Date and Time September 19, 20232:00–2:30 p.m. ET OverviewIn recognition of National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in September, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is hosting a Facebook Live event on youth suicide prevention.Suicide is a leading cause of death among young people in the United States. A new NIMH-supported study found that the coronavirus…
By John Viviano, DDS, DABDSM Oral appliance therapy for sleep apnea involves the fitting of an oral appliance into a patient’s mouth, which is well within the scope of any general dental practice. However, just because a dentist is the best-qualified clinician to fashion and deliver an oral appliance, referring sleep physicians should not assume…
Could you forgive someone if you knew they murdered your entire family? It sounds far-fetched. But this is the question posed in As We Forgive – a documentary about the tragedies of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the stories of two women as they came face to face with the men who killed their families. It provoked the…
I’ve been told that suffering cannot be God’s will for me. I’ve been advised not even to speak about suffering. I’ve been promised unconditional healing and wholeness if I have enough faith. These statements came from proponents of the prosperity gospel, people who were convinced I could avoid suffering. I remember telling a fellow believer…
Date and Time September 18, 20239:00–10:30 a.m. ETSeptember 19, 202310:00–11:30 p.m. ET Dates and times (listed in ET), with two sessions per group:Pre- and post-doctoral investigators:September 18, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. ETSeptember 19, 2023, 10:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. ETEarly-stage investigators:September 22, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. ETSeptember 25, 2023, 10:00 p.m. – 11:30…
The Christian grandmother, talking with me about her daughter and grandson, was heartbroken. As her daughter unveiled her new life, beliefs, and rules, this grandmother felt the ground was no longer solid. She raised this prayed-for daughter in the church. As a teenager, her daughter made a profession of faith. But then everything changed. The…
Audio Transcript Happy Monday. Today is Labor Day for many of us, a day when we rest from our work and think of just about anything but work. But here we are, talking about work, and we’re doing it because a number of you have emailed over the years wanting to know about work in…
By Sree Roy Sleep specialists and patients consider many variables when deciding whether an implanted neurostimulator is a sleep apnea therapy road they want to embark upon. The past year has brought relief that one bump has now been smoothed down: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatibility. “I wouldn’t put [MRI compatibility] high on my list…
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the remedē System, marketed by ZOLL Medical Corporation, for conditional use with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). ZOLL’s remedē System is an implantable transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation therapy for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe central sleep apnea. Full-body MRI approval applies to all…
“Not feeling like it.” In the daily pursuit of Christ, I fear no phrase has hindered me more. A few moments’ reflection reminds me of the silliness of such a feelings-based spirituality. A farmer will find nothing at harvest if he sets aside his plow with a wave of “not feeling like it.” A pianist…