OSA Severity Spikes on the Weekend, Finds Under-Mattress Sleep Sensor Study | Sleep Review
Researchers suspect weekend-related lifestyle factors contribute to the newly identified “social apnea” phenomenon.| Sleep Review
Even with CPAP adherence, some OSA patients remain excessively sleepy during the day. This 1-hour webinar examines why.| Sleep Review
A patient advocate realizes that perfect can become the enemy of good care for OSA patients who fail or refuse CPAP.| Sleep Review
Researchers suspect weekend-related lifestyle factors contribute to the newly identified “social apnea” phenomenon.| Sleep Review
Mass Eye and Ear otolaryngologists Christopher Hartnick, MD, and Phillip Huyett, MD, are pushing the envelope in sleep apnea treatment using hypoglossal nerve stimulation. Watch this video of Drs. Hartnick and Huyett describing their work at the 2022 Sense-ation! Gala, and hear one family’s story. Updated March 21, 2023: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration… Read More »Sleep Apnea Device a Game-changer for Children with Down Syndrome and Adults Who Fail CPAP The post Sleep Apnea Device...| FOCUS
When patients struggle with obstructive sleep apnea and conventional treatments aren’t helping, a diagnostic procedure called a drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) can help identify what’s blocking the airway. After seeing Phillip A Huyett, MD, for the procedure, Billy Toto has been on a treatment course towards better sleep. Billy Toto left no stone unturned when… Read More »Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy Enables Close Look at Obstructive Sleep Apnea’s Cause The post Drug-Induced S...| FOCUS
Sleep seven to nine hours a night and still wake up exhausted? If so, there may be something that’s disrupting your sleep. Mass Eye and Ear sleep specialist, Noah Siegel, MD, offers guidance on how to avoid a poor night’s rest. Sleep is crucial to help our bodies recover. While sleeping, we restore multiple parts… Read More »Which Factors Are Disrupting Our Sleep? The post Which Factors Are Disrupting Our Sleep? appeared first on FOCUS.| FOCUS
The intervention group experienced sleep quality, higher nocturnal oxygen saturation, and possible upper airway remodeling, as suggested by reduced neck circumference.| Sleep Review
The immune protein STAT6 may be a driver of pulmonary hypertension in people with obstructive sleep apnea, a study in mice suggests.| Pulmonary Hypertension News
Good use of noninvasive ventilation, like CPAP, lowered exacerbations and aided lung function in COPD patient group with sleep apnea.| COPD News Today
Where previously young children may have reached the end of the road, today even the youngest patients can get their sleep apnea under control with relative ease.| Sleep Review
Columnist Caroline Gainer has been sleeping a lot more than usual lately, so she investigates whether that's normal for people with COPD.| COPD News Today
A survey asked HCPs which condition they are most eager to see GLP-1 medications approved for, and sleep apnea emerged as the top choice.| Sleep Review
Dr. Ignacio Tapia interviewed about obstructive sleep apnea in children. The post Snoring is Never Boring: Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea first appeared on Baby Sleep Advice for Parents & Kids.| Baby Sleep Advice for Parents & Kids
Children with Down syndrome are at high risk for developing Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Listen more here on a podcast, Talking Sleep, presented by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and featuring Dr. Ignacio Tapia. The post OSA in Children with Down Syndrome – Talking Sleep Podcast first appeared on Baby Sleep Advice for Parents & Kids.| Baby Sleep Advice for Parents & Kids
