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

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

LAS VEGAS – New research from Taiwanese researchers suggests that sleep apnea sufferers “appear to have” a higher risk of pneumonia. The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, and summarized in Medical News Today (MNT), i

LAS VEGAS – ResMed (Booth #706) is one of many exhibitors that will once again have a large presence on the Expo Floor at Medtrade Spring, scheduled for March 10-12 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Medtrade Monday chatted with Ji

ANDOVER, MA – Royal Philips tapped Brent Shafer as its new CEO overseeing Philips North America, the company’s single largest market. In his new role, Shafer will be responsible for strengthening Philips’ culture of entrepreneurship and growing

LAS VEGAS – Last year brought unprecedented academic and consumer attention lavished on sleep medicine, and that trend is continuing in 2014. Sleep research originating in the United States and abroad continues to pour forth on almost a weekly basi