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Bruxism, the medical term for the grinding of teeth during sleep, is prevalent in Caucasians with sleep disorders, a study has found. There is a high prevalence of nocturnal teeth grinding, or bruxism, in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, particularly in Caucasians.
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Don Spence, chief executive officer of Philips Home Healthcare Solutions, has issued a written statement endorsing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) educational initiative to increase awareness about sleep deprivation.
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Moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of death from any cause in middle-aged adults, especially men, according to new results from a landmark study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
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On Feb. 13, 2008, passengers aboard a Go! flight in Hawaii never realized how lucky they were when the plane landed in one piece. Both the pilot and co-pilot fell asleep while the plane was aloft and actually flew 26 miles past its landing site, the airport at Hilo.
“The captain and first officer inadvertently [fell] asleep during the cruise phase of flight,” noted the National Transportation Safety Board in its final report. Fortunately for all aboard, the jet carried extra fuel for a return trip to Honolulu. That extra fuel came in handy when the pilots awake and learned they had flown past the runway — and airport.
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There is a high probability of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in non-obese, middle-aged patients, according to a research abstract that will be presented on June 9, 2009, at Sleep 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
Results confirmed that OSA in non-obese patients is most prevalent in middle-aged men with larger neck sizes.
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For sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a new study shows that losing weight is perhaps the single most effective way to reduce OSA symptoms and associated disorders, according to findings published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Weight loss may not be a new miracle pill or a fancy high-tech treatment, but it is an exciting therapy for sufferers of OSA both because of its short- and long-term effectiveness and for its relatively modest price tag.
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Research findings presented at Sleep 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, a link exists between the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and weight gain.
Results indicate that people with an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), the average of the combined episodes of apnea and hypopnea that occur per hour of sleep, of over 15 had an increase in body mass index (BMI) of 0.52 kg/m2 compared to those with an AHI between five and 15, who saw an increase of 0.22 kg/m2.
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Treatment with surgery or an oral appliance that adjusts the jaw is associated with improvements in obstructive sleep apnea, a condition caused by blocked upper airways in which patients periodically stop breathing during sleep, according to two reports in the May 2009 issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery.
Sleep apnea is most commonly treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. Individuals undergoing CPAP therapy wear a mask at night connected to a machine that increases air pressure in the throat, preventing the airway from closing.
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