Free Dental Sleep Medicine App for your iPhone

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE            Gergen’s Orthodontics Lab Releases “Respire” by Gergens   Phoenix, Arizona- 11/2/2011- Gergen’s Orthodonic Lab announced today that it has been awarded accreditation by Respire Medical to fabricate the Respire dental appliance for snoring and sleep apnea. David Gergen C.D.T. and recipient of Arizona small businessman of the year in [...]

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ResMed quarterly falls short on flow generator sales – Company exiting less profitable market segments – Stockbrokers cautious as move may impact on top line growth – Opinions on ResMed remain divided By Chris Shaw Sleep disorder group ResMed lifted 4Q sales by 12% to US$315 million but this result was behind the market consensus estimate [...]

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Is Your City Listed in the Top 10 Most Sleep-Deprived Cities

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Midmark Corporation in partnership with Cleveland Medical Launches SleepView Monitor and SleepView Portal – A Primary Care Solution for Home Sleep Testing

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Home Testing for Sleep Apnea Not Inferior

BY SUSAN LONDONElsevier Global Medical News VANCOUVER, B.C. – Recent research on the use of home testing for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea and initiation of therapy suggests that “home testing is here to stay,” Dr. Charles W. Atwood Jr., FCCP, said at CHEST 2010, the annual meeting of the American College of Chest [...]

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By TIMOTHY W. MARTIN Wall Street Journal 09/27/2011 More than two-thirds of U.S. high school students don’t get enough sleep on school nights, and they’re more likely than their well-rested peers to drink, smoke, and seriously consider suicide, according to a federal study released Monday. Sleep researchers have long known teens don’t get enough sleep, advocating that [...]

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Sleepy Drivers

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Kids’ Sleep Disorders Perplex Most Doctors, Study Finds

By Stephanie Pappas | LiveScience.com – Mon, Aug 29, 2011 American pediatricians want to help their patients with sleep problems, but a new study finds that few have the proper knowledge and training to do so. According to a national random survey of primary care pediatricians, only about 18 percent had ever received any formal [...]

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Yamada C, Kosuda M, Tomihara T, Shimazu C, Ochiai M, Furukawa T, Miyazawa Y. Source Department of Central Laboratory, Teikyo University Hospital, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8606, Japan. Abstract Although polysomnography (PSG) is the golden standard for the diagnosis of sleep apnea syndrome (SAS), access to this procedure is limited because it requires special institution and trained technicians. Therefore, many portable recording devices have been [...]

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