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  Obstructive sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing, with repeated stops and starts during sleep. According to the National Health Sleep Awareness Project, at least 25 million adults in the US are afflicted with obstructive sleep apnea, a chronic disease that increases the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, stroke, depression, obesity and erectile dysfunction.   “Obstructive sleep apnea [OSA] is effecting the health of mi...Read More

Invitation from Mark Brnovich | Speaker at ASBA Sleep and Wellness Conference 2017   My name is Mark Brnovich (pronounced “Burn-O-Vich”), and I am attorney general for the state of Arizona. I’ll be heading to the American Sleep and Breathing Academy’s (ASBA) “Sleep and Wellness” meeting, scheduled for April 21-22 in Phoenix, AZ, and I look forward to seeing you there. You may ask: Why does a government lawyer care about sleep medicine? The answer is that poor sleep affects so ma...Read More

The American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA) is pleased to announce two new mini-residencies in dental sleep medicine. With Dr. Jay Gerber on faculty at the University of West Virginia and Dr. Kevin Mueller at Midwestern University in Phoenix, AZ, the ASBA is proud to have expanded elite programs covering the east and west coast.   Each of the mini-residencies’ sessions will be overseen and taught by ASBA diplomates who have a combined experience of over a century treating obstructive sl...Read More

Nearly 17 years ago when I started my sleep journey as an outsider, excited to learn from and be mentored by the grandfather of dental sleep medicine – the late Dr. Ed Spiegel. I attended and eventually helped teach courses that spawned a whole new generation of dental sleep medicine practitioners and watched Dr. Spiegel share truly groundbreaking techniques that were far ahead of their time.   The ripple effect of these programs and the countless lives that have been saved by this teaching...Read More

The U.S. opioid epidemic continues and concurrently, a dramatic increase in prescribed opioid painkillers has increased. Over 2 million Americans struggle with abuse of an opioid pain reliever, and overdose deaths tripled since 1999 according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). Addiction is a pervasive problem afflicting over 21 million people in the U.S. over the age of 12; this is inclusive of addiction to alcohol and illicit drugs, which resulted in approximately 47,000 drug...Read More

Dr. David Berg is co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Redirect Health. He helps oversee operations and develops innovative ways to enhance the company’s processes and procedures for identifying the most cost-efficient, high-quality routes for common healthcare needs. After years of operating multi-specialty healthcare practices in Toronto, Canada, Dave relocated to Phoenix and founded Arrowhead Health Centers in 1997. Here, he and his wife, Redirect Health Co-founder Dr. Janice Johnston, put...Read More

The Living Heart Foundation and Pro Player Health Alliance (PPHA), with support from the Professional Athletes Foundation and National Football League Players Association, conducted an NFL retired players overall health screening during the Pro Bowl weekend on January 28, 2017 at the University of Central Florida . Only American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA) dentists were selected as dental sleep experts – Dr. Tara Griffin, Dr. Anthony Scianni, Dr. Zach Holder and Dr. Glenn Macfarlane...Read More