SleepApneaDisorder/[ Press Release ] Phoenix, AZ /December 17, 2010/ JC Goodwin from Sleep Effect Center for Apnea Management in Prescott, Arizona isn’t your typical Dentist. Although familiar with bridges, cavities and crowns, this Dentist is redefining the Dental Industry, one snoring patient at a time. With over 100 Million people diagnosed with OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea) it’s assumed more physicians would implement greater OSA treatments in their practices. Interestingly enough, Dentists like Dr. Goodwin are among the small group of Doctors stepping up, to take on the sleepy killer, OSA.
With the help of technology and continuing education, more Doctors are beginning to treat and diagnose Sleep Apnea patients in house. Companies like Sleep Group Solutions offer advanced acoustic diagnostic imaging, home sleep tests, in office training and seminars to raise awareness of OSA and get Doctor involvement. “PCP’s and Dentists tend to see the most patients, they can boost awareness of the disorder, and successfully treat it.” Says Rani Ben-David, President of Sleep Group Solutions. “We have many Doctors (clients) who have saved lives and cured diseases, all by treating OSA.” Read the rest of this entry
UAE Philips conducted an online Sleep Apnea Awareness campaign titled Do You Snore, to help build public consciousness about Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in the UAE. Email invitations were sent out to fill out a short and straight forward survey to more than 200,000 recipients based in the country, targeting a sample group of the age 25 and above.
A high number of respondents showed positive results and are very likely to be suffering fromObstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). The potential patients were advised to print their report and seek further medical advice and diagnostic tests for sleep apnea.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea is one of the most common sleep disorders worldwide. It is a condition that causes a persons breathing to stop repeatedly during the night, causing disruption in their sleep as they struggle to breathe. As a result, they never get the deep, restorative sleep that is needed. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can not only negatively impact a persons overall quality of life and productivity, but it can also potentially lead to serious health issues like increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, abnormal heart rhythm, strokes and other conditions. Read the rest of this entry
SleepApneaDisorder/ [ Press Release ]/ Los Angeles, CA/ December 15, 2010/ Announcing follow up care Friday as a great new way for those seeking sleep apnea treatment to interact with medical professionals in a no pressure, highly beneficial way. Sleep apnea treatment experts from Nationwide Medical, Inc will begin offering their time this Friday at 10:00 am for 1 hour and every other week thereafter to engage and interact exclusively through Facebook.
Follow Up Friday is a purely on-line social media engagement project featuring a Question and Answer session to benefit anyone with concerns about sleep apnea and treatment. A hugely anticipated experience, this is a rare opportunity for those at risk for sleep apnea to ask the most pressing questions about sleep apnea, associated symptoms, and proper follow up care and treatment.
Commencing on Friday, December 17th and resuming in January after the holidays, this will be an engaging experience where people can connect with qualified professionals to receive information on top level care and ask any questions as they pertain to sleep apnea and related treatment in a no-pressure social environment. Read the rest of this entry
Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData’s new report “North America Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Market Outlook to 2016″.
This new report provides key market data on the North America Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices market United States and Canada. The report provides value (USD million) data for all the market categories Airway Anesthesia Disposables, Anesthesia Machines, Respiratory Devices, Respiratory Disposables, Respiratory Measurement Devices, Sleep Apnea Diagnostic Systems, Regional Anesthesia Disposables, and Pain Management Devices. The report also provides company shares and distribution shares data for each of the aforementioned market categories. The report is supplemented with global corporate-level profiles of the key market participants.
This report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in-house analysis by Our team of industry experts.
CSC’s Leading Edge Forum has released a report recently that identifies a new wave of disruptive technologies that will reshape the delivery of healthcare. These new technologies will help control costs while improving health by ushering in an era of wellness, self-monitoring, increased and earlier detection of disease, and more effective treatments.
The report, “The Future of Healthcare: It’s Health, Then Care,” identifies a wide range of technologies in development, from intelligent pills that deliver targeted doses of medication to specific locations in the body, to brain implants that prevent seizures, to contact lenses with microchips to detect glaucoma, to bioprinting that creates new skin.
“Healthcare needs significant disruptive change to address its problems and there are many maturing technologies that can help,” said Fran Turisco, the study’s lead researcher, who is an Emerging Practices research principal in CSC’s Global Healthcare Services Group. “What we have seen to date is only the tip of the iceberg of a wide range of technologies coming out of commercial, government and university research labs that can make a significant difference for wellness and care delivery.” Read the rest of this entry
Lawrence General Hospital offers a comfortable and extensive sleep study that will enable doctors to diagnose potential problems and begin treatment.Accommodations at the new sleep center, which opened last month, feature a private room with a full-sized bed covered in fine linens, a flat screen satellite TV, a modern art picture on the wall and soft lighting. Hospital administrators hope the new center will raise public awareness in the Merrimack Valley about sleep disorders, which have been linked to several serious health problems, including diabetes, high blood pressure and congestive heart failure.
Health officials estimate that up to 70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders like insomnia, sleep apnea, snoring, restless leg syndrome, night terrors, sleepwalking, sleep paralysis and sleep-wake schedule disorders. Nearly 95 % of these disorders go undiagnosed and are never treated, jeopardizing the health of many people who are afflicted. Close to 80 % of people who are obese are at risk to sleep apnea. Untreated sleep apnea can increase the likelihood of critical medical consequences, such as irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure, heart failure, heart attack, and stroke. Sleep apnea is one of more than 80 sleep disorders and very few adults who are suffering from a sleep disorder seek medical attention.
Increasing evidence supports the hypothesis that sleep disturbances in patients with well-controlled asthma could be caused by obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
According to Dr. Braido, it is likely that asthma complicates the treatment of OSA, or vice versa.”Rhinitis is a worsening factor for asthma and inflammation, and nasal congestion a risk factor for snoring. We know that snoring is strongly related to sleep apnea.”
In addition, Dr. Braido pointed out that,”Obesity is a predisposition for OSA development. The crucial question is how many of these patients suffered from sleep apnea. Anticholinergic treatments could be useful for patients with asthma and sleep apnea.”A diagnosis of OSA might be possible by monitoring levels of oral nitric oxide (NO), Dr. Braido advised. [Read Complee Post.... ]
Doctor Anderson with the Rocky Mountain Sleep Center says the most common sleep disorders are sleep apnea (most commonly known as airway obstruction,) insomnia and narcolepsy.
His discussion tonight focused on prevention and he says keeping weight gain to a minimum and practicing proper sleep hygiene will help. He adds that avoiding caffeine and maintaining an active lifestyle are beneficial.
“Number one, practice good sleep hygiene, regular sleep habits. If people have a problem getting to sleep, to not stay in bed later and get up at the same time and to start that early and practice good sleep hygiene. The second most important thing is to maintain an ideal weight,” says Dr. Anderson.
Fatigue and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD) correlate differently with motor symptoms, depression, and dopaminergic treatment, according to the results of a prospective study reported in the December 1 issue of the European Journal of Neurology.
“Sleep-wake disturbances including fatigue and …EDS are important non-motor features of idiopathic PD,” write P.O. Valko, from University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, and colleagues. “EDS is present in up to 50–75% of patients with PD, thereby significantly surpassing the frequency of EDS in other brain disorders, e.g. multiple sclerosis, ischemic stroke, traumatic brain injury. …A comprehensive study of both fatigue and …EDS in association with …PD-related symptoms and treatment has not been performed yet.” Read the rest of this entry
A University of New Hampshire professor’s research into hospital bed technology could soon represent a giant leap forward in patient care.
John LaCourse, professor and chair of UNH’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is currently negotiating with hospital bed manufacturers to adopt his programmed algorithm technology, which could become the basis for “smart” computerized hospital beds. Read the rest of this entry
A potentially life-threatening challenge characterized by pauses in breathing that can last for more than 20 seconds, apnea of prematurity (AOP) affects more than 50% of premature infants and is almost universal in the smallest preemies. Caused in part by an underdeveloped central nervous system that can’t adequately regulate breathing outside of the womb, especially during sleep, AOP is not yet fully understood by scientists and remains a grave concern among neonatologists and parents alike.
New research published in the October issue of Pediatrics by clinical scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School suggests that heredity may play a strong role in determining an infant’s susceptibility to AOP and could lead to the development of more effective treatments and screening methods. Read the rest of this entry
Dr. David Anderson of the Rocky Mountain Sleep Disorders Center will give a presentation outlining sleep apnea and other serious sleep disorders Thursday, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the state room of the Red Lion Colonial Hotel. This is a free presentation to the public and refreshments will be served.
SleepApneaDisorder/ [ Press Release ]/ OKLAHOMA CITY / Graymark Healthcare, Inc. has closed the previously announced sale of substantially all the assets of its ApothecaryRx’s retail pharmacy business to Walgreens Co. ApothecaryRx operated 18 pharmacies across five states.
The transaction allows Graymark to focus on its core business of providing comprehensive care for sleep disorders, primarily obstructive sleep apnea, including diagnosis, therapy, and ongoing clinical and product support.
“Millions of Americans suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, and many aren’t aware they have a problem or that treatment is available in their communities,” said Stanton Nelson, chairman and CEO of Graymark Healthcare. “As a pure-play sleep disorders company focused primarily on obstructive sleep apnea, we believe Graymark is better able to help people sleep better.” Read the rest of this entry
U. Joseph Schoepf, M.D., of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, and colleagues found that patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) appear to have an increased risk of developing a more aggressive form of atherosclerosis. The investigators evaluated 49 obese patients (mean age, 61 years) with OSA and a mean body mass index (BMI) of 33 kg/m², and 46 obese patients without the condition (mean age of 60 years and mean BMI of 30 kg/m²), using coronary computed tomography angiography (cCTA).
The data revealed that patients with OSA had a significantly higher prevalence of non-calcified and mixed plaques compared to patients without the condition.
“cCTA is an effective way to noninvasively diagnose non-calcified and mixed plaque,” Schoepf said in a statement. “With technological advancements that are lowering the radiation dose required for cCTA, this exam could become a screening tool for obese individuals at increased risk for cardiovascular disease.”
SleepApneaDisorder/[ Press Release ] Phoenix, AZ /December 17, 2010/ JC Goodwin from Sleep Effect Center for Apnea Management in Prescott, Arizona isn’t your typical Dentist. Although familiar with bridges, cavities and crowns, this Dentist is redefining the Dental Industry, one snoring patient at a time. With over 100 Million people diagnosed with OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea) it’s assumed more physicians would implement greater OSA treatments in their practices. Interestingly enough, Dentists like Dr. Goodwin are among the small group of Doctors stepping up, to take on the sleepy killer, OSA.
