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Train Derailment Highlights Deadly Consequences of Poor Sleep
December 9, 2013
BRONX, NY – If the engineer at the controls of the ill-fated Metro-North train in the Bronx had worn a CPAP the night before, could the tragic derailment have been avoided? Inside the world of sleep medicine, the question rages in light of seve
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Connection Between Poor Sleep and Alzheimer’s?
December 2, 2013
ST. LOUIS – Add neurodegenerative conditions to the long list of problems associated with poor sleep. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Pennsylvania published their latest findings in the
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Scientist Uncovers New Problem Areas for OSA
November 25, 2013
SYDNEY, AUS – Anatomy, weight, and age may not be the only OSA culprits, according to Australian scientist Danny Eckert and his team. New research in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (click here for abstract) uncov
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Portable Sleep Testing vs Polysomnography
November 18, 2013
The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) published research on a hotly-debated topic this month, running a lengthy study comparing the diagnostic accuracy of level three portable sleep tests versus level one polysomnography for sleep-disordere
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CPAP Linked to Improvement in Resistant Hypertension
November 11, 2013
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL – A report in MedPage Today summarizes a small study in which researchers concluded that the use of CPAP in patients with resistant hypertension and OSA significantly lowered daytime blood pressure. After 6 months of treatment
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Exposure Therapy is Latest Wrinkle in Battle for CPAP Compliance
November 4, 2013
ST. LOUIS – An effort to desensitize patients to CPAP masks may ease the transition for patients and ultimately boost compliance. The small-sample “exposure therapy” pilot study concluded that patients were able to significantly increase th