enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Hypoglossal nerve stimulator - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoglossal_nerve_stimulator

   Certain patients with obstructive sleep apnea who are deemed eligible candidates may be offered the hypoglossal nerve stimulator as an alternative. FDA-approved hypoglossal nerve neurostimulation is considered medically reasonable and necessary for the treatment of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea when all of the following criteria are met: [4]

3. Does Medicare cover Inspire treatment for sleep apnea? - AOL

   www.aol.com/does-medicare-cover-inspire...

   It also covers devices for people who have clinical signs and symptoms of sleep apnea. If people receive a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea, Medicare may cover a 3-month trial period of a CPAP ...

4. FDA approves weight-loss drug to treat sleep apnea - AOL

   www.aol.com/fda-approves-weight-loss-drug...

   The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a weight-loss drug to help sleep apnea, becoming the first drug to treat the disorder affecting millions of Americans. On Friday, the federal agency ...

5. Feds issue warning on infant sleep positioners after a dozen ...

   www.aol.com/news/2010-09-29-feds-issue-warning...

   Two federal agencies today issued a warning to parents to stop using infant sleep positioners - marketed as safety devices - following the deaths of 12 infants. They want consumers to stop using ...

6. Sleep surgery - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_surgery

   Obstructive sleep apnea or sleep apnea is defined as either cessation of breathing (apnea) for 10 seconds, or a decrease in normal breathing (hypopnea) with an associated desaturation in oxygen and arousal during sleep that lasts at least 10 seconds. In adults, it is typical to have up to 4.9 events per hour.

7. Respironics - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respironics

   Philips Respironics's products include devices for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea including CPAP and bi-level non-invasive ventilation machines, oxygen concentrators for patients requiring supplemental oxygen, infant apnea monitors for infants at risk of SIDS, asthma treatment solutions and hospital ventilators.