sleep architecture?

Wearables have become more and more popular in sleep monitoring. Consumer utilization of sleep devices and apps is soaring. Combining the physiological data acquired by medical-grade wearables during sleep and AI, screening OSA at home has become feasible. Compared with manually scored polysomnography, the gold standard for diagnosing OSA, the award-winning Belun® Ring‘s accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of the apnea-hyponea index (AHI) and sleep stages from clinically validated technologies is as high as 85%.

Award-winning Belun® Ring is an FDA 510(k) cleared Class II device that uncovers sleep architecture. For the individual consumer, we provide health trends shown in the mobile apps that offer knowledge about personalized sleep stages, empowering the individual to self-manage health by improving habits that make their rest more productive, which means better recovery. See our products and services.

Growing interest among the dental community in OSA screening 

Since the American Dental Association issued a policy statement that addressed the dentist’s role in assessing patients’ risk for sleep-related breathing disorders in 2017, we see growing interest from the dental community in exploring OSA screening in their practices with Belun® Ring. In addition, we have programmes to cater to the dental practice; contact us for more information. (email to Jay) Recent youtube program with dentist in Hong Kong sharing how Belun® Ring help expand their practice to sleep health, thus retaining clients with more personalized services  (photo of Dentist / Doctor assessing patient) 

FDA-cleared Belun Ring &  clinically-validated AI sleep platform

Belun provides Sleep Test services through an evidence-based Sleep Health Platform. Our machine learning analysis has generated over 15,000+ sleep reports from 160M+ data segments worldwide. Moreover, it is a comfortable measurement with an FDA approved, small, lightweight, cableless, and ergonomically designed ring. It is a cost-effective test  conducted at home for multiple nights and without the hassles of staying in the hospital sleep lab overnight (usually only one night). With the proprietary AI algorithm for sleep analysis, it is fast and accurate with high sensitivity (0.85) and specificity (0.87) of Belun Ring-AHI (bAHI)≥ 15 in predicting PSG-AHI≥ 15 as well as significant correlations with PSG in both total sleep time (TST) and AHI. 

Global research collaborations contributing to big data of chronic disease management

Belun is currently in collaborations with different universities studying the relationship of OSA with multiple chronic diseases such as stroke, hypertension, dementia, cardiovascular disease… If you are in a similar research area, please get in touch with us to co-create the history of chronic disease management.

Partnering with Belun :

Up to now, over a hundred organizations, including HK hospital authority hospitals, medical groups, clinic groups, dentists, and elderly centers selected to use the Belun Sleep System, Belun® Ring and Sleep App, and Belun® remoVital monitoring system. Many doctors read our medical journal papers, including: 

1) “Belun® Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea” (https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8592),

2) “Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun Sleep Platform wearable with neural network based algorithm and its combined use with STOP-Bang questionnaire” (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258040),

3)Belun® Ring (Belun Sleep System BLS-100): Deep Learning-Facilitated Wearable Enables OSA Detection, Apnea Severity Categorization, and Sleep Stage Classification in Patients Suspected of OSA  (https://journals.lww.com/jhypertension/Abstract/2023/06000/The_Belun_sleep_platform_to_diagnose_obstructive.16.aspx), 

4) Correlation of Pulse Rate Variability(PRV) and Heart Rate Variability(HRV) Metrics During Sleep in Subjects Suspected of OSA (Accepted in SLEEP conference 2023, Abstract ID: 954).

If you would like to know more about how to adopt Belun’s solution in your organization or home use, please feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting by filling out the form below:

References

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8. The Healthy Sleep Project addresses the sleep health focus area of Healthy People 2020, which provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. The sleep health objectives are to increase the medical evaluation of people with symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, reduce vehicular crashes due to drowsy driving and ensure more Americans get sufficient sleep. For more information, visit projecthealthysleep.org. 
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Belun Sleep App links with FDA approved Belun Ring for sleep health monitoring

Our users would like to understand more about their health situation day by day, they will select Belun personal sleep monitoring platofrm which includes the Belun Ring and Belun Sleep App to collect overnight sleep data. Those data will then be passed to the Belun Sleep App through the bluetooth connection with the smartphone. Then users can view their sleep score which is generated by Belun proprietary algorithm. The data can be further analyzed to obtain SpO2 and Pulse Rate. The indicator will show the users the sleep quality (red color is poor sleep condition and blue color is good sleep condition). In addition, Apnea level can be shown in the Belun Sleep App. There are three other indicators can be shown in the Belun Sleep App: 1) Sleep Efficiency 2) Stress Level and 3) REM (%).

While Belun Ring can measure the health condition by sleep monitoring and digitalized to data, Belun Sleep App can convert those sleep data to vital sign and further to sleep score and releasted sleep efficiency indicators.

Online Purchase for individual and sampling

If you are individual user and would like to try Belun Ring with Belun Sleep App, pls feel free to contact us.

Partnering with Belun

Up to now, over 32 organizations partners including HK hospital authority hospitals, medial groups, clinic groups, dentists and elderly centres selected to use Belun Sleep health platform, Belun Ring and Sleep App and Belun remoVital monitoring system. Many doctors read our medical journal papers including: 1) “Belun Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea” (https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8592) and 2) “Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun Sleep Platform wearable with neural network based algorithm and its combined use with STOP Bang questionnaire” (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258040). If you would like to know more about how to adopt Belun’s solution in your organization or home use, pls feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting by filling the form below:

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FDA cleared Belun Sleep System for sleep health monitoring

Doctors in our partner organization will advise their clients to use Belun Ring to collect overnight sleep data. Then the data will be uploaded through Belun Ring Management software. Doctors can export the professional report in PDF format by the AI engine and review in portal. Not only doctors, other portal users such as nurses, dentists, caregivers and etc can view the report and manage the device in the portal. Then the professional report for sleep apnea, insomnia, stress level screening can be read from the portal.

Moreover, it is a comfortable measurement with a FDA cleared, small, lightweight, cableless, and ergonomically designed ring. It is a cost-effective test that can be conducted at home for multiple-nights and no need to stay in hospital over night (ONLY one night). With the proprietary AI algorithm for sleep analysis, it is fast and accurate with high sensitivity (0.85) and specificity (0.87) of Belun Ring-AHI (bAHI)≥ 15 in predicting PSG-AHI≥ 15 as well as significant correlations with PSG in both total sleep time (TST) and AHI.

Trial and sampling

If you would like to try Belun Ring and Belun Sleep Health Platform, pls feel free to contact us.

Partnering with Belun

Up to now, over 32 organizations partners including HK hospital authority hospitals, medial groups, clinic groups, dentists and elderly centres selected to use Belun Sleep health platform, Belun Ring and Sleep App and Belun remoVital monitoring system. Many doctors read our medical journal papers including: 1) “Belun Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea” (https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8592) and 2) “Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun Sleep Platform wearable with neural network based algorithm and its combined use with STOP Bang questionnaire” (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258040). If you would like to know more about how to adopt Belun’s solution in your organization or home use, pls feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting by filling the form below:

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During normal sleep, your blood pressure goes down. Having sleep problems means your blood pressure stays higher for a longer period of time.² High blood pressure is one of the leading risks for heart disease and stroke. About 75 million American —1 in 3 adults—have high blood pressure.¹ Decreased sleep is a risk factor for increased blood sugar levels. Even partial sleep deprivation over one night increases insulin resistance, which can in turn increase blood sugar levels. As a result, a lack of sleep has been associated with diabetes, a blood sugar disorder. ³ So, sleep is a top priority for chronic disease management especially for people with diabetes as inadequate amounts of sleep can negatively impact blood sugar levels short and long term. 

Specialists could provide holistic care to patients in addition to blood glucose levels; if the OSA of the patient is taken care of, it will improve the treatment effectiveness of diabetes. 

Belun provides home sleep apnea screening & monitors sleep health through clinically validated AI algorithm.

The Belun® Ring measures

• Oxygen Saturation (SpO₂)
• Pulse Rate (PR)
• Apnea Hypopnea Index (bAHI)
• Sleep Stages : Awake, REM, NREM
• Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) Response
• Movement

Obesity, a common health problem worldwide, can also be one of the causes of OSA, and weight reduction has a significant effect on reducing OSA severity. Belun has collaborated with a local university to study the relationship between weight management, exercise & sleep. The study, through Belun® Ring & Belun Sleep Platform, showed improvement in people with OSA or sleep problems after weight management and regular exercise program. 

Global research collaborations contributing to big data of chronic disease management

Belun is currently in collaborations with different universities studying the relationship of OSA with multiple chronic diseases such as stroke, hypertension, dementia, cardiovascular disease… If you are in a similar research area, please get in touch with us to co-create the history of chronic disease management.

Sample ordering

Belun® Ring is currently used by clinical psychologist and CBT-I studies. If you would like to order the sample for reviewing the performance of the Belun Ring for your organization, please contact us.

Partnering with Belun

Up to now, over 32 organizations partners including HK hospital authority hospitals, medial groups, clinic groups, dentists and elderly centres selected to use Belun Sleep health platform, Belun Ring and Sleep App and Belun remoVital monitoring system. Many doctors read our medical journal papers including: 1) “Belun Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea” (https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8592) and 2) “Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun Sleep Platform wearable with neural network based algorithm and its combined use with STOP Bang questionnaire” (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258040). If you would like to know more about how to adopt Belun’s solution in your organization or home use, pls feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting by filling the form below:

Source : 

1/ CDC. High Blood Pressure. Accessed September 8, 2020.

2/ Calhoun DA, Harding SM. Sleep and hypertensionexternal icon. Chest. 2010;138(2):434–443.

3/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16227462/

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