Treatment Could Lower Crash Risk For Truckers With Sleep Apnea.
HEALTH NEWS | Wed Sep 28, 2016 | 3:16pm EDT By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Commercial truck drivers who get treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for two years may reduce their crash risk to the level of drivers without apnea, a study from Italy suggests. For professional drivers, the screening, treatment and management of sleep disorders should be mandatory to reduce accident risk and improve road safety, the study authors write in the journal Sleep Medicine. “Screening for OSA in heavy vehicle drivers should be a major public safety priority,” senior author Luigi Ferini-Strambi, director of the Sleep …
Treatment could lower crash risk for truckers with sleep apnea.
By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Commercial truck drivers who get treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for two years may reduce their crash risk to the level of drivers without apnea, a study from Italy suggests. For professional drivers, the screening, treatment and management of sleep disorders should be mandatory to reduce accident risk and improve road safety, the study authors write in the journal Sleep Medicine. “Screening for OSA in heavy vehicle drivers should be a major public safety priority,” senior author Luigi Ferini-Strambi, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Universita Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan, told …
Health Connexions Partners with Serenium to Bring Urine Test for Sleep Apnea to Market.
Published on February 1, 2016 Health Connexions has partnered with Serenium to bring forward a set of clinically validated biomarkers, a screening tool the companies say will predict and preempt chronic disease. Health Connexions helps clients in the life sciences and healthcare sectors by leveraging its network and collaborative model in consulting, market research, technology evaluations, and marketing communications services; it also provides strategic advisory services for capital raising to fund innovations, opportunities, and the growth of established organizations. Serenium is a new company with the mission to proactively screen all children and adults who snore, in order to predict …
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