Phoenix Children’s is unveiling its new and expanded neurodiagnostic laboratory designed to improve comfort and care for children undergoing sleep studies, electroencephalogram (EEG) and electromyography (EMG) testing, and nerve conduction studies. At Phoenix Children’s Hospital – Thomas Campus, the renovated neurodiagnostic sleep and EEG laboratory, which opens April 27, boasts 6,900 square feet, including eight…
As the quest to capture brain waves beyond the sleep lab continues, EEG electrodes will likely soon capture signals from surprising locations (minus today’s globs of gel). By Sree Roy The sleep techs I’ve spoken to all say the electroencephalogram (EEG) signal—out of the multitude of physiological recordings gathered during in-lab polysomnography—is the most difficult…
Scientists have discovered that while elephant seals may spend 10 hours a day sleeping on the beach during the breeding season, they average just two hours of sleep per day when they are at sea on months-long foraging trips. The new findings, published in Science, show that seals sleep about 10 minutes at a time…
ABSTRACT: In the early 1980s, missionary and researcher David Barrett published the World Christian Encyclopedia, a massive survey of global Christianity and missions. Since then, the work of Barrett and others has shaped the church’s approach to missions in profound ways, not least by focusing attention on the world’s remaining unreached peoples. Now, new generations…
Congratulations, you’ve been accepted to the inaugural class of Therapy for Black Girls University (TBG U). Whether you’re packing for a new year on campus, thinking through your gap year, enrolling in a community college, or grabbing your stoles for graduation, embarking on the next chapter of your life is often exciting, but also a…
Harmony Biosciences Holdings Inc, maker of WAKIX (pitolisant) for adults with narcolepsy, has appointed Jeffrey M. Dayno, MD, president and CEO. He will also join the board of directors. The new CEO joined Harmony as chief medical officer and executive vice president when the company was founded in 2017 and has been serving as interim…
Empatica, a digital health and AI company developing medical-grade wearables for health monitoring and diagnostics, announced the launch of Empatica Actigraphy, which offers a new set of digital biomarkers for monitoring sleep and physical activity. Empatica Actigraphy comes as an addition to the company’s US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared Empatica Health Monitoring Platform and…
By Alyx Arnett Sleep specialist William H. Noah, MD, has been sharing some intriguing case study results on CPAP mask settings in his presentations at sleep conferences across the country. The medical director of Sleep Centers of Middle Tennessee PLLC has been using the “full-face” CPAP mask setting for sleep apnea patients who are actually…