The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Thursday, July 30, 2026
The use of e-cigarettes is associated with wheezing and shortness of breath in young adults and adolescents, even in those who don’t smoke cigarettes or marijuana, according to research presented at the ATS 2021 International Conference. Alayna P. Tackett, PhD, assistant professor of preventive medicine, University of Southern California Keck […]
As a tribute to the respiratory therapy community, we picked up this article from the Philadelphia Inquirer. It’s an article written to tell laypeople what respiratory therapists do on a daily basis and their critical role in the pandemic. A respiratory therapist may not be the medical professional you’d be […]
The hormone acts as a barrier against SARS-CoV-2, blocking the expression of genes that encode proteins in cells serving as viral entry points, according to a study by researchers at the University of São Paulo. Melatonin synthesized in the lungs acts as a barrier against the virus, preventing expression of […]
Wellinks, a leader in innovative respiratory technologies, has announced the initiation of an IRB approved research pilot study for patients previously diagnosed with COPD. The study, led by primary investigator Dr. Brian D. Gelbman, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital, will […]
As record numbers of coronavirus cases overwhelm hospitals across the United States, there is something strikingly different from the surge that inundated cities in the spring: No one is clamoring for ventilators. The sophisticated breathing machines, used to sustain the most critically ill patients, are far more plentiful than they […]
A team of researchers from Queen’s University Belfast has found signs of faster aging related to stress among people with asthma. The research was published on Thursday, August 13, 2020, in Thorax. Most people will experience a chronic disease, such as asthma, in their lifetime. In the UK approximately a quarter of […]
Often unsung in the COVID-19 crisis, respiratory therapists focus on helping people breathe — job duties include managing ventilation and artificial airways and assessing breathing challenges — and that means they play a large role in the treatment of coronavirus patients. During normal times, their work ranges from setting up […]
3B Medical is pleased to announce the Freedom X oxygen cannula. The Freedom X is intended to address the single most common complaint from oxygen patients, nose irritation. Constructed out of ultra-soft silicone, the patent-pending Freedom X cannula positions under the nostrils for contact-free delivery of oxygen. The Freedom X […]
CAIRE Inc. has announced the acquisition of Spirosure, Inc. Spirosure is a California-based developer and manufacturer of innovative technology for measuring Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO), a key indicator of allergic inflammation in asthmatic patients. It is estimated that asthma affects more than 300 million individuals worldwide and recent Global […]
Training with a counter-pressure steam breathing device has the potential to improve voice quality, as revealed in a recent pilot study in Finland. A report on the study was published in Journal of Voice, a peer-reviewed publication regarded as the world’s premier journal for voice medicine and research. The protocol […]
