Sleep Number announced agreement with Mayo Clinic. The agreement includes an endowment from Sleep Number to Mayo Clinic to further sleep science research with an emphasis on cardiovascular medicine, and a dedicated research and development fund that will improve health care quality and clinical outcomes with potential life-changing benefits. Lack of sleep has been linked to many diseases and conditions prevalent now, including heart disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes and depression. At a time when the CDC has declared sleep disorders a public health epidemic, one-in-three people do not get adequate quality sleep. To address this crisis, the two Minnesota-based organizations are joining forces. The “Sleep Number Research Fund in Sleep Science with an Emphasis on Cardiovascular Medicine” and the “Sleep Number Research & Development Fund to Further Sleep Science” are valued at $10 million over five years.