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Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Announces Record Net Profit Boost
June 2, 2014
IRVINE, CA – Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp—Booth #1644 at this year’s Medtrade, scheduled for Oct 20-23 in Atlanta—announced record financial results for the financial year ended March 31, 2014. 2014. The medical device manufact
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New Algorithm Improves PAP Therapy for Women
May 26, 2014
SAN DIEGO – A new study presented last week at the American Thoracic Society 2014 International Conference (Abstract #714) indicates that a new algorithm, developed specifically for how female sleep apnea sufferers breathe, can improve flow lim
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Telemedicine as Effective as Face to Face for CPAP Compliance?
May 19, 2014
BARCELONA, ES – In the United States and around the world, CPAP compliance is an ongoing problem. Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona (Unit of Biophysics and Bioengineering), Spain, wanted to know if a telemedicine a
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CPAP Supplier’s Involvement with the Home Sleep Test
May 12, 2014
AMARILLO, TX – A significant increase in the diagnosis and treatment for OSA has led to a surge in the need for the performance of sleep studies and an increase in the number of joint ventures and cooperative arrangements between DME companies,
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FDA Approves New Sleep Apnea Treatment
May 12, 2014
MAPLE GROVE, MN – An implantable, pacemaker-like device that mildly shocks a nerve in the neck has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval as a new treatment for sleep apnea. As reported in the Star Tribune and several media outlet
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Time Magazine Declares Sleep the New Health Frontier
May 5, 2014
NEW YORK – Sleep docs and sleep lab directors can now say, “I told you so,” thanks to an April 2014 Time Magazine feature that boldly declares sleep as nothing less than the “New Health Frontier.” The 1,300-plus word article in the vene