Category: Screeners

Screeners

Circadian Movement of Genes Within Cells Helps Organisms Tell Time

Using the clocks found in fruit flies, researchers reveal that the subcellular location of clock proteins and genes fluctuates with the daily passage of time.

Screeners

Sleep Apnea Screening in Heart Failure & COPD Patients Reduces Readmissions at West Virginia Hospital

If the questionnaire suggests the patient may have sleep apnea, they receive further in-hospital screening using one of two devices: high-resolution pulse oximetry and ResMed ApneaLink.

Screeners

STOP-BANG Misses Sleep Apnea in Black Patients

Black Americans are disproportionately impacted by cardiovascular disease and untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) might be partially to blame.

Diaries

Why Evaluating Daytime Sleepiness in Children is Essential

A recently published literature review provides guidance on screening, diagnoses, and treatment for a common symptom.

Questionnaires

4 Questions a Doctor Will Ask During Your Sleep Apnea Screening

In a new editorial on MerckManuals.com, Kingman P. Strohl, MD, details questions your doctor is likely to ask during your appointment.

Actigraphy

Actigraphy Side-by-Side Comparison Guide (November 2018)

Compare 7 actigraph units, also known as actimetry sensors, side by side.

Circadian & Sleep Biomarkers

Coronavirus: New App Analyzes How Social Distancing Affects Biological Clocks

A free app built by University of Michigan researchers will help users understand their own sleep rhythms, shedding light on how their biological clock is responding to lockdowns, and give tips about how to shift their potentially disrupted rhythms.

Smart Phone

Woman Develops New App After Losing Husband to Sleep Apnea

The widow of a man who died from sleep apnea comorbidities worked closely with Dr Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer to develop ‘Sleep by Cleveland Clinic,’ reports Fox 17 West Michigan.Mary Schaff’s husband, John, first...