By Alyx Arnett Eric Jensen, the founder of MVAP Medical Supplies, died after a long illness on Wednesday, May 10, at home. He was 61. Born in Fresno, Calif, Jensen made a name for himself in the field of sleep medicine for his business that provides sleep, electroencephalogram (EEG), electromyography, respiratory, and patient care supplies…
By Sree Roy CPAP-focused studies have long dominated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) therapy research. Though oral appliances for sleep apnea showed great promise since appearing on the therapy scene in the early 1990s, physicians had to collaborate with dentists to do oral appliance studies, there was no reimbursement, the therapy did not fit the medical…
Overview The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has released two Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) related to a new initiative, Individually Measured Phenotypes to Advance Computational Translation in Mental Health (IMPACT-MH). These two funding opportunities are intended to encourage and support research that uses behavioral measures and computational methods to define novel clinical signatures…
May 15, 2023 • Research Highlight Perinatal depression is a common but serious mood disorder. The DSM-5, which is the classification system used to diagnose mental disorders, defines perinatal depression as a depressive episode with onset either during pregnancy or in the first 4 weeks after pregnancy (postpartum). However, pregnancy and postpartum are associated with…
15 – 21 May 2023 is Anxiety.“Anxiety is a normal emotion in us all, but sometimes it can get out of control and become a mental health problem. Lots of things can lead to feelings of anxiety, including exam pressures, relationships, starting a new job (or losing one) or other big life events. We can also…
Audio Transcript New week, new day, new mercies. Welcome back to the podcast on this Monday. We are going to start the week talking about nicotine — pipe smoking, specifically. But I think this topic, and this question, is likely to open up a much broader conversation about other stimulants — caffeine, sugar, amphetamines, cannabis,…
Slow to chide, and swift to bless. With such a memorable tribute to our heavenly Father, pastor and poet Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847) ends the second stanza of his hymn “Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven.” Lyte was born to a derelict father, who sent him off to boarding school, nearly abandoned him, and…
By Jane Kollmer Of the services dentists offer that can be submitted for medical insurance reimbursement, oral appliance therapy is routinely covered because it treats a medical condition—sleep apnea. There is no question of whether oral appliances for sleep apnea therapy are dental, medical, or cosmetic, according to Randy Curran, CEO and founder of Pristine…