New research published in the National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Health shows patients belonging to racial minority groups are significantly less likely to be prescribed an insomnia medication than white patients, after accounting for sociodemographic and clinical factors. The retrospective cohort study analyzed 9,557 patients (81.3% of whom were white, 13.5% Black, 2.5% other race, and…
By Chaunie Brusie, RN, BSN When implanted neurostimulators were first cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration for treating sleep apnea, their adoption—while hopeful—was limited by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) restrictions, lack of patient access to their sleep data, and other constraints. While some limitations will likely always be necessary, recently unveiled advances in…
Over 38 years of pastoral ministry at New Park Street Chapel (later to become The Metropolitan Tabernacle), Charles Spurgeon and the church added nearly 14,000 people into membership. Of that number, how many would you guess were brought into the church through baptism — as new souls won to the Savior? I would have guessed…
Audio Transcript Today’s episode is mature in its theme, so heads up to parents with young ears in the car or in the house. It’s mature in its themes. And I say that not simply because we’re talking about sexual sin today. That’s part of it. It’s also mature because we’re going to talk about…