Latest American Academy of Sleep Medicine Stories
A new study suggests that regularity of bedtime prior to initiation of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is an important factor that may influence treatment compliance in adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Results show that bedtime variability was a significant predictor of CPAP adherence, which was defined as four or more hours of treatment use per night. The odds of one-month CPAP non-adherence were 3.7 times greater for every one unit increase in habitual, or...
Sleep apnea severity is higher in African American men, particularly in certain age ranges A new study suggests that obstructive sleep apnea severity is higher in African-American men in certain age ranges, even after controlling for body mass index (BMI). "The results show that in certain age groups, after correcting for other demographic factors, the severity of sleep apnea as measured by the apnea-hypopnea index is higher in African-American males than Caucasian males," said James...
Merger brings together hundreds of hospital and physician-based managed sleep sites and an innovative home sleep diagnostics platform to enable fully integrated Community Sleep Management WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. and COLUMBIA, S.C., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SleepMed, Inc., the largest private sleep diagnostics and therapy provider and Watermark Medical, the leading home sleep technology services company for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep breathing disorders, announce the...
According to Dr. Benjamin Gerson, medical director of University Services Sleep Diagnostic & Treatment Centers, the uses for home sleep testing are not just in the clinical setting, but also in identifying fatigued transportation workers as well as improve participants’ results in weight management programs. Dr. Gerson highlighted these points at two speaking engagements last month. Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) April 03, 2013 At two speaking engagements last month, Dr. Benjamin Gerson,...
Dr. Gerald Suh specializes in treating sleep disordered breathing, pediatric ENT Stamford, CT (PRWEB) March 14, 2013 March 2013 – Medical marketing firm MCPR introduces Dr. Gerald Suh for media interviews. Dr. Suh is a board certified ENT and Sleep Medicine expert and a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Topics for commentary/opinion from Dr. Suh: Medical and surgical management of sleep disorders; pediatric ENT; nasal and sinus surgery; endocrine and salivary gland...
The Center for Sleep Medicine at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge, was named in Sleep Review’s Best of 2013 Sleep Doctors and Facilities list, which will be appearing in the April 2013 issue. Old Bridge, NJ (PRWEB) March 03, 2013 The Center for Sleep Medicine at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge, was named in Sleep Review’s Best of 2013 Sleep Doctors and Facilities list, appearing in the April 2013 issue. The center is the only New Jersey facility named to the list,...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Researchers from the UK and the Netherlands have discovered that sleep deprivation has the same kind of negative impact on the immune system as physical stress. The study, announced by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), compared the white blood cell counts of 15 healthy young men under both normal and severely sleep-deprived conditions. The blood cells were categorized and measured from each of the subjects...
FRISCO, Texas and WILMINGTON, Mass., June 18, ( )2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SomnoMed (ASX: SOM) and Sleep HealthCenters are pleased to announce a partnership to create the National Center for Integrated Dental Sleep Health (NCIDSH) program. SomnoMed and Sleep HealthCenters launched a new national integrated dental sleep health program at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine and 26th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Society, LLC (APSS) in Boston...
Victimization and/or witnessing a homicide have greater effects on the quality and quantity of children's sleep When violence shatters a child's world, the torment can continue into their sleep, according to researchers in Cleveland. The impact is measurable and affected by the severity of the violence, and the effects can last over time. The study, being presented today at SLEEP 2012, shows how the severity of a violent event affects a child's quality and quantity of sleep. The more...
White, American-born adults sleep longer than blacks, Hispanics, Indians and Asians Two studies scheduled for presentation today at SLEEP 2012 are reporting sleep disparities among Americans based on racial and ethnic background. The first study, out of the State University of New York (SUNY), looked at 400,000 respondents from the National Health Interview Surveys between 2004 and 2010. Results show that Americans born in the United States were more likely to report sleeping longer...
