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 …
Obstructive sleep apnea raises osteoporosis risk, may impact bone health.
By: Bel Marra Health | Osteoporosis | Tuesday, January 26, 2016 – 03:00 PM The respected Journal of Bone and Mineral Research has confirmed an association between obstructive sleep apnea and bone health, specifically as it relates to osteoporosis. According to a study published in the journal, it appears as if obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can raise the risk of osteoporosis. Our bodies work on what is called circadian rhythms – physical, mental, as well as behavioral changes that follow a 24-hour cycle. This cycle responds to light and darkness within our environment. Scientists tell us that this …
This Is Your Body on Sleep Deprivation
By Sara Gaynes Levy, Life by Daily Burn Do you know when the last time you got a full night’s rest was? If you can’t remember, well, you’re not alone, but your body is definitely asking for some serious snooze time—whether you can feel it or not. The American Sleep Association recommends eight hours of sleep each night and, though it varies slightly from person to person, you may start feeling the effects as soon as you dip below 7½ hours a night, says James Maas, Ph.D., former professor and chair of psychology at Cornell University and author of Sleep …
Fixing Sleep Apnea Makes Children Behave Better No Matter What Their IQ Is.
Jan 12, 2016 05:11 PM By Justin Caba Fixing sleep apnea benefits children of all IQs. Daniel; CC by 2.0 Obstructive sleep apnea makes it nearly impossible to get a good night’s sleep. Imagine air stopping in your throat, prompting you to choke and wake up so you can reopen your airways…100 times a night. Not to mention sleep apnea in children is associated with increased risk for other complications, including obesity, AHDH, and heart disease. If that weren’t reason enough to seek treatment, maybe this will: A recent study conducted by the University of Michigan Health System found remedying a child’s sleep apnea …
Teens with ADHD need more sleep.
December 29, 2015 – 06:14 | By: Ingrid P. Nuse Sleep issues are more common among teenagers with symptoms of ADHD. And although they need more sleep, they tend to get way less than they need. Adolescents with multiple symptoms of ADHD have a greater need for sleep than others. Yet, a new study has found that they sleep even less than their age peers. (Illustrative photo: NTB Scanpix) We already know that sleep gets short shrift by adolescents generally, and that sleep problems among teenagers aren’t uncommon. “On average, all teens get too little sleep, but adolescents with ADHD symptoms …
Why Snoring Can Be Dangerous For Your Cardiovascular Health.
By ERIC BOODMAN | JANUARY 6, 2016 Your snoring might sound like a tractor revving up, but it could actually indicate that the cells in your veins are breaking down. Scientists have long known that obstructive sleep apnea, a disorder that often causes snoring, can increase your risk of cardiovascular diseases, but they didn’t know exactly why. Now, a team of doctors at Columbia University has pinpointed a Rube Goldberg-like chain of events that explains how this damage might occur, and found that some commonly prescribed anticholesterol drugs can prevent it. “We were prepared for anything and this just came up,” said Dr. Sanja Jelic, …
Losing sleep: Stress robs us of 64 nights of a sleep a year.
ADULTS lose 64 nights’ worth of sleep every year, usually due to stress, a study has found. PUBLISHED: 19:45, Wed, Dec 30, 2015 | UPDATED: 19:57, Wed, Dec 30, 2015 The average grown-up gets just six hours and 36 minutes’ sleep every night – an hour and 24 minutes less than the recommended eight hours. This amounts to 511 hours over a year – the equivalent of almost 64 eight-hour nights, Stress is the main reason for insomnia, the poll found. A snoring or fidgeting partner, being too hot or cold in bed and worrying about money can also …
Maxillomandibular advancement effectively treats obstructive sleep apnea.
Zaghi S, et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.2678. December 14, 2015 Maxillomandibular advancement was effective in treating patients with obstructive sleep apnea, according to recent data from a retrospective review. “Maxillomandibular advancement is a highly effective treatment for [obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)]. Preoperative severity of OSA is the most reliable predictor of outcome effect size and the likelihood of surgical success and cure,” Soroush Zaghi, MD, from the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and colleagues wrote. “Those patients with the most severe measures of OSA tend to benefit to the greatest …
Poor, limited sleep costs billions of dollars annually.
Stephanie Dickrell, sdickrell@stcloudtimes.com9 a.m. CDT August 1, 2015 By some estimates, lack of sleep costs a whole lot of money: Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent and/or lost annually as a result of poor or limited sleep, according to the Institute of Medicine Committee on Sleep Medicine and Research, part of the National Institutes of Health. There’s the obvious. Daytime sleepiness, inadequate sleep time, insomnia and other sleep disorders burden the health care system. Indirect costs include sickness and death, absenteeism from work and school, disability, loss of productivity, industrial accidents, motor vehicle accidents, hospitalization and increased alcohol consumption. …
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