Experts Reshape Treatment Guide for Cholesterol
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock: The intermittent hypoxia created by obstructive sleep apnea appears to alter the surface of blood vessels, allowing the cholesterol to adversely affect those blood vessels. Statins drugs alone may not be enough if the obstructive sleep apnea is not treated in my opinion. By GINA KOLATA Published: November 12, 2013 The nation’s leading heart organizations released new guidelines on Tuesday that will fundamentally reshape the use of cholesterol-lowering statin medicines, which are now prescribed for a quarter of Americans over 40. Patients on statins will no longer need to lower their cholesterol levels to specific numerical …
American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine – Dr. Norman Blumenstock Receives Distinguished Service Award
AADSM Annual Awards Distinguished Service Awards The Distinguished Service Award is presented at the Annual Meeting to individuals who have exhibited exceptional initiative, leadership and service in the field of dental sleep medicine. At the discretion of the board, this award may not be presented every year. 2013 Winner – Norman Blumenstock, DDS Past Recipients 2012 – Jeffrey Pancer, DDS 2011 – Jeffrey Prinsell, DMD, MD, Diplomate, ABDSM 2010 – Kent E. Moore, DDS, MD 2009 – Bruce Templeton, DMD 2008 – Keith Thornton, DDS 2007 – B. Gail Demko, DMD 2006 – Harold A. Smith, DDS 2005 – Don A. …
Nocturnal Teeth Grinding May Suggest a Sleep Disorder
Posted: 10/24/2013 8:21 am By Gerard Meskill, M.D. The occurrence of gnashing or grinding of teeth is not new. The Bible makes reference to this phenomenon both in the Old Testament, “His anger has torn me and hunted me down; he has gnashed at me with his teeth,” (Job 16:9) and in the New Testament, “But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 8:12). While this problem is many centuries old, it is only recently that we have come to understand why this may occur, particularly …
Children who snore may be at an increased risk of learning problems
October 14, 2013By Tele management (TeleManagement) Snoring is common among children, with between 3 and 12% affected by the condition. Some of these children suffer from obstructive sleep apnea – a condition where the airways become obstructed, causing the child to briefly stop breathing several times throughout the night. Experts have known for some time that obstructive sleep apnea increases the risk of learning problems and behavioral problems in children. However, it was unclear whether children who snored but did not suffer from obstructive sleep apnea were also at risk from learning problems. Researchers from the University of Louisville, US, compared …
Getting the Most Out of Sleep
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Published: September 23, 2013 Q. To get the health benefits of a good night’s sleep, is it just the number of hours that counts? What if sleep is induced by a sleeping pill or is stressful because of a nightmare? A. While duration is important, “the quality and timing of sleep are also critical to a good night’s rest,” said Dr. Ana C. Krieger, medical director of the Weill Cornell Center for Sleep Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Optimal sleep duration varies widely, depending on a person’s genetic makeup, underlying health conditions and daytime activities, among other factors, Dr. …
Sleep Related Trucking Legislation Takes Fast Track to Obama’s Desk
Bucking the trend toward legislative gridlock, new legislation to limit sleep apnea “guidance” has passed the House and Senate, and is now headed to the President’s desk. The bill was approved in the House by a vote of 405-0 in late September, and the Senate (also unanimously) passed it in October. “The best part,” writes Charlie Morasch, of LandLineMag, a trucking industry publication, is that “Truckers are being hailed for their efforts to support the proposed law.” Introduced in mid-September by Reps Larry Bucshon (R-Ind) and Dan Lipinski (D-Ill), HR3095 required the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to go through …
Advice About Sleep Deficiency in Midlife, Part 2
By NICOLE HIGGINS DeSMET Published: September 18, 2013 This week’s Ask an Expert features Orfeu Marcello Buxton, a neuroscientist who will answer questions about the causes and health consequences of sleep deficiency, particularly in middle age. He researches chronic sleep deficiency in the workplace and home and how it contributes to disorders like obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Orfeu Marcello Buxton,neuroscientist andsleep researcher. Dr. Buxton is an associate neuroscientist the Division of Sleep Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, as well as an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. He …
Wife who was fed up with her husband’s snoring is charged with attempted murder after stabbing him with a butcher’s knife as he slept
Dawn Weiser, 44, left her husband with a punctured spleen, lacerated liver and three other stab wounds She plead not guilty in court on Wednesday Doug Weiser managed to fight his wife off him and call police By PAUL THOMPSON PUBLISHED: 12:22 EST, 4 October 2013 | UPDATED: 14:04 EST, 4 October 2013 An Arkansas woman who was fed up with her husband’s incessant snoring has been charged with attempted first degree murder after repeatedly stabbing him in his sleep with a butcher’s knife. Dawn Weiser, of Springdale, plead not guilty in court on Wednesday after leaving her husband with a punctured spleen, lacerated liver …
Pilots snoozed at 30,000 feet in cockpit of 300-passenger plane
By Thom Patterson, CNN updated 6:47 PM EDT, Thu September 26, 2013 UK probes whether pilots slept at same time (CNN) — Cruising at 30,000 feet, pilots snoozed in the cockpit of a 300-passenger airliner en route to Britain last August, UK aviation authorities told CNN on Thursday. A spokesman for the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority tells CNN that the Airbus A330 incident occurred while the aircraft was operating on autopilot on a long-distance flight. The CAA wouldn’t reveal any other details of the flight, its route or its destination airport. Sources told CNN’s Richard Quest the airline is Virgin Atlantic. …
‘More than half’ of pilots have slept while flying
More than half of pilots have fallen asleep while in charge of a plane, a survey by a pilots’ union suggests. Of the 56% who admitted sleeping, 29% told Balpa that they had woken up to find the other pilot asleep as well. The survey comes after it emerged that two pilots on an Airbus passenger plane were asleep at the same time, with the aircraft being flown on autopilot. Balpa is campaigning against changes to flight-time regulations, which are to be voted on by the European Parliament. On Monday, new rules which include allowing pilots to land an aircraft after being …
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