CPAP curbs aggression in sex offenders

September 12, 2006

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects up to 20 percent of men in western cultures, five percent of whom experience significant physical symptoms.

A study published in September 2006 issue of the Journal of Forensic Sciences finds that sex offenders who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea experience more harmful psychological symptoms than do sex offenders with normal sleep patterns.

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Obesity Surgery Complication Rates Higher Over Time

July 25, 2006

Four of every 10 obesity surgery patients develop a complication, such as a hernia, within six months of leaving the hospital, according to a new study by HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The study is the most extensive to date on post-surgical complications from obesity operations based on insurance claims data.

The researchers found that the complication rate among non-elderly obesity surgery patients with private insurance increased by 81 percent following hospital discharge — from 21.9 percent while they were still hospitalized to 39.6 percent by the end of the 180-day study period.

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Sleeping less than 7 hours a night linked to weight gain

May 23, 2006

Women who sleep five hours or less per night weigh more on average than those who sleep seven hours, according to a study. The study demonstrated that women who slept for six hours were 12 percent more likely to have major weight gain and six percent more likely to become obese compared with women who slept seven hours a night.

Other findings from the study showed women who slept for five hours per night were 32 percent more likely to experience major weight gain (defined as an increase of 33 pounds or more) and 15 percent more likely to become obese over the course of the 16-year study compared with women who slept seven hours.

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TechSmith profiles Awake In America in article about use of SnagIt

February 24, 2006

Read an interview conducted by a leading software manufacturer, TechSmith, on how Awake In America uses SnagIt 8, a screen-capture and image manipulation tool, in our mission of helping to create awareness about sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, narcolepsy, among others.

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Sleep hygiene is essential to sleeping well

February 5, 2006

Sleep disruption is common, especially during times when you may feel emotionally overwhelmed. Anxiety, relentless replaying of the day’s events, and heightened emotions may significantly interfere with your sleep. Lack of sleep robs you of needed rest, making management of your illness more difficult.

Some people, for a variety of reasons, still have sleep disturbances related to the events of September 11, 2001, which saw the destruction of the World Trade Centers and partial destruction of the Pentagon. Other people, especially family members and friends of deployed American military personnel, don’t always sleep well. There are always those people who are stressed about things, such as stress at work, lack of a job, loss of a job, family issues, or financial issues.

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Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine issues co-sleeping and breastfeeding guidelines

October 14, 2005

Contrary to even the recommendations of its own section on breastfeeding, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released an statement from its Task Force on SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine has problems accepting. Recommendations that advise against parent-infant bed-sharing and support the generic use of pacifiers imply a “truly astounding triumph of ethnocentric assumptions over commonsense and medical research,” according to Nancy Wight, M.D., president of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.

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Heart failure patients have impaired cooling response

October 11, 2005

Reduced blood flow to the skin’s surface may be a key cause of heat-related illnesses in patients with congestive heart failure, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.

The first study to investigate how heat affects people with heart failure shows that one of two ways the body can cool itself is not as effective in those with congestive heart failure relative to healthy individuals.

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AHRQ study finds weight-loss surgeries quadrupled in five years

July 14, 2005

The number of Americans having weight-loss surgery more than quadrupled between 1998 and 2002 — from 13,386 to 71,733 — with part of the increase driven by a 900 percent rise in operations on patients between the ages of 55 and 64, according to a new study by HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The study is being published in the July 12, 2005 issue of Health Affairs.

During the same period, hospital costs for treating patients who underwent weight-loss surgery increased by more than six times — from $157 million a year to $948 million a year — and the average cost per surgery increased by roughly 13 percent, from $11,705 to $13,215.

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Sleep apnea, other breathing disorders common among asthmatics; may help predict severe asthma

May 25, 2005

When asthmatics are awake, they can turn to their inhalers to open their airways. But when they sleep, many of them continue to struggle with breathing — and an understanding of their sleep-related problems may help doctors better diagnose and treat their patients’ asthma, according to new University of Michigan Health System research.

Symptoms of sleep apnea and other breathing problems during sleep are common among people with asthma, according to the research presented at the American Thoracic Society’s 2005 International Conference.

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