The sleep study, whether at home or in a lab, tracks the number or apneas, hypopneas, and respiratory event-related arousals (RERAs). The total number is used to generate the respiratory disturbance index (RDI) which is used to render a diagnosis...
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, Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 14:13
Good sleep is essential to good health, concentration, weight loss, and mood. The better we sleep, the better we feel. In honor of the new year, Aviisha Medical Institute, the national leader in home sleep care, has combed through the research on sleep medicine to create a list of 10 ways to...
, Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 15:33
Insomnia is a symptom of an underlying issue, and is not an illness in itself. By simply taking pills and not dealing with the underlying causes of your sleeping problems, there’s little chance it will ever go away – and it could get worse. And if you are taking prescription sleep...
, Saturday, October 29, 2011 - 15:31
Sleeping problems among children are fairly common: around 25% of children experience some kind of sleep disturbance.1 These disturbances can range in origin from physical to behavioral, and can be somewhat difficult to assess. Signs of a sleep problem might include daytime tiredness,...
, Friday, October 28, 2011 - 14:22
Polysomnography is considered the “gold standard” for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea or OSA. OSA is a common but under-diagnosed condition in which breathing ceases temporarily during sleep, up to hundreds of times per night, resulting in lowered blood oxygen levels.
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, Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 14:28
Sleep apnea is a highly under-diagnosed condition that results in breathing cessations during sleep, up to hundreds of times a night, which can seriously lower blood oxygen levels. If left untreated, sleep apnea is associated with a host of problems including daytime sleepiness, increase in car...
, Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 14:32
Sleep is becoming recognized as more critical to overall health and well-being than previously recognized, and much research is underway investigating the relationship between sleep quality, duration, and the risk of various diseases and conditions. It has already been determined that sleep...
, Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 14:30
OSA is characterized by breathing cessations during sleep, resulting in daytime sleepiness and an increase in the risk of motor vehicle accidents. OSA is a highly under-diagnosed condition that is also associated with obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease.
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, Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 14:19
People with sleep apnea experience cessations in breathing during sleep, and the condition is associated with a range of serious side effects and illnesses. It used to be that you had to go into a sleep lab to have polysomnography, or a sleep test, in order to diagnose sleep apnea. In fact...
, Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 14:07
This weekend, we rolled our clocks an hour forward for daylight savings. The time-adjustment tends to leave a lot of people out-of-sync for days or weeks, leaving them tired throughout the day. According to the Department of Transportation, car accidents increase significantly just after...
