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Sleep & Wellness Magazine Summer 2019 Issue

The Sleep and Wellness Magazine | SUMMER 2019 issue is online! Click here or see below to view the entire version of the latest magazine.   ASBA members can enjoy the benefit of receiving a hard ...

Oral Appliance Efficacy – Time for Augmented Intelligence!

  Pankaj Singh, DDS, MD, does not mince words when assessing the knowledge levels of his dental colleagues. Even dentists who know the scope of oral appliance therapy often practice “with guesswo...

Specific Traits Key to Predicting Oral Appliance Efficacy

  As oral appliance therapy continues to gain respect across the health care continuum, predictors of treatment outcomes are emerging. Small and detailed physiological studies that look at OSA en...

Massive Insomnia Spike Among Members of the Military

  Results of a multi-year study by the Sleep Research Society concluded that insomnia rates soared among combat soldiers from 1997 to 2011, spiking considerably after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. A...

Close to a Billion With Sleep Apnea? Analysis Spotlights Latest Estimates

  A ResMed-led analysis published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (July 2019) estimates that more than 936 million people have obstructive sleep apnea. As summarized in news-medical.net and el...

Caltech: Serotonin Linked to Sleep Pressure

California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA PASADENA, CA – Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, Calif, have found that serotonin is necessary for s...

Tradition of Excellence Continues at the Pro Bowl: ASBA Diplomate Leads Sleep Apnea Screening For Former NFL Players

ORLANDO, FL – The actual National Football League (NFL) Pro Bowl game is famously uncompetitive. Instead of scoring touchdowns, the main goal among players is largely to stay uninjured.   Retired play...

CVS and Walgreens “Concept Stores” Are Honing in on DME

In an attempt to turn their stores into “health service hubs,” the two largest pharmacy chains in the U.S. (Walgreens and CVS) are remodeling stores to resemble doctors’ offices. According to an Assoc...

Sleep Apnea Link to Air Pollution?

The ill effects of air pollution may literally be causing some people to lose sleep, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. In “The Association of A...