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A Beneficial Relationship |
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The Association of Polysomnographic Technologists contracts with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for management services. The APT joins several other professional sleep organizations currently managed by the AASM. |
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A Bottle of Blues |
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Alcohol causes a slew of sleep problems, and insomnia plagues recovering alcoholics. |
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A Matter of Heart |
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Researchers explore connection between sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease.
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Actigraphy Emerging as a Helpful Tool |
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Actigraphy,
accelerometers housed in wristwatch-sized units that serve as motion monitors, are gaining favor with sleep researchers and clinicians as powerful data collection tools. |
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Awake and Armed |
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Mutual-help support groups for patients with obstructive sleep apnea |
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Behind the Curve |
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Sleep awareness among non-sleep professionals needs a boost, experts say. The answer rests in more medical school training. |
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Bettering Yourself |
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Improve the quality of your sleep testing by correcting commonly ignored and abused clinical standards. |
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Between the Covers |
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Experts review some of the latest sleep books on the market. See how they stack up. |
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Cardiac Pacing Offers Possibilities for Sleep Apnea |
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Intriguing observations by French researchers suggest sleep apnea syndrome patients may experience nocturnal bradycardia and that using a pacemaker to control these irregular heartbeats can help to reduce the number of sleep apnea episodes. |
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Cataplexy Drug Tightly Regulated |
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All users and prescribers of sodium oxybate, the only FDA-approved medication to treat cataplexy, must come under the omnipresent eye of the 'Xyrem Success Program.' |
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Checking In |
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Hotel-based sleep centers may be the future of testing. |
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CMS to Expand CPAP Coverage |
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it will revise the current national coverage determination for continuous positive airway pressure |
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Cutting Waiting Times |
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Researchers have developed a quick, noninvasive test to identify children who need treatment for SDB. |
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Depression in OSA |
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Taking care of depression is critical to treatment compliance and the overall well-being of the patient. |
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Diabetes and Sleep Apnea |
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Researchers find that CPAP is an important therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes and sleep-disordered breathing. |
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Doing It Right |
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Proper electrode measurement and placement will greatly improve the quality of the polysomnogram. |
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Double Duty |
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Sleep specialists weigh in on both sides of split-night studies. |
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Dream Jobs |
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Night-Shift Health Care Workers at Risk for Sleep Disorder |
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Dreaming Big |
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Sleep sensors' future: wireless technologies aim to revolutionize the field. |
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Employers Face Up to Fatigue |
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Recently passed in New Jersey, Maggie's Law establishes fatigued driving as recklessness under the existing vehicular homicide statute. |
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Every Woman's Dream: A Better Night's Sleep |
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Even under the best circumstances, women have a high incidence of sleep problems, Try tacking on the struggles of restless legs syndrome while pregnant, or the nightly screams of a newborn child, or the daily trips to tend for a sick parent. |
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Family Ties |
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Research shows that obstructive sleep apnea follows a genetic pattern. |
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'Forgetting to Breathe' |
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Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome causes people to have failure of automatic control of breathing. Mechanical ventilation gives infants with the disease a life-saving helping hand.
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Forging Progress |
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Conducting sleep research in the clinical setting offers myriad benefits to your patients and the facility. |
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Full House |
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Interest soars in all areas of sleep as the field hits its stride. |
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How Much is Enough? |
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With CPAP compliance, 'all night, every night' is the general rule of thumb. But do patients still get benefits from partial use? |
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How to Start a PSG Program |
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The educational level of sleep technologists must be improved. Fortunately, rewards come with helping students study sleep. |
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It's Wake-up Time |
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Report recognizing importance of sleep disorders tops off a busy year. |
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Making Strides |
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The National Sleep Foundation works to raise the public's consciousness during National Sleep Awareness Week®. |
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