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• According to the National Institute of Health, more than 18 million Americans have some form of sleep apnea, millions more around the world. • The MySleepApneaCure.com website features educational materials and an all-natural program that targets specific muscles and soft tissue in the neck and throat to treat and cure OSA. • The My Sleep Apnea Cure Program is America's best selling, all-natural sleep apnea treatment with thousands of satisfied clients around the...

According to European Sleep Works, there is more than one way to improve nighttime breathing. Berkeley, CA (PRWEB) August 10, 2011 According to Dr. William Dement, author of The Promise to Sleep, nearly 40 percent of Americans suffer from some form of sleep apnea. With such a high number of people suffering from the malady, extensive research has been performed and a burgeoning industry has been created to cure sleep-disordered breathing. The solutions to sleep apnea run the gamut from...

SGS Seminars worth 16 CE Credits Toward ACSDD Diplomate Consideration Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) July 27, 2011 Sleep Group Solutions (SGS), a leader in dental continuing education, takes pride in offering Dentists top level courses on Dental Sleep Medicine. With proper education on sleep apnea a must, SGS has teamed up with the Academy of Clinical Sleep Disorders Disciplines(ACSDD) to offer 16 continuing education credits to seminar attendees interested in attaining ACSDD Diplomate status. The...

Sleep Group Solutions leads the lecture line up (PRWEB) June 24, 2011 With Sleep Group Solutions (SGS) still running hot off a successful AADSM 20th Anniversary meeting in Minneapolis, the cause continues. Sleep Group Solutions, a leader in continuing education and dental sleep medicine, gears up to lecture at this year's 2011 Sleep Summit in Las Vegas, NV hosted by Rondeau Seminars. Mark your calendars, October 27th-29th at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, the Vegas strip will be the...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Removing enlarged tonsils and adenoids may help prevent high blood pressure and heart damage in children who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to this study.Children with enlarged tonsils and adenoids are particularly prone to developing OSA, said study lead author Lisa Burns, MD, (Pulmonary Fellow at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center). And, in children and adults, OSA has been linked with elevations in both daytime and nighttime blood...

Removing enlarged tonsils and adenoids may help prevent high blood pressure and heart damage in children who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a study conducted at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. In some children with OSA, adenotonsillectomy can result in significantly lower blood pressure within 24 months of the procedure.The results will be presented at the ATS 2011 International Conference in Denver.Children with enlarged tonsils and adenoids are...

BELMONT, Calif., May 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventus Medical, Inc. today announced that David Rapoport, M.D., Director of the Sleep Medicine Program at the NYU School of Medicine, presented data showing that Provent® Sleep Apnea Therapy works through multiple mechanisms of action to improve sleep disordered breathing such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The poster was presented at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society in Denver, Colorado. (Photo:...

Is snoring keeping you or your significant other from getting a good night's sleep? It could be a serious issue that needs your attention, according to a sleep expert at Baylor College of Medicine."Loud snoring, daytime sleepiness and waking up with a sore throat in the morning are all symptoms of sleep apnea," said Dr. Mary Rose, assistant professor of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at BCM.Categories of sleep disordersSleep apnea is a respiratory sleep disorder...

According to research presented at the School of Medicine and the University of Navarra Hospital by Dr. Roberto Muñoz, a physician of the Neurology Service of the Hospital Complex of Navarra, those persons with serious cases of sleep apnea have more than twice the possibility of suffering an ischemic stroke. Specifically, 2.5 times more.This was confirmed in an study undertaken for his doctoral dissertation among 394 subjects aged 70 or more. "After studying the quality of their sleep, we...

Virtually unheard of in the CPAP industry, Somnetics, LLC, the manufacturer of Transcend decided to implement the return policy to encourage patients to try Transcend and to overcome patient uncertainty about the revolutionary design and technology available with Transcend"”a wearable CPAP that is currently only available online. Minneapolis, MN (Vocus/PRWEB) April 04, 2011 Through April 30, 2011, Somnetics, LLC is partnering with participating medical equipment dealers to offer sleep...