Why Am I Always So Tired?
WebMD explains conditions that might cause you to feel sluggish during the day, such as anemia, thyroid trouble, sleep apnea, diabetes, heart disease, depression, and menopause. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ingestible Vital Signs Monitor Shows Promise in First-in-Human Trial
New device developed by a company founded by Brigham researchers detected an opioid-overdose in preclinical models and captured respiratory rates and heart rates in 10 patients with sleep apnea (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - November 13, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Should We End Obesity?
It’s unusual for a medication to become a household name; even more uncommon for its branding to become, like Advil, shorthand for an entire class of products; and rarest of all, for it to change not just U.S. medicine, but U.S. culture.
Ozempic has done all three.
Approved in 2017 as a type 2 diabetes medication, Ozempic has largely made its name—and a fortune for its manufacturer, Novo Nordisk—as a weight-loss aid. Novo Nordisk knew early on that diabetes patients often lost weight on the drug, but even company executives couldn’t have guessed how widely it would eventually take off as both ...
Source: TIME: Health - November 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Drugs feature healthscienceclimate Magazine TIME 2030 Wellbeing Source Type: news
What are the benefits and risks of methylxanthines (mild stimulant medicines) for premature babies whose breathing pauses during sleep (apnea)?
Friday, November 3, 2023 (Source: Cochrane News and Events)
Source: Cochrane News and Events - November 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Paolo Rosati Source Type: news
Comparing the driving skills of adolescents with obstructive sleep apnea to healthy controls: the results of a case-controlled observational study - Fidler AL, Zhang N, Simakajornboon N, Epstein JN, Kirk S, Beebe DW.
Auto crashes are a leading cause of death and injury among adolescents. Untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can cause sleepiness and inattention, which could negatively impact novice drivers, but OSA-related studies have focused on older drivers. This ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Report finds Philips hid its CPAP machines' safety issues
CPAP machines help about 8 million Americans with sleep-related breathing disorders, like sleep apnea, by keeping their airways open while they sleep. But one manufacturer, Philips Respironics, is coming under fire for a critical change it made to millions of its breathing machines. Michael…#cpap #philipsrespironics #michaelsallah #alirogin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Investigation finds Philips hid safety issues with its CPAP machines for years
CPAP machines help about 8 million Americans with sleep-related breathing disorders, like sleep apnea, by keeping their airways open while they sleep. But one manufacturer, Philips Respironics, is coming under fire for a critical change it made to millions of its breathing machines. Michael…#cpap #philipsrespironics #michaelsallah #alirogin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is this caffeine 2.0? Scientists discover drug that battles daytime sleepiness better than an espresso
Researchers from Canada found that three anti-fatigue medications can be effective at reducing daytime sleepiness.
They reviewed studies of the medication on people with sleep apnea. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CPAP Turns in Mixed Results for Patients With Diabetic Eye Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Long-term use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) slowed the progression of eye disease in sleep apnea patients with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, a small randomized study showed, but patients who adhered... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 7, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Adherence Matters for CVD Secondary Prevention in CPAP Users
(MedPage Today) -- Good treatment adherence made a case for the controversial idea of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as secondary cardiovascular disease prevention for people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a meta-analysis found... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 6, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
CPAP Helps Cut Heart Risks — But You Have to Actually Use It
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2023 -- For sufferers of sleep apnea, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines may guard against having a second heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular crisis, but they have to use it consistently, a new study... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - October 4, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
The deadly thing you do in your sleep - one in five Americans has a potentially fatal sleep disorder and most don't know it
Sleep apnea is a common sleep-related condition where breathing stops and restarts through the night, putting the body at risk of dangerously depriving it of vital oxygen. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Philips Kept Complaints About Dangerous Breathing Machines Secret While Company Profits Soared
Tainted CPAP machines and ventilators went to children, the elderly and at least 700,000 veterans despite internal warnings. Company insiders said the devices posed an “unacceptable” risk. Philips knew about a dangerous breakdown inside its widely used ventilators and sleep apnea machines but…#philipsrespironics #pittsburgh #dreamstation #philips #propublica #postgazette #fda #projectuno #philadelphia #florida (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Inno Under 25: Shri Prabha Shivram, SomnOSA
An impressive string of business competition victories has given the team "invaluable feedback" in building its sleep apnea product, the co-founder said about SomnOSA. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 22, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Joe Ilardi Source Type: news
Ventilatory Burden Can Assess Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
MONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 -- Automated ventilatory burden, which represents the proportion of overnight breaths with<50 percent normalized amplitude, can measure the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a study published online... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
