Boston-based Signifier Medical Technologies LLC, maker of daytime sleep apnea therapy device eXciteOSA, is teaming up with Belgium-based Sunrise, developer of a chin patch home sleep test, to improve sleep apnea diagnosis. This collaboration combines Sunrise’s artificial intelligence solutions and the technologies of Signifier’s eXciteOSA to improve patient care through more efficient diagnostics and treatments.…
The University of Arizona Health Sciences is opening the doors to its new Center for Sleep, Circadian, and Neuroscience Research. Previously, researchers conducted sleep studies in a leased facility located above a Tucson bar and grill. The new facility, built using a $5 million construction grant from the National Institutes of Health Office of the…
ProSomnus Inc, a developer of precision medical devices for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), reported recent business highlights and strategic achievements during its first-quarter earnings call. The company says in a release it has continued to drive strategic growth initiatives, including the expansion of its direct sales team in the United States and…
Home sleep testing (HST) devices typically focus on respiratory and cardiac signals. But technology improvements mean more data—including brain waves—can be captured outside the sleep lab. For example, several of today’s home sleep testing devices include patient-applied EEG electrodes and/or incorporate algorithms to provide data on sleep staging and arousals. In this webinar, healthcare professionals…
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc announced financial and business results for the first quarter of 2023, highlighting continued adoption of its low-sodium oxybate Xywav for narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia. “Adoption of low-sodium Xywav continues to grow across both narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia, and we expect Xywav to remain the oxybate of choice in 2023,” says Bruce Cozadd,…
Christian obedience is a special kind of obedience. It involves more than mere external behavior, more even than proper motivation. Christian obedience involves the miraculous and mysterious union of divine action and human action. The apostle Paul lays out this mystery in Philippians 2: My beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only…
Audio Transcript Happy Friday. Today we are taking up the topic of physical appearance, because the Bible speaks often about physical appearance. Scripture contains dozens of references to physical looks — both to attractiveness and unattractiveness. Those categories emerge all over the Bible, so there’s no need to shy away from this topic. We looked…
Among people who have had COVID-19, adults with obstructive sleep apnea were more likely to experience long-term symptoms suggestive of long COVID than those without the sleep disorder, according to a large study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In fact, multiple analyses of electronic health records identified adults with sleep apnea may…