After Philips: Filling the Diagnostics Void
With Philips Respironics discontinuing the Alice 6, Alice NightOne, and Alice PDx devices, where will sleep specialists turn for their sleep diagnostics equipment?
With Philips Respironics discontinuing the Alice 6, Alice NightOne, and Alice PDx devices, where will sleep specialists turn for their sleep diagnostics equipment?
The COVID-19 pandemic offered researchers a rare opportunity to see the effects of a potentially distressing global event on people with sleep reactivity, that is, those who are vulnerable to stress-related sleep disturbances.
Clinicians are now recognizing sleep-related manifestations of long COVID. A sleep specialist sees a coronavirus infection as the only precipitant of RBD in a 69-year-old patient.
While we are still learning about the specific effects of COVID on sleep, we do know about what happens to sleep with other viral infections.
Read MoreMitchell Levine, DMD, ABDSM, was recently installed as president of AADSM. He discusses how COVID has changed the practice of dental sleep medicine, the role of telehealth, a consensus statement about oral appliance compliance, and more.
Read More“Sleep difficulties are are highly prevalent and debilitating symptoms reported in patients with post-acute sequealae of COVID-19.”
Read MoreCoined “coronasomnia,” COVID-19-induced insomnia is often attributed to pandemic-related stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions.
Read MoreThe pandemic “was an international experiment to understand how sleep changes when work hours and work environments change.”
Read MoreDisease of the small airways in the lungs is a potential long-lasting effect of COVID-19, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology.
Read MoreWhile those with sleep apnea did have more severe outcomes with COVID-19, they were not at a higher risk for contracting the virus.
Read MoreThe sleep health analysis gives a broad picture of the nation’s sleep health across two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreBen Wipper discusses the study “Restless legs syndrome severity in the National RLS Opioid Registry during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Read MoreCPAP reduces the risk of tracheal intubation or death compared with conventional oxygen therapy in COVID-19 patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, according to a new study.
Read MoreResearch, published in the journal Sleep Medicine, investigated how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the sleep of workers in essential occupations, including those who worked in health care, government, and education.
Read MoreSunday Citizen compiled facts and statistics on how remote work has affected sleep using 2020 data from health news publications, scientific journals, and surveys that look into the effects of remote work on different aspects of life.
Read MoreThe Biden administration and state officials are bracing for a great unwinding: millions of people losing their Medicaid benefits when the pandemic health emergency ends.
Read MoreNot surprisingly, there is evidence the pandemic is a sleep-disturbing stressor. So if you’re experiencing wakings in the middle of the night, you’re definitely not alone.
Read MoreAny time you’re sick, sleeping can be more difficult. A COVID infection is no different, said Dr. Heather Moday, an immunologist and author of “The Immunotype Breakthrough.”
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