The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Report Ranks Top-10 US Cities for Energy Efficiency Health Benefits Saving energy can reduce the number of asthma attacks and other harmful health effects of air pollution from power plants, according to Saving Energy, Saving Lives: The Health Impacts of Avoiding Power Plant Pollution with Energy Efficiency, a pioneering new […]
By Todd Giller, CRT, EMT_P I started as a hospital and nursing home RT back in the days of subacute ventilator units in the early 1990’s, working on LP10s and occasionally LTV portable vents. I also did a lot of agency and part-time work in hospitals all over the Miami, Broward […]
Women who work as cleaners or regularly use cleaning sprays or other cleaning products at home appear to experience a greater decline in lung function over time than women who do not clean, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical […]
Lumin works using a UV disinfection cycle time of only 5 minutes, no harmful ozone, and a 99.9% kill rate for harmful bacteria, viruses, mold, and fungus. CPAP sanitization units that utilize ozone generally require a longer cleaning cycle and up to a two-hour wait before the patient can use […]
With the economic and societal costs of smoking totaling more than $300 billion a year and rising, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on The Real Cost of Smoking by State. To encourage the estimated 36.5 million tobacco users in the U.S. to kick the dangerous habit, WalletHub calculated the potential monetary losses […]
Mobi ResMed today introduced Mobi, its first ResMed-branded portable oxygen concentrator (POC). An image of the product is not available at this time. Mobi offers an industry-leading balance of oxygen delivery, weight and battery life so that millions with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or other respiratory condition can enjoy […]
Save up to $40* on DreamWear, Wisp, or Amara View sleep apnea masks. Offer expires 1/31/18. *Maximum rebate is total out of pocket costs per itemized receipt if under $40. Save up to $40 on one (1) of the following masks: DreamWear Open face design provides an unobstructed view, reliable […]
Synspira, a privately held company developing a new class of inhaled glycopolymer-based therapeutics for the treatment of pulmonary disease, announced that it has received up to a $3 million award from the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation to advance clinical development of its lead candidate, SNSP113, for use in pulmonary complications […]
A patient with COPD comes to you with news that she’s taking a family vacation. But, what should be an exciting event is becoming a major pain point as she stresses about managing her COPD with the strain of travel. Managing COPD is an ongoing need for patients, but it […]
Spirosure Inc. announced that it has made an FDA 510(k) submission seeking U.S. clearance for its Fenom PRO Point-of-Care Breathalyzer, which was launched in September at the world’s largest meeting for respiratory physicians, scientists and allied health professionals: the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2017. Fenom PRO is CE […]
