(HealthDay)—A newly developed six-question scale has good predictive utility for identifying obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children, according to a study published online April 25 in Pediatric Anesthesia.
Apr 29, 2016
0
8
A national group of sleep and brain injury specialists recommends specific steps to test and develop sleep-related treatments to improve the outcome of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). The recommendations, developed by ...
Mar 31, 2016
0
27
Truck drivers with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who failed to adhere to treatment had a rate of preventable crashes five times higher than that of truckers without the ailment, according to researchers from Harvard T.H. ...
Mar 21, 2016
0
45
(HealthDay)—Many Americans will be feeling sleepy in the days after Daylight Saving Time starts. But some people with sleep apnea wake up feeling exhausted every morning.
Mar 14, 2016
0
1
People with type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may not experience improved glycemic control by using continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, as some studies have suggested, according to the results of ...
Mar 11, 2016
0
0
The best time to identify signs of obstructive sleep apnea may not be at night while snoozing in bed but, instead, while sitting in the dentist's chair.
Mar 8, 2016
0
3
Continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, appears to improve glycemic control in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and type 2 diabetes that is not well controlled, according to research published in the American ...
Mar 3, 2016
0
2
Research from the University of Surrey has led to the development of the world's first 'sneezometer', an airflow sensor or 'spirometer' that is sensitive enough to measure the speed of a sneeze. For use in diagnosing a variety ...
Mar 2, 2016
0
45
A new study suggests that telemedicine-based management for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is as effective and may be comparable to in-person care.
Mar 1, 2016
0
29
One in 15 adults has moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, a disorder in which a person's breathing is frequently interrupted during sleep—as many as 30 times per hour.
Feb 12, 2016
0
79
