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Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center soon will begin implanting a new device designed to improve breathing in patients with upper spinal-cord injuries or other diseases that keep them from breathing independently. http://www.physorg.com/news178377018.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:11:05 EST news178377018 A new tool developed by a Medical College of Georgia resident and faculty member may make it easier to place assisted breathing devices under difficult circumstances. http://www.physorg.com/news174838691.html Medicine & Health Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:40:06 EST news174838691 A study in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that while a strict diet and exercise program may benefit obese patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), it is unlikely to eliminate the condition. http://www.physorg.com/news174804295.html Medicine & Health Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:30:02 EST news174804295 An F1000 evaluation looks at a Canadian study on how giving caffeine to newborn rats has a long-lasting and detrimental effect on sleep and breathing in adulthood. http://www.physorg.com/news174219306.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:40:05 EST news174219306 Obesity in children significantly increases the risk of major and minor respiratory complications following surgery to correct sleep disordered breathing (SDB), according to new research presented at the 2009 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in San Diego, CA. http://www.physorg.com/news174143382.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:10:01 EST news174143382 As the health care reform debate turns to cutting costs and improving treatment outcomes, two professors at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are expanding a study that shows promise for reducing both the expense and suffering associated with chronic asthma. http://www.physorg.com/news172732284.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:11:42 EST news172732284 Research has shown that swimming aids asthma symptoms in children. The activity has been proven to be an effective non-pharmacological intervention for children and adolescents, according to a study in Respirology published by Wiley-Blackwell. http://www.physorg.com/news169964321.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:18:57 EST news169964321 A study in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that adults with Down syndrome also frequently suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, complications of untreated OSA such as cardiovascular disease, daytime sleepiness and impaired cognitive functioning overlap with the manifestations of Down syndrome; therefore, OSA may not be detected. http://www.physorg.com/news169537069.html Medicine & Health Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:00:03 EST news169537069 (AP) -- The turtles at this waterfront hospital have been hit by boat propellers, caught in fishing nets, attacked by sharks, stricken with tumors and lost flippers. http://www.physorg.com/news168765604.html Biology Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:21:28 EST news168765604 Two and a half years after children with sleep-related breathing disorders had surgery to remove their tonsils and adenoids (glands in the back of the throat), they appear to sleep better than they did before the procedure but not as well as they did six months after, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Initial improvements in their behavior were maintained except when measured by an index of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. http://www.physorg.com/news167327311.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:50:03 EST news167327311 Increasingly severe sleep-related breathing disorders in older men appear to be associated with a greater risk of abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias), according to a report in the June 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, different types of breathing problems appear more closely associated with different categories of arrhythmia. http://www.physorg.com/news164909181.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:40:01 EST news164909181 Cigarette smoking induced COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a disease that results in severe breathing difficulty. According to World Health Organization (WHO) it is the fourth leading killer worldwide. However the mechanisms responsible for some smokers developing COPD and others evading the disease have not been well understood. http://www.physorg.com/news163335346.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:56:08 EST news163335346 Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have discovered a protein in the lungs that can help in determining progression of the rare lung disease Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). http://www.physorg.com/news163315496.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:34:36 EST news163315496 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has identified a specific class of pharmaceutical drugs that could be effective in treating babies vulnerable to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), because their mothers smoked during pregnancy. http://www.physorg.com/news163258116.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:29:04 EST news163258116 A study in the June 1 issue of the journal Sleep found that waist circumference and body mass index (BMI) are consistent, independent risk factors for all severity levels of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in children, suggesting that as with adult SDB, metabolic factors are important risk factors for childhood SDB. http://www.physorg.com/news163060925.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:43:34 EST news163060925 Taking folic acid supplements for at least a year before conception is associated with reduction in the risk of premature birth, according to a study by Radek Bukowski (from the University of Texas Medical Branch, United States of America) and colleagues, published in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news161316147.html Medicine & Health Tue, 12 May 2009 03:02:54 EST news161316147 Sleep is such an essential part of human existence that we spend about a third of our lives doing it -- some more successfully than others. Sleep disorders afflict some 50-70 million people in the United States and are a major cause of disease and injury. People who suffer from disturbed sleep have an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, hypertension, obesity, depression, and accidents. Nearly a fifth of all serious car crashes, in fact, are linked to sleeplessness. http://www.physorg.com/news159023422.html Other Sciences Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:10:49 EST news159023422 It started as something of a medical mystery that, at first, doctors couldn't figure out. http://www.physorg.com/news158941890.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:32:55 EST news158941890 Can doing the downward-facing dog keep your heart from racing out of control? Alicia Jones is hoping so. http://www.physorg.com/news158496029.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:41:05 EST news158496029 Sleep disordered breathing, also known as sleep apnea, is highly prevalent among retired National Football League (NFL) players, and particularly in linemen, according to Mayo Clinic research. This study, involving 167 players, adds to the growing body of research examining the relationship between sleep apnea and heart disease, the investigators say. http://www.physorg.com/news157296999.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:37:09 EST news157296999 The nation's preterm birth rate declined slightly in 2007 - a finding that the March of Dimes hopes will prove to be the start of a new trend in improved maternal and infant health. http://www.physorg.com/news156603387.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:57:02 EST news156603387 When hyperventilating sometimes seems the only option to stress, Petri Brill has a healthier suggestion: yoga. http://www.physorg.com/news150398526.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:22:06 EST news150398526 Individuals with sleep-related breathing disorders appear to burn more calories when resting as their conditions become more severe, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology -Head & Neck Surgery. http://www.physorg.com/news148583306.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:08:26 EST news148583306 Two pacemakers in the brain work together in harmony to ensure that breathing occurs in a regular rhythm, according to new research from MIT scientists. http://www.physorg.com/news144956266.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:37:46 EST news144956266 The remains of a 30-foot-long predatory dinosaur discovered along the banks of Argentina's Rio Colorado is helping to unravel how birds evolved their unusual breathing system. http://www.physorg.com/news141924662.html Other Sciences Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:31:02 EST news141924662