Friday, December 3rd, 2010 at 5:47 PM
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/635732/respiratory_care_e) has announced the addition of the “Respiratory Care Equipment & Supplies – Global Strategic Business Report” report to their offering.
This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Respiratory Care Equipment & Supplies in US$ Million by the following product segments – Pulmonary Function Testing Equipment, Spirometers, Sleep Apnea Diagnostic Devices, Ventilators, Humidifiers, Nebulizers, CPAP/Bi-level Devices, Oxygen Equipment, Manual Resuscitators, and Masks, Circuits & Disposables. Read the rest of this entry
Friday, December 3rd, 2010 at 5:25 PM
Sleep complaints are highly prevalent and associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. This is the first prospective study to report the association between commonly reported sleep symptoms and the development of the metabolic syndrome, a key CVD risk factor.
Participants were from the community-based Heart Strategies Concentrating on Risk Evaluation study. The sample was comprised of 812 participants (36% African American; 67% female) who were free of metabolic syndrome at baseline, had completed a baseline sleep questionnaire, and had metabolic syndrome evaluated 3 years after baseline. Apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was measured cross-sectionally using a portable monitor in a subset of 290 participants. Logistic regression examined the risk of developing metabolic syndrome and its components according to individual sleep symptoms and insomnia syndrome. Read the rest of this entry
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 at 8:38 PM
The health of an individual is very important as it helps them to live a long and comfortable life. It is unfortunate that there are some disorders that affect people and they do not know what they are dealing with. This can lead to misdiagnosis or the condition can go untreated which can bring problems later in life. One of the disorders that affect the sleep of a person is known as Sleep Apnea. This is where one experiences repeated pauses when they are breathing as they sleep. These usually last anywhere between 5 seconds to minutes and can go on for an hour or so. Sleep Apnea, Help! Explains all the details that one wants to know on the disorder so that people can be well equipped with the information that is needed. Read the rest of this entry
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010 at 8:34 PM
Notwithstanding previous studies supporting independent associations between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and prevalence of diabetes, the underlying pathogenesis of impaired glucose regulation in OSA remains unclear. The mechanism was explored to find out linking OSA with prediabetes/diabetes and associated biomarker profiles.
The researchers hypothesized that OSA is associated with distinct alterations in glucose homeostasis and biomarker profiles in subjects with normal (NGM) and impaired glucose metabolism (IGM).
Forty-five severely obese adults (36 women) without certain comorbidities/medications underwent anthropometric measurements, polysomnography, and blood tests. We measured fasting serum glucose, insulin, selected cytokines, and calculated homeostasis model assessment estimates of insulin sensitivity (HOMA-IS) and pancreatic beta-cell function (HOMA-B). Read the rest of this entry
