UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG IMAGE: JAN HEDNER AND LUDGER GROTE, SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG. CREDIT: PHOTO BY JOHAN WINGBORG A new University of Gothenburg study has paved the way for the first drug treatment for sleep apnea. Compared to before receiving the treatment, breathing pauses decreased with on average more than 20 per...
Folks with sleep apnea are typically prescribed a CPAP machine to help them get a good night’s sleep, but there’s an alternative to the clunky, noisy devices that is growing in popularity. Oral appliances similar to mouthguards—called mandibular advancement devices (MADs)—have been shown to work as well as CPAP in treating sleep apnea for many patients, experts say. MADs...
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA IMAGE: RENE CORTESE, PHD, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD HEALTH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY AND WOMEN’S HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. CREDIT: JUSTIN KELLEY, MU HEALTH CARE Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects 22 million people in the U.S. and is linked to a higher...
THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY (NAMS) CLEVELAND, Ohio (March 2, 2022)—The menopause transition is associated with several health issues. The incidence of both sleep apnea and joint pain, for example, are higher in postmenopausal women. A new study aimed to investigate the association between various physical and psychological symptoms common during the menopause transition with...
By Ben Coxworth February 22, 2022 A test subject wears both the device and traditional sensors while sleeping at the Kempenhaeghe Epilepsy and Sleep CenterKempenhaeghe The assessment of sleep apnea typically involves spending a night at a clinic, wired up to various sensors that may actually keep the patient from sleeping normally. According to recent...
by Public Library of Science Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Sleep apnea in pregnancy may increase the risk for brain and behavioral changes associated with autism, especially in males, according to a study in rats by Amanda Vanderplow, Michael Cahill, and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and publishing February 3rd in the open-access journal PLOS Biology....
by South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Illustration of obstruction of ventilation. Credit: Habib M’henni / public domain New research by the Freemason’s Centre for Male Health and Wellbeing (FCMHW) at SAHMRI has found a potential link between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and a type of fat found in the blood known as...
by Dennis Thompson Healthday Reporter Millions of U.S. sleep apnea patients are scrambling to find ways to protect their nightly slumber, following a voluntary recall from one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of CPAP breathing machines. Philips Respironics agreed to a voluntary recall of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines in late June, over concerns that noise-dampening...
by American Heart Association Illustration of obstruction of ventilation. Credit: Habib M’henni / public domain Obstructive sleep apnea, a form of sleep-disordered breathing, is common in children and adolescents and may be associated with elevated blood pressure and changes in heart structure, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published today in...
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HEALTH SCIENCES IMAGE: DALLIN TAVOIAN, PH.D., USES AN ULTRASOUND PROBE TO OBTAIN AN IMAGE OF AN ARTERY IN THE PARTICIPANT’S UPPER ARM. THE FLOW-MEDIATED DILATION PROCEDURE ASSESSES THE ARTERY’S RESPONSE TO A CHANGE IN BLOOD FLOW, AN IMPORTANT MARKER OF CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH. view more CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HEALTH SCIENCES Researchers at the University of...
