Sep11
Dave J. (Scoop0901)
The number of patients assigned to medical residents and the complexity of care patients require has just as much impact on residents’ training as the number of hours they work, according to a study published by researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center in the September 10, 2008 issue of JAMA.
This study is believed to be the first of its kind using information gathered objectively from medical residents who work long shifts as part of their training.
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Fatigue, Health, Healthcare, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Hygiene and Sleep Research
Aug28
Dave J. (Scoop0901)
It’s often labeled attention deficit disorder, but experts say what may be the real problem behind thousands of children’s behavior problems could actually be sleep apnea.
According to ear, nose and throat physicians, enlarged tonsils can cause obstructive sleep apnea in children causing them to stop breathing repeatedly during the night resulting in sleep deprivation.
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Excessive Sleepiness, Health, Sleep Apnea in Children, Sleep Research, Sleep Studies and Snoring
Aug26
Dave J. (Scoop0901)
Despite many people undergoing various types of weight loss surgery — many in hopes of getting rid of their xPAP device, where a CPAP, bi-level, auto-adjusting, or other type of positive airway pressure device — new research shows it may not be the remedy.
A study published in the August 15, 2008 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that surgical weight loss results in an improvement of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but most patients continue to have moderate to severe OSA one year after undergoing bariatric surgery. Results of this study suggest that it is the severity of the condition, rather than a patient’s pre-surgical weight, that determines if obstructive sleep apnea will be resolved.
Results show that bariatric surgery reduced body mass index (BMI) from an average of 51 to 32 in 24 adults with obstructive sleep apnea.
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Breathing, Excessive Sleepiness, Health, Health Insurance, Obesity, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Research, Sleep Studies and Weight Loss Surgery
Jun17
Dave J. (Scoop0901)
Delaying an adolescent’s school start time by one hour has a positive effect on his or her cognitive performance, according to a research abstract presented at Sleep 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS).
The study, authored by Orna Tzischinsky, PhD, of Emek Yezreel College in Israel, focused on 47 eighth graders from two classes, who were divided into experimental and control groups for a two-week period. On week one, the experimental class began their school day one hour later than usual 8:30 a.m. start time. The control class, however, started right on time, as far as the school district was concerned: promptly at 7:30 a.m. On week two, both classes began at 7:30 a.m.
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Fatigue, Sleep Apnea in Teens, Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Research
Jun17
Dave J. (Scoop0901)
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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Breathing, COPD, Excessive Sleepiness, Health, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Research, Sleep Studies and Strokes
