The first clinical study of a low-cost neonatal breathing system created by Rice University bioengineering students demonstrated that the device increased the survival rate of newborns with severe respiratory illness from 44 percent to 71 ...
Tags: Respiratory Illness, premature babies, CPAP
A new kind of implant may offer people suffering from sleep apnea an alternative to wearing an air mask while they snooze, researchers report. With the implant, a pacemaker delivers electrical impulses to a nerve that controls the tongue ...
Health insurance is a fast changing landscape in the United States with the implementation of ObamaCare, also known as The Affordable Health Care Act. Health insurance companies are doing something called cost shifting where the cost of ...
Tags: health insurance, ObamaCare, obstructive sleep apneac, sleep apnea
Sleep apnea patients will soon be able to conceal their therapy equipment at their bedsides in a new nightstand that Perdue Woodworks will introduce at the Jan. 26-30 Las Vegas Market. The nightstand, which was designed for Perdue by J.P. ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Nightstand
People with sleep apnea and hard-to-control high blood pressure may see their blood pressure drop if they treat the sleep disorder, Spanish researchers report. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the standard treatment for sleep ...
Treating their sleep apnea improved middle-aged men's golf games, according to a small new study. "The degree of improvement was most substantial in the better golfers who have done a superior job of managing the technical and mechanical ...
Circadiance, a manufacturer of respiratory products, has introduced the SleepWeaver Anew soft cloth full face PAP mask, designed for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) users who breathe through their mouth while sleeping. The ...
Employee benefits-only agency Digital Insurance has added a new product to its suite of offerings, Drive Well, to provide benefits for customers, including guaranteed issue (no underwriting), a simplified enrollment process and longer rate ...
ApniCure has presented additional positive results from the ATLAST trial of its Winx sleep therapy system, designed to provide comfortable sleeping experience and to treat patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The system uses oral ...
Tags: ApniCure, results, ATLAST trial, Winx sleep therapy system, OSA