Could Sleep Apnea Testing Reduce Major Transportation Accidents?
NTSB says the condition is a problem for truckers and train operators, but other officials aren’t so convinced. 08:09 | 06/27/2014 Accidents Due to Sleep Apnea …
Asleep at the Wheel: Could Mandating Sleep Apnea Tests for Transportation Operators Reduce Accidents?
Jun 27, 2014, 7:16 PM ET By GIO BENITEZ, GEOFF MARTZ, GERRY WAGSCHAL, STEPHANIE WASH and CONOR FERGUSON GIO BENITEZMore From Gio » GIO BENITEZMore From Gio » Correspondent STEPHANIE WASHMore From Stephanie » Associate Producer via NIGHTLINE Cars from a Metro-North passenger train are scattered after the train derailed in the Bronx neighborhood of New York, Dec. 1, 2013. Edwin Valero/AP Photo http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/sleep-apnea-testing-reduce-major-transportation-accidents-24346235 Every day millions of passengers put their lives in the hands of train conductors, bus drivers and the truck drivers who share the road with them. All of these jobs require long, monotonous hours with few breaks in between, which …
In Large Study, Sleep Quality and Duration Improve Cognition in Aging Populations
Notes from Dr. Norman BlumenstockBetter sleep has a positive connection to better memory. Published on June 17, 2014 A new University of Oregon-led study of middle-aged or older people who get 6 to 9 hours of sleep a night shows that they think better than those sleeping fewer or more hours. The study, published in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, reaffirms numerous small-scale studies in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan, but it does so using data compiled across six middle-income nations and involving more than 30,000 subjects for a long-term project that began …
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[Micro]sensing the Future
Notes from Dr. Norman BlumenstockThe tiny recorder that improves compliance monitoring can be a game changer for oral appliance therapy. Published on May 28, 2014, By Sree Roy Tiny microrecorders are designed to fit comfortably on an oral appliance. Air Aid Sleep’s microsensor (shown) measures a mere 8 mm x 12 mm x 4 mm. Could the key to mass acceptance of oral appliances for mild to moderate OSA be a recorder that’s smaller than a fingernail? Good things come in small packages, so the saying goes. In the field of dental sleep medicine, many oral appliance manufacturers and dentists say …
FAA CONTROLLERS WORKING EXHAUSTING SCHEDULES
Notes from Dr. Norman BlumenstockAre fatigued air traffic controllers putting air travelers at risk? What are your thoughts? BY JOAN LOWY ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Air traffic controllers are at greater risk for fatigue, errors and accidents because they work schedules known as “rattlers” that make it likely they’ll get little or no sleep before overnight shifts, according to a government-sponsored report. Three years after a series of incidents in which controllers were found to be sleeping on the job, a National Research Council report released Friday expressed astonishment that the Federal Aviation Administration still permits controllers to work schedules that …
Driver Charged in Crash Involving Tracy Morgan Had Not Slept in 24 Hours, Prosecutors Say
By J. DAVID GOODMANJUNE 9, 2014The Walmart driver whose truck collided with a van carrying the comedian Tracy Morgan and other performers had not slept for more than 24 hours before the crash, New Jersey prosecutors said on Monday.Prosecutors in Middlesex County charged the truck driver, Kevin Roper, 35, of Jonesboro, Ga., on Saturday with one count of death by auto and several counts of assault by auto in connection with the pileup early that day on the northbound New Jersey Turnpike in Cranbury Township, about 45 miles from New York City. One comedian, James McNair, known as Jimmy Mack, was …
Walmart Driver Kevin Roper Pleads Not Guilty in Tracy Morgan Crash
A Walmart truck driver pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of vehicular homicide and assault in connection with the New Jersey highway crash that left comedian Tracy Morgan in critical condition. Kevin Roper, 35, did not speak during the arraignment in Middlesex County before he was released on $50,000 bail he posted after his arrest. In a criminal complaint, Roper was accused of operating his big rig “recklessly” after not sleeping for more than 24 hours, causing the early Friday pileup on the New Jersey Turnpike. His truck slammed into a limo bus carrying Morgan and his entourage, police …
What to Know About Snoring in Children
POSTED 7:36 AM, JUNE 11, 2014, BY ESSE HEALTH PEDIATRICS, UPDATED AT 07:37AM, JUNE 11, 2014 Snoring in children is a common event, with estimates placing it at about 12 to 15 percent. Most of these children are healthy, show no symptoms and have primary snoring. Snoring happens during sleep due to a blockage of air when breathing as it passes through the back of the mouth. The loudness is affected by how much air passes through and how fast the throat tissue is vibrating. Snoring can be due to an upper respiratory infection, allergies, or it can be a sign of …
Sleepiness Shuts Off Half The Brain, Much Like Disease
By Samantha Olson | Jun 3, 2014 03:12 PM EDT The brain can’t tell left from right when falling asleep because it shuts half off. Photo courtesy ofShutterstock Sleep plays one of the most vital roles in our day-to-day health, researchers are rapidly finding as they peel back our eyelids with probes and brain monitors. What’s going on inside our brains while we slumber for night after night? Half of our brain turns off. A new study published in the journalScientific Reports has revealed that each night as we sleep, our brains shut half off. It mimics the characteristics of a strange syndrome, known …
Scientists Search for the Best Sleepers
Working to unravel the secrets of sleep, gene by gene. Less than 1% of Americans need less than six hours of sleep. Researchers are trying to unlock the secrets of the early-to-bed, early-to-rise sleeper. WSJ health reporter Sumathi Reddy discusses on Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero. Photo: Getty In a lab at the University of California, San Francisco, a husband-and-wife team is working to unravel the secrets of sleep, gene by gene. Louis Ptáček is studying why some people are genetically wired to be morning larks—an estimated 3% of the population who go to bed unusually early and rise early—while …
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