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What is Pediatric Sleep Medicine?
Andrew Valenzuela, MD, FAAP, is a specialist in pediatric sleep medicine, a field that has historically been underrecognized. Thankfully, more clinicians across various disciplines are beginning to un...
The American Sleep and Breathing Academy appoints Physician as President to promote stronger collaboration between dental and medical professionals
Dr. Rodolfo Martinez Ferrate, M.D., has been installed as the new President of the American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA), succeeding Dr. Jon Caulfield DDS. He is Board Certified in three distinc...
Current Review of CPAP and Oral Appliance Therapy for the Effectiveness in treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and a Review of other Treatment Options
By Jerry Hu, DDS, DASBA, DABDSM, DACSDD Intro Current consensus in the medical community on duration of quality sleep needed for a typical adult needs to be at a minimum of at least 7 hours at 7 night...
APSS Poster: Switch Study High to Low-Sodium Oxybate Impact on Blood Pressure in Narcolepsy (XYLO)
A recent poster presentation at the 38th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies June 1-5 2024, Houston, TX, titled “Design Elements for a Switch Study from High to Low-Sodium Ox...
Allan K Bernstein in Memoriam
The world of sleep and breathing is mourning the loss of Allan K Bernstein DDS; a pioneer in the field of dental sleep medicine since its early days. He, along with seven other members, was one of the...
Idiopathic Hypsersomnia: Beyond Low-Sodium Oxybate
Low-sodium oxybate is still indicated for idiopathic hypersomnia, but researchers are looking at many factors when prescribing treatment. Low-sodium oxybate was the first idiopathic hypersomnia treatm...
How Effective Is The Approval Process For HSAT Devices?
Sleep labs are not going out of style, but consumers clearly want more home sleep apnea testing (HSAT) devices. As demand goes up, so too has the problem of consistent standardized development and ver...
Mouth Taping During Sleep? It Hasn’t Been Widely Studied
Released in May 2020 as the world pondered an air-borne virus, the book Breath turned into an improbable NY Times bestseller. Advocating nose-breathing above all, Breath looked at the growing phenomen...
Former NFL Players Health Screening Program “HOPE” Discussion with Rudi Ferrate and Andre Collins
Dr. Rudi Ferrate, Sleep Specialist (ASBA) interviews Andre Collins Executive Director of the Professional Athletes’ Foundation (PAF) at the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) about t...