Highlights: OSA mortality was higher in men than women, Blacks than Whites, and in the Midwest. Black men had a continuous OSA mortality increase over the last decade. Blacks with OSA were more likely to have obesity and cardiovascular disease. According to a University of Buffalo peer-reviewed study, during the last two decades, more Black…
Apnimed believes there is a market for a new pharmaceutical therapeutic option for OSA, which affects 25 million Americans. Muscles that normally maintain the upper airway open collapse periodically during sleep in these people, resulting in occasional low oxygen levels and long-term morbidity. Although continuous positive air pressure can be useful, many patients do not…
The FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) suggested this week that the agency issue an order requiring Philips, the manufacturer of recalled PAP devices manufactured after November 2015 to submit a plan for repair, replacement, or refund of the purchase price. Due to potential health hazards, Philips Respironics voluntarily recalled some ventilators last…
Sleep trackers track our sleep by measuring our movements and heart rate, both of which correspond to our sleeping pattern. Unlike early trackers, which simply monitored movement, modern trackers use much more sophisticated technology. Data based solely on our movement was frequently unreliable because, of course, a person could be lying still but very much…
Birgitte Kornum, a brain scientist from the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) , was surprised when she attended one of the world’s largest sleep conferences to see many Pharmaceutical businesses were focused on hypocretin. The protein found in brain cells has recently received a lot of interest in sleep research. This…
