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The American Association for Respiratory Care's (AARC) 54th International Respiratory Congress will take place Saturday, Dec. 13-Monday, Dec. 15 in Anaheim, Calif.
Remember Y2K? It was a computer glitch that was supposed to wreak havoc on computers when the clock struck midnight Jan. 1, 2000. Since so much of our lives is computerized, many feared that society would revert back to the pre-Industrial Age.
Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) has launched a Web-based video to help people manage the transition from CFC albuterol inhalers to HFA inhalers on its Web site, www.breatherville.org.
Since 2007, industry stakeholders have been working on a plan that would reform the Medicare oxygen policy. Now, as health care discussions begin in Washington, the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) is putting the finishing touches on the plan with hopes of introducing it to Congress in the coming weeks, says Tyler Wilson, AAHomecare's president/CEO.
CPAP treatment seems to improve cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer's disease who also suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial conducted at the University of California, San Diego. The study, led by Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry at the University of California School of Medicine, was published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.