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Steroid Treatment for COVID-19 Shows Promise
In March 2020, the RECOVERY (Randomized Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY) trial was established as a randomized clinical trial to test a range of potential treatments for COVID-19, including low-dose dexamethasone (a steroid treatment). According to a press release issued by the University of Oxford,...
Harvard Sounds Off On Insomnia
Insomnia is a hot topic in good times, but factor in a global pandemic and it becomes fodder for ivy league musings in The Harvard Gazette. Dubbed “the latest casualty” in the COVID-19 crisis, lack of sleep is the latest bio-rhythm to go off kilter during lockdowns and quarantines Harvard correspond...
Pandemic Puts Spotlight On Breathing
Sometimes it takes a national emergency to illuminate what people instinctively already know, namely that sleep and breathing are important. A new book called Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art may have garnered limited attention in a different era, but the COVID crisis has cast a spotlight on re...
NAVIGATING A PANDEMIC
As the COVID-19 pandemic presents increasing public health challenges, scientists from around the world have responded with openness and unprecedented speed, studying the SARS-CoV-2 virus and working to develop new diagnostic technologies, treatments, and tools for researchers. Below you will...
Telemedicine Sleep Services Gains Momentum
Dentists looking to enter the arena of sleep medicine have many business and educational options, but too often the blueprint for real success remains elusive. Sleep Diagnosis and Therapy recently spoke with two innovators in the world of sleep medicine who have developed a new program called Compre...
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There are many exciting things going on in the world of sleep! At the American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA) we are constantly seeking ways to improve the clinician’s patient turnout, as well as the patient’s avenues of treatment. The ASBA publishes articles regularly, relevant to upcoming cour...
Dental Sleep Medicine App for Sleep Professionals
Developed for the American Sleep and Breathing Academy “ASBA”, the App is designed to reinforce your knowledge about the elements of sleep medicine. Enhance your knowledge with questions to test your recall, interpretation and problem solving skills. IO...
COVID-19: Statement On Safety of Oral Appliances and Positional Sleep Therapy
In the wake of unprecedented restrictions associated with the COVID-19 global pandemic, clinicians and patients alike are asking; When it comes to minimizing the risk of spreading corona virus, how safe is a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine? While acknowledging that CPAP is an exce...