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Embla and Covidien have entered into a definitive agreement under which Embla will acquire Covidien’s Sleep Diagnostic business.
This includes the sleep diagnostic products sold under the Sandman brand name. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Completion of the sale is subject to customary closing conditions.
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Commercial truck accidentrs are a significant public health hazard causing thousands of deaths and injuries each year, with driver fatigue and sleepiness being major causes.
A new study has confirmed previous findings that obesity-driven testing strategies identify commercial truck drivers with a high likelihood of obstructive sleep apnea and suggests that mandating obstructive sleep apnea screenings could reduce the risk of truck crashes.
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The number of elderly individuals newly diagnosed with heart failure has declined during the past ten years, but the number of those living with the condition has increased, according to a report in the February 25, 2008, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
“Heart failure affects nearly five million people in the United States, and more than 300,000 die each year as a result of the disease. Heart failure is primarily a disease of elderly persons and, consequently, places a significant and growing economic burden on the Medicare program,” according to background information in the article. The number of people age 65 or older hospitalized for heart failure from 1984 to 2002 rose by more than 30 percent.
Over the next decade, as further studies are conducted, it will be interesting to see the correlation between sleep apnea and heart failure, as well as survival rates, show up in the statistics.
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Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea may improve control of blood pressure and improve nocturnal oxygen levels, which helps in minimizing risks of stroke, heart attack, and heart failure. Additionally, obstructive sleep apnea may cause abnormal heart rhythms which would not be triggered at night with successful treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, said Dr. David F. Kristo.
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Heart failure patients with untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are more likely to die than those without this sleep disorder, says a study published in a professional cardiology journal.
The study followed 164 patients with heart failure for more than seven years and those with OSA were found to have had double the death rate of patients who did not have sleep apnea. Of the 37 patients with untreated OSA, the death rate was 24 percent in contrast to 12 percent for the 113 patients with no sleep apnea.
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TORONTO — Heart failure patients with untreated sleep apnea are more likely to die than those without this sleep disorder, says a study to be published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The study followed 164 patients with heart failure for more than seven years, and found that those with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) had double the death rate of those patients who did not have sleep apnea. Of the 37 patients with untreated OSA, the death rate was 24 percent in contrast to 12 percent for the 113 patients with no sleep apnea.
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Those with companions at medical visits happier with medical care
by Admin on Saturday, July 19, 2008 · 0 comments
in Health, Top News
For the past several years, many health care advocates have been urging individuals with complex medical conditions, including sleep disorders, especially if compounded with other health issues, such as asthma, heart failure, diabetes, among other health ailments, to take another person who cares about their health to all health care providers with them.
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