When engineers from Australia-based Compumedics developed the Somté, they knew cardiology was likely to play a growing role within sleep medicine. With this in mind, they developed a Holter-type sleep system that earned a 2006 Frost & Sullivan award for Technology Leadership. Combining home sleep diagnostics with the optional capability for Holter ECG monitoring and pulse … [Read more...] about Somté Features Holter-Type Sleep System
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Compumedics Home Sleep Testing System Selected for Use in US National Institute of Health (NIH)-Sponsored Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Sleep Study
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Compumedics USA, Inc. (CMP.ASX) today announced its new Somte® PSG portable sleep-testing systems were chosen as part of a major new study to further investigate the link between sleep disorders and cardio-vascular disease in various ethnic and racial populations. Somte® PSG was chosen because of its ability to record complex sleep studies in the home … [Read more...] about Compumedics Home Sleep Testing System Selected for Use in US National Institute of Health (NIH)-Sponsored Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Sleep Study
Upcoming Course: Management & Measurement of Sleep Apnea & Snoring
Weekend Course Train on the weekend, treat Monday morning. Click here for more information Date: 1 pm Friday, October 1, 2010 - Noon Sunday, October 3, 2010 Location: Courtyard Seattle Bellevue/Downtown 11010 NE 8th Street Bellevue, Washington 98004-4408 425-454-5888 Contact information: 312-993-0260 gloria@themoses.com Limited enrollment. Enrollment closes … [Read more...] about Upcoming Course: Management & Measurement of Sleep Apnea & Snoring
The Swinging Pendulum of Sleep Medicine – Peretz Lavie, PhD
Peretz Lavie, PhD The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technicon-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel UNDERSTANDING THE FACTORS THAT CAUSE SLEEP APNEA We know that sleep apnea has to do with the balance of the dilating and constricting muscles in the upper airways. We know that it is a functional problem that is aggravated by some structural … [Read more...] about The Swinging Pendulum of Sleep Medicine – Peretz Lavie, PhD
Sleep Duration and Weight Gain
ScienceDaily (Apr. 4, 2008) — Both short and long sleeping times predict an increased risk of future body weight and fat gain in adults, according to a new study. The study, authored by Jean-Philippe Chaput, of Laval University in Quebec, Canada, focused on 276 adults between 21-64 years of age, whose body composition measurements and self-reported sleep duration were … [Read more...] about Sleep Duration and Weight Gain