What your sleep position says about YOU - and how to avoid back pain
SLEEP position can affect back pain, arthritis joint pain or can improve your snoring. Whether it ’s on your back, side or front, your bed position could determine how easily you get to sleep. This is the best position to help you get to sleep. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to sleep: What your sleeping position says about you - and how to avoid back pain
SLEEP position can affect back pain, arthritis joint pain or can improve your snoring. Whether it ’s on your back, side or front, your bed position could determine how easily you get to sleep. This is the best position to help you get to sleep. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Do you know the difference between snoring and sleep apnea?
While people with sleep apnea snore, both terms do not describe the same thing. Snoring is just snoring. Sleeping is when your breathing is interrupted while you sleep. Its a very dangerous condition.
There are people who snore and its completely harmless. One way to figure out if you suffer from sleep apnea is to quantify how tired you feel after a full nights sleep.
People who have sleep apnea tend to feel tired even though they just woke up from what should have been a great nights sleep. Another common sign is if you wake up with a scratchy throat.
If you know a loved one who snores at night, encourage them to get thei...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - March 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: admin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Medical News Today: What is a home remedy for snoring?
A look at lifestyle changes and treatments developed to reduce or eliminate snoring. We also discuss coping strategies and when to see a doctor. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Source Type: news
What are Indications for Allergen-specific Immunotherapy?
Discussion
Allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) is a disease modifying treatment for allergic disease. Sometimes referred to as desensitization, the premise is to expose the patient to small but regular amounts of a specific antigen thereby building tolerance within the patient to the allergen. AIT is often underused because of safety concerns and lack of appropriately trained health care providers and facilities to safely carry out AIT treatment. There are 4 main AIT treatments options currently:
SCIT – subcutaneous immunotherapy
Allergen is injected into the subcutaneous skin
“Shots are effective in treati...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 5, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
7 medtech stories we missed this week: March 2, 2018
[Image from unsplash.com]From InspireMD’s new distribution deals to Kelynium’s distribution deal with a mystery partner, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning.
1. InspireMD inks distribution deals in Greece, Caribbean
InspireMD announced in a March 1 press release that it has signed exclusive distribution agreements with T-Vascular IKE Medical Supplies in Greece and Endo-Serv, SRL in the Caribbean. Both suppliers create high-tech medical devices for minimally-invasive procedures. Endo-Serv markets to the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Aruba, Curacao and Trinid...
Source: Mass Device - March 2, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Danielle Kirsh Tags: 510(k) Dental Diagnostics Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Hospital Care Imaging Patient Monitoring Regulatory/Compliance Ultrasound Biolase dexalytic Getinge Hologic Inc. iCad Inc. InspireMD Kelyniam Global Inc. MedTech Source Type: news
SnoreRx, Now Available at CVS, is First and Only FDA Certified Non-prescription Anti Snoring Treatment
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Feb. 28, 2018 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Apnea Sciences Corporation announced that SnoreRx is now available at selected CVS pharmacies. FDA has recently cleared SnoreRx as the first and only oral appliance for the tr... Devices, Product Launch SnoreRx, snoring (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - February 28, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How to stop snoring while sleeping
More than 45 per cent of healthy adults snore while sleeping, however the majority of those people would like to know how to stop snoring naturally and permanently. Here are some tips how. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bring down the cost of medical care and cure diseases
At the time of this article its 2018. Its hard to believe that people are still dying from some very simple diseases. While medical care has improved, the cost of providing it has skyrocketed. We must all work together and figure out ways to cure people from chronic diseases like AIDs and HIV. Through scientific research and other forms of testing we are getting closer every day to finding a real cure. This is one step in the right direction. Once this cure is found with need to be ready for a solution to take this treatment and provide to the low income and poverty stricken individuals. There are other pretty common medic...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - February 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: admin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
NIH-funded researchers identify risk factors for sleep apnea during pregnancy
Snoring, older age and obesity may increase a pregnant woman ’s risk. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - February 13, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH-funded researchers identify risk factors for sleep apnea during pregnancy
(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Snoring, older age and obesity may increase a pregnant woman's risk for sleep apnea -- or interrupted breathing during sleep -- according to researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
The REAL reason you have morning breath
While poor dental hygiene is a culprit, few realize other factors like snoring and chewing gum can make the odor even more unbearable. Two dentists broke down how to make your breath less smelly. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 30, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bad night sleep? These are the reasons Brits aren't getting enough shut-eye
ALMOST half of Britons regularly fail to get enough sleep because of their partner ’s annoying bedtime habits, according to new research. Bedroom battles include struggling to get enough of the duvet, having a partner who snores too loudly and not being able to settle on a perfect temperature. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Man declared dead snores to life right before autopsy
Officials had certified the man's death, but hours later he was heard making noises on the autopsy table and was found to still be alive (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - January 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How snoring or a tickly cough can make you a bad driver
Martyn Lloyd-Kelly prided himself on his clean driving record, with not even a minor scrape during the 11 years that he ’d held his licence. So he was devastated when his licence was revoked. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
