Archive for the ‘Sleep Apnea’ Category

• What is Sleep Apnea

  Thursday, November 17th, 2011

  What Is Sleep Apnea? from American Sleep Apnea Association on Vimeo.

• New AutoIQ Mode Makes Philips Respironics CPAP Device their Most Advanced to Date

  Friday, October 7th, 2011

  New AutoIQ Mode Makes Philips Respironics CPAP Device their Most Advanced to Date Murrysville, Pa., USA — Philips Respironics, is shaping the future of sleep therapy by providing an innovative technology for treating and managing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) – in its most advanced CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) device to date. The new REMstar [...]

• Swedish Medical Center testing new sleep apnea therapy – looking for participants

  Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

  Swedish Medical Center testing new sleep apnea therapy – looking for participants Sep 11 2011 Swedish Medical Center has been selected to participate in a pivotal clinical study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a new therapy for patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The STAR trial (Stimulation Therapy for Apnea [...]

• Sleep-Disordered Breathing Linked to Cognitive Impairment

  Friday, September 2nd, 2011

  August 9, 2011 — Sleep-disordered breathing is associated with a significantly increased risk for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia in elderly women, results of a prospective study indicate. Kristine Yaffe, MD The relationship seems to be related primarily to measures of hypoxia rather than sleep fragmentation or sleep duration, Kristine Yaffe, MD, of University [...]

• Age- and gender-related characteristics of obstructive sleep apnea

  Monday, June 20th, 2011

  Itay E. Gabbay and Peretz Lavie Abstract Purpose The present study attempted to characterize the phenotype of men and women of different ages with a laboratory diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) using demographic, subjective complaints and medical history and to determine the best fitting apnea–hypopnea index (AHI) cutoff point for OSA diagnosis in each [...]

• ATS: Surgery Has Benefits for Kids With Sleep Apnea

  Thursday, May 26th, 2011

  Article Description: A simple surgical procedure — removing enlarged tonsils and adenoids – can benefit children with obstructive sleep apnea and adenotonsillar hypertrophy, a researcher said here. But perhaps more importantly, the procedure can also reverse cardiovascular changes – including an enlarged heart – caused by the sleep apnea, according to Lisa Burns, MD, of [...]

• Daylight saving time may increase workplace injuries through lost sleep

  Monday, March 7th, 2011

  Hamilton, ON — Be extra careful on March 14 this year! Every year on the second Sunday in March, the majority of Canadians and Americans turn their clocks ahead an hour for a much welcomed extra hour of daylight, and in the process they sacrifice precious minutes of sleep. So goes the start of Daylight [...]

• Oral Appliance Therapy

  Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

  By Kristen Ziegler Posted on: February 17, 2011 Determining which patients to refer for OAT still challenges many sleep centers. Even if the patient cannot or will not use PAP, how do you know if an oral appliance will work? New custom-made temporary options give physicians and their patients the opportunity to trial the therapy [...]

• OSU performs first U.S. implant of device to fight sleep apnea

  Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

  By Adam Hawkins hawkins.326@osu.edu Published: Sunday, January 30, 2011 Updated: Sunday, January 30, 2011 Ohio State doctors performed the first implant of a device used to combat sleep apnea in the United States on Jan. 21. The device, known as the RespiCardia System, is used to treat central sleep apnea, a sleep disorder that limits [...]

• Lack of sleep increases overeating

  Monday, January 24th, 2011

  Weight Loss & Sleep: Is Your Diet Being Sabotaged By Your Sleeping Habits? Wednesday, September 27, 2006 – 7:19am By Michele Silence, MA Researchers from several separate studies 1 have found a link between sleep and the hormones that influence our eating behavior. Two specific hormones are involved. Ghrelin is responsible for feelings of hunger. [...]