Korean Startup Develops Acoustic Sleep Monitoring Technology

Korean sleep technology startup Asleep will showcase its Sleeptrack application program interface (API) that uses built-in microphones in smart devices to collect sleep data and Sleep Routine, an application-based service, at Viva Technology 2023 in Paris. Sleeptrack API can be combined with various improvement services by using AI technology that monitors sleep stages through breathing…

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Sleep Apnea’s Link to Cognitive Decline Calls for Targeted Treatment Options

Flinders University sleep health experts are working on developing improved solutions for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to ward off a range of health risks, including cognitive decline, according to a release from the university.   Heightened risk of cognitive function decline from undiagnosed OSA—particularly in middle-aged men living in the community—is the focus of one of…

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Midwives Among the Dead: How Missionaries Persevere in Hard Places

After six humid summers in Burma (now Myanmar), where temperatures topped 100 degrees, Adoniram Judson (1788–1850) hadn’t seen a single convert. Malaria, dysentery, and other diseases threatened the weary American and eventually took the lives of several members of his beloved family. Excruciating trials on top of terrible disappointments punctuated his 38 years of gospel…

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