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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
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NY Train Tragedy Spawns Mandatory Sleep Testing
April 28, 2014
NEW YORK – In the wake of last year’s Bronx commuter train derailment that killed four passengers, Metro-North officials have issued a directive that would require the 350 engineers who work for the railway to be evaluated in the coming month
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Sleep Companies Prep for Medtrade as OSA-related Ailments Grow
April 21, 2014
TAIWAN – A diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea may raise the risk of osteoporosis, particularly among women or older individuals, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolis
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Driver in Bronx Train Tragedy Had Severe Sleep Apnea
April 14, 2014
NEW YORK – The driver of a train that derailed late last year in New York City, killing four passengers, reportedly suffered from “severe sleep apnea.” According to the National Transportation Safety Board, William Rockefeller, the engineer
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DME Supplier and its Involvement with the Home Sleep Test
April 14, 2014
AMARILLO, TX – A DME supplier can have some involvement with an overnight oxygen qualification test. The supplier can: (i) own the oximeter; (ii) deliver the oximeter to the Medicare beneficiary’s home; (iii) pick up the oximeter the next mor