Month: November 2011

New Guidelines Issued for SIDS, Infant Sleep

Since the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended all babies should be placed on their backs to sleep in 1992, deaths from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) have declined dramatically. But sleep-related deaths from other causes, incl

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State of Compliance

Tools aimed at monitoring and improving patient compliance with CPAP therapy have evolved to take advantage of Web-based technology, and while no one tool will solve the compliance problem, the right tool can go a long way toward helping the patient get a better night’s sleep.

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Facing Down Fatigue

The Honorable Mark R. Rosekind, PhD, the first sleep scientist to sit on the NTSB, takes on human fatigue, an advocacy priority on the Board’s Most Wanted List.

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