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Ventus Medical, maker of the PROVENT Sleep Apnea Therapy device, released additional data supporting the clinical efficacy of the product. Results from two clinical trials were presented at SLEEP 2010. James K. Walsh, PhD, executive director of the Sleep Medicine and Research Center at St. Luke’s Hospital in St Louis, r… |
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WESTCHESTER, IL – Continuous positive airway pressure therapy helps restore memory consolidation in adults with obstructive sleep apnea, suggests a research abstract that will be presented Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LL… |
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A British study finds that the condition known as floppy eyelid syndrome (FES) is strongly associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), implying that when doctors see FES in a patient, they should also look for OSA, and vice versa. The study, published in April’s Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of O… |
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Even mild sleep apnea puts men in danger Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of stroke in middle-aged and older adults, especially men, according to new results from a landmark study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Overall, sleep… |
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Findings from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology could provide good news for elderly patients who suffer from sleep apnea. The research results from Prof. Peretz Lavie and Dr. Lena Lavie of the Faculty of Medicine show that elderly patients with moderate sleep apnea live longer than their counterparts in the general … |
