The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
A new international guideline has been developed to help physicians diagnosis idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a rare and often fatal lung disease whose cause is unknown. The 2018 clinical practice guideline was developed by experts representing four major respiratory societies—the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the European Respiratory Society (ERS), Japanese […]
3B Medical is pleased to announce the Luna II next-generation CPAP platform. The Luna II will launch on October 1, 2018 with a host of new product improvements including MyPatientWatch, an intuitive and easy to use advanced patient management portal with patient exception reporting. In addition, the Luna II has […]
Integrated Vent Solutions (IVS) will be the sole distributor in New England of VOCSN, a 5-in-1 respiratory system. VOCSN is a unified respiratory system that integrates five separate medical devices including a ventilator, oxygen concentrator, cough assist, suction, and nebulizer. IVS is founded by a team of seasoned healthcare professionals with […]
ResMed today announced key upgrades to its Astral life support ventilators, including Optional AutoEPAP in iVAPS for U.S. patients, a high-demand therapy option. What is AutoEPAP? AutoEPAP (automatic expiratory positive airway pressure) automatically adjusts a patient’s expiratory pressure in response to flow limitations or obstruction of the upper airway. […]
Innovations in Narcolepsy Awareness Join Project Sleep in Boston for Innovations in Narcolepsy Awareness, a unique one-day event and interactive workshop to empower advocates and advance novel approaches to educating the public about narcolepsy. The meeting will take place on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m […]
The number of cases of progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) among U.S. coal miners has risen during the past two decades, even as the number of coal miners has declined, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. In “Progressive Massive Fibrosis Resurgence Identified in […]
VirtuOx, Inc., a healthcare IT company providing diagnostic tools and services to enable healthcare organizations and professionals diagnose and treat a variety of disease states, announced today the acquisition of Instant Diagnostic Systems (IDS). The transaction was facilitated by VERTESS (http://www.vertess.com), a leading healthcare M+A advisory firm. K&L Gates, led […]
Propeller Health’s digital medicines allow Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield consumers to better manage COPD symptoms Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio announced the rollout of an innovative new program, with Propeller Health’s collaboration, to help improve health outcomes for Ohio consumers enrolled in Anthem’s Medicare Advantage […]
With the Affordable Care Act remaining in effect and the CDC reporting that over 88 percent of the population has a regular place to go for medical care, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst States for Health Care as well as accompanying videos. In order to […]
Masimo has announced the findings of a recently published study in which researchers investigated whether home pulse oximetry monitoring might be a useful initial screening method of determining which children with Down syndrome (DS) – who are at high risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) – be recommended to undergo […]
