CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today unveiled breakthrough sleep and hearing health features coming to Apple Watch and AirPods Pro 2 that further deliver on Apple’s commitment to health with experiences that enrich users’ lives. These new features expand across products, bringing informative and powerful ways to support users in their sleep and hearing health for conditions […]

— For patients with hypertension, oral device may be an option for those who cannot tolerate CPAP by Ed Susman, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today April 9, 2024 ATLANTA — An oral appliance for people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was noninferior to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for reducing 24-hour mean arterial blood pressure (BP) […]

Treating your sleep apnea “SomnoMed® is the world’s largest supplier of oral sleep apnea devices, operating in 28 countries. Since 2004, we’ve helped patients have a comfortable night’s sleep while effectively treating their sleep apnea. We’ll make your device to the same medical device quality standards that are used for pacemakers to make sure your device […]

Obstructive sleep apnea during REM sleep: effects on morning and evening blood pressure. This new study investigates further the effects of sleep apnea on blood pressure. Study objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is linked to the emergence and progression of cardiovascular complications including hypertension, stroke, arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, and heart failure. Epidemiological studies have […]

Dr. Halstrom is happy to report that our recent results using the SomnoMed Avant device are simply outstanding.  Comfort – retention – simplicity are improved over any design we have used or seen over the years. https://somnomed.com/en/patients/products/somnodent/somnodent-avant/ As a wearer of the device I can report that the digitally printed body and B-Flex Liner are […]

Effects of the combination of novel eye mask sleep position therapy device and oral appliance on positional OSA: A multi-arm, parallel-group randomized controlled trial Abstract Objectives: We explored whether a new combination of eye mask sleep position therapy (SPT) and oral appliance therapy (OAT) was more effective at treating positional obstructive sleep apnea (POSA) than […]

By Marilynn Larkin April 22, 2022 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Smartphone-recorded sleep breathing sounds were used to create “reasonably accurate” obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) prediction models in a cross-sectional study, researchers say, but they are not yet ready for the clinic. As reported in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Dr. Jeong-Whun Kim of Seoul […]

By – Teresa Santos (in collaboration with Ilana Polistchuck, MD)   June 02, 2022   Several scientific studies have indicated a connection between obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease. According to Elizabeth Muxfeldt, MD, PhD, cardiologist and professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro, […]

Treatment Options In Obstructive Sleep Apnea Gambino, F., Zammuto, M.M., Virzì, A. et al. Treatment options in obstructive sleep apnea. Intern Emerg Med (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-022-02983-1 Preamble by Don Halstrom: This recent published research article does a nice job of presenting the options and issues surrounding different treatment methods for Obstructive Sleep Apnea.  Since the early […]

Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrillation Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, increasing with age and comorbidities. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic sleep disorder more common in older men. It has been shown that OSA is linked to AF. Nonetheless, the prevalence of OSA in patients with AF remains unknown because […]