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Update: FDA workshop on medical devices for SDB
The questions that the FDA asked the panelists at an FDA workshop on April 16 on Study Design Considerations for Devices Including Digital Health...
Sleep Strategies
COPD-OSA overlap syndrome
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) each affect at least 10% of the general adult population and, thus...
Conference Coverage
REM sleep behavior disorder predicts impending synucleinopathy
LOS ANGELES – “It’s time to move forward and start preventing disease.”
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Vehicle crash risk linked to various sleep disorders
Driving at night may be more risky than driving with a sleep disorder at any time of day.
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Stroke patients benefited from CPAP
Significantly more OSA patients with a recent history of stroke experienced an improvement in their Modified Rankin Scale score after using CPAP,...
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Don’t use cannabis to treat OSA, AASM recommends
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends that state legislators, regulators, and health departments exclude OSA as an indication for...
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Disrupted sleep tied to alexithymia
Researchers reported rising rates of alexithymia in patients with psychiatric conditions such as autism, eating disorders, schizophrenia, and...
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Caffeine for apnea of prematurity found safe, effective at 11 years
At 11-year follow-up, caffeine significantly improved visuomotor, visuoperceptual, and visuospatial performance.
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Different OSA subtypes respond differently to therapy
Researchers identify different subgroups of patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea.
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Effectiveness, adherence similar for nasal pillows and standard masks
The side effects for patients using nasal pillows were different than those encountered by patients using standard nasal masks.