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Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
Apr
22
2009
This entry was posted by admin on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 12:22 pm (UTC), and is categorically filed in Sleep Apnea, Top News.
A recently published study that is the first to assess the effectiveness of treating sleep disorders in adults with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) shows treatment may result in the objective resolution of the sleep disorder without improvements in daytime sleepiness or neuropsychological function.
Results show that in brain-injured subjects with obstructive sleep apnea, three months of treatment with CPAP therapy dramatically reduced the severity of OSA from 31.4 to 3.8 apneas and hypopneas per hour of sleep; however, there was no demonstrable improvement in measures of daytime sleepiness.
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Dec
23
2008
This entry was posted by admin on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 9:42 am (UTC), and is categorically filed in Diabetes, Top News.
A study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests screening patients with Type 2 diabetes for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and treating those who have obstructive sleep apnea with xPAP therapy could improve the management of their hyperglycemia and might favorably influence their long-term prognosis.
According to Arthur Dawson, M.D., Scripps Clinic Sleep Center, it is not surprising that many diabetics have sleep apnea since Type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea are both conditions that are becoming much more common because of the obesity epidemic.
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Aug
26
2008
This entry was posted by admin on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 9:02 am (UTC), and is categorically filed in Sleep Apnea, Top News.
A study published in the August 15, 2008 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that surgical weight loss results in an improvement of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but most patients continue to have moderate to severe OSA one year after undergoing bariatric surgery. Results of this study suggest that it is the severity of the condition, rather than a patient’s pre-surgical weight, that determines if obstructive sleep apnea will be resolved.
Results show that bariatric surgery reduced body mass index (BMI) from an average of 51 to 32 in 24 adults with obstructive sleep apnea.
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Interesting Apnea Statistics
~~ Apnea in United States ~~
As of May 2, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. (-0500) (ET), the U.S. population
was 306,340,710. Sleep researchers estimate approximately seven percent
of the population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Using that
estimate, there are potentially 21,443,850 apneics in the U.S.
~~ Apnea around the world ~~
As of May 2, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. (-0500) (ET), the world population
was 6,777,286,604. Sleep researchers estimate approximately seven percent
of the population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Using that
estimate, there are potentially 474,410,062 apneics in the world.
