By Alyx Arnett While sleep specialists generally agree that moderate to severe cases of sleep apnea should be treated, the decision whether to treat mild sleep apnea is often more complex. The risks associated with mild sleep apnea are not as well-defined, and not everyone who has an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of between five and…
Interview by Alyx Arnett Older adults may doze off unexpectedly, and this tendency toward napping is more frequent in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Are excessive naps only a consequence of dementia, or has it happened prior to cognitive symptoms? More mechanistically, asks Peng Li, PhD, is napping induced by the pathological changes in the brain,…
Every Sunday morning, they perch among us. Listen closely and you can hear their wings flapping overhead. Singing voices have quieted, the preacher mounts his summit, the book is laid open. As the people fidget in the pew, readying to hear God speak through a man, the crows and ravens stir in anticipation. Caws and…
Audio Transcript Welcome back on this Friday. On Wednesday, last time we met, in APJ 1925, we looked at the “cloud of anxiety” that can encroach into our lives. It’s a feeling you sometimes get, but “cannot put your finger on” — one that makes you “just feel tense and anxious” that “something is going…
Michael Wasson, MD, board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon, has relocated his surgery practice, exclusive to jaw surgeries, from Seattle to Scottsdale, Ariz., to address an unmet need in the areas of sleep apnea, TMJ, orthognathic, and nerve repair surgeries. “By only offering these types of surgeries, it provides several advantages to our patients such as…
ECRI released its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards report, naming gaps with recalls of home-use medical devices—including CPAP and BiPAP machines—as the nation’s most pressing health technology safety issue for 2023. According to the independent nonprofit safety leader, recall notices for home-use products often do not reach users, placing patients at serious risk of harm.…
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