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Keeping medical equipment clean, disinfected, and smelling fresh is easier than ever! Some people use Control III to clean household surfaces, such as food prep tops, sinks, bathroom sinks and tubs, and more! Getting a 20 percent discount off the regular price always helps, too, especially in the rough economic times we’re facing.

Control III has been on the market since 1974, and since that time, it has come to be used in homecare and hospitals to control a wide spectrum of bacterial, viral and fungal diseases on surfaces. That same level of protection is now available for use on CPAP or BiPAP equipment in the home. It can be used to clean and disinfect nebulizers, masks, ventilators, CPAP or BiPAP tubing, humidification chambers, and more!

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The overlap syndrome: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obstructive sleep apnea.

Two doctors, D. Hiestand and B. Phillips, working in the division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, say that clinical trials focused on sleep apnea and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are "urgently needed."

The duo says COPD and sleep apnea form what’s called an overlap syndrome and that overlap defines the relationship between the two serious respiratory disorders.

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