News tagged with breathing problems
Preterm birth rate drops
Mar 18, 2009 |
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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.
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Mathematics simplifies sleep monitoring
May 07, 2008 |
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A UQ researcher has created a new way to measure breathing patterns in sleeping infants which may also work for adults.
Breathing problems during sleep associated with calories burned at rest
Dec 15, 2008 |
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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 Su ...
Older men with breathing problems during sleep more likely to have irregular heartbeats
Jun 22, 2009 |
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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 Me ...
Will giving coffee to babies keep them awake as adults?
Oct 08, 2009 |
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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.
Adenotonsillectomy may offer long-term benefits for children with breathing problems during sleep
Jul 20, 2009 |
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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 ...
FDA issues Spiriva and Foradil advisory
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Mar 03, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a public health advisory concerning the correct use of Spiriva and Foradil capsules.
New device implanted by surgeons help paralyzed patients breathe easier
Nov 25, 2009 |
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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.
COPD-related problems hard to swallow
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exhibit a disordered breathing-swallowing pattern that may account for their higher risk of aspiration pneumonia, according to new research from ...
Smoking bans reduce the risk of heart attacks associated with secondhand smoke
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Smoking bans are effective at reducing the risk of heart attacks and heart disease associated with exposure to secondhand smoke, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The report also confirms there is sufficient ...
Simple new way to analyze sleep disorders
Apr 15, 2009 |
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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 ...
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