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40% of Police Officers have Sleep Disorders
In the current issue of JAMA “Journal of the American Medical Association” A large study of Police Officers in the U.S and Canada found 40% of police officers had symptoms of a sleep disorder, including sleep apnea and insomnia. Click here to view Abstract and Full article Officers who screened positive for those disorders were also more likely to be burned out, depressed or have an anxiety disorder. Over the next two years, they committed more administrative errors and safety violations and wer...Read More
Is early Adenotonsillectomy better for children better than wait and see?
Adenotonsillectomy is commonly performed in children with the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, yet its usefulness in reducing symptoms and improving cognition, behavior, quality of life, and polysomnographic findings has not been rigorously evaluated. We hypothesized that, in children with the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome without prolonged oxyhemoglobin desaturation, early adenotonsillectomy, as compared with watchful waiting with supportive care, would result in improved outcomes. METHODS:...Read More
E-Cigs power increases exposure to chemicals
The higher the power of an e-cigarette, the higher the concentrations of potentially hazardous substances the device produces, including acetaldehyde, acrolein, and formaldehyde. Those are among the findings presented at an international conference of the American Thoracic Society by lead study author Dr. Daniel Sullivan, an internal medicine resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. During his previous training at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, Dr. Sullivan and hi...Read More
OSA is highest risk factor for Bruxism
Several studies have reported that sleep bruxism rarely occurs in isolation. Recently, in an epidemiological study of sleep bruxism and risk factors in the general population, it was found that among the associated sleep symptoms and disorders obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was the highest risk factor for tooth grinding during sleep. The purpose of this report was to evaluate the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on sleepbruxism in a patient with both severe OSA and sleep tooth...Read More
No Significant Difference between in lab PSG and HST: Study Finds
American Thoracic Society International Conference, with the latest research declaring that home testing of sleep apnea followed by initiation of home treatment with an auto-titrating CPAP device reduced costs compared with in-laboratory testing and titration. Furthermore, home testing did not negatively impact clinical outcomes. “While the use of home testing and initiation of CPAP therapy is increasingly common, studies of its cost-effectiveness are scarce,” said lead author Charles W. ...Read More
Is the transportation industry over regulated around Sleep issues?
According to federal officials, drowsy driving is a leading cause of highway fatalities and crashes. For this month alone, driver fatigue has been blamed in deadly accidents in Madison County, Ohio, Austin, Texas, and Marseilles, Illinois. It is estimated that over 30,000 people have died on the highways annually in the U.S. from crashes that involve large trucks. The NYT reported that despite the emphasis of following rules on truckers needing to get ample rest before a work shift and by taking...Read More
OSA the NFL and Athletic Performance
Is your sleep restless? Is your loud snoring keeping your family up? Do you wake up tired and drag your feet through the day? You may have Sleep Apnea! Athletes’ work very hard at being fit, often falsely believing that they could never have something like Sleep Apnea, commonly thought to be a fat, old man’s disease! However, the statistics tell a different story. There have been many cases of athlete’s succumbing to Sleep Apnea. One famous example being famed football player Reggie White, nickn...Read More
Breaking News: S8262 has been removed by Medicare and will not be covered under private medical insurance for TMJ-TMD splints as of 06-20-15
S8262 Code for Mandibular Orthopedic Repositioning Device used for TMD appliance Discontinued. S8262 has been removed by Medicare and will not be covered under private medical insurance for TMJ-TMD splints as of 06-20-2015. D8210 Quick Splint Reimbursement for most insurance companies $295.00 – $345.00 D7880 The only code for TMJ-TMD splints Reimbursement for most insurance companies $1,200 – $1,800 Reimbursement is around half of the allowable —————R...Read More