It is no secret that the American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA) is the exclusive academy chosen to work with the NFL Retired Players Association (NFLPA) chapters of America to screen and treat current/former NFL players for obstructive sleep apnea. These screenings have seen anywhere from 21-63...
Pro Player Health Alliance (PPHA) CEO David Gergen, Cardinals Hall of Fame Roy Green and Matt Fish, Phoenix Chapter President of the NBRPA met in Phoenix, AZ today to discuss health improvement plans for retired NBA players. The plans will include health evaluations and incorporating testing/treatme...
The Living Heart Foundation and Pro Player Health Alliance, with support from the Professional Athletes Foundation and National Football League Players Association, will continue working with former players to research heart health through its Living Heart Foundation research screening program. “Whe...
This is one in a three-part series on how sleep apnea affects behavior and learning in children. First, the signs and symptoms of sleep apnea in children. Second, the origin and factors that can lead to sleep disorders and third, are possible treatment plans to consider…. To read more of this ...
It is no secret that dental sleep medicine and sleep apnea awareness continues to grow, with a host of news media and major online websites granting sleep disorders a significant amount of media coverage. From editorials, ed-op’s, physician and dentist blogs to major celebrities such as Dr. Oz...
A special presentation to a Caucus Committee of Congress is scheduled for September 27, 2016. The American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA) will head a delegation to this committee to introduce micro recorder compliance in oral appliances, the evolution of oral devices including the government-cho...
About a decade ago, Dave Singh, DDSc, PhD, DMD, discovered that midfacial surgery in teenagers increased the volume of the upper airway. The discovery came during NIH-funded research at the Center for Craniofacial Disorders, University of Puerto Rico, ultimately prompting Singh to search for ways to...
The American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA) is the only academy putting their doctors and what they do for patients on the map. Follow the link below to see the new ASBA Diplomate and Board Member Dr. Elliott Alpher’s blog in the Huffington post, updated weekly with ASBA Diplomate/Dental S...