Avoid Medical Marijuana for Treatment of Sleep Apnoea
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) recently published a position statement regarding medical cannabis...
30 May, 2018
Medical Newsletter
Will chronic e-cigarette use cause lung disease?
Chronic tobacco smoking is a major cause of preventable morbidity and mortality worldwide. The effects...
24 April, 2018
Pharmacological therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
It is well established that during obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) the upper airway collapses, obstructing...
23 April, 2018
Effect of Nasal Continuous Positive Pressure on the Nostrils of Patients with Sleep Apnoea Syndrome and no Previous Nasal Pathology. Predictive Factors for Compliance.
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the first line treatment for sleep apnoea and the...
23 April, 2018
Pathophysiology Idiopathic Hypersomnolence
Defined Previously characterised by hypersomnolence with sleep drunkenness (Billiard & Sonka, 2016), the “unique symptomatology” demonstrated...
23 April, 2018
Asthma puffers likely contributing to climate change
A recent news article written by Brett Montgomery, a senior lecturer in General Practice at...
28 March, 2018
Moving Memories
Scientists have recently published research where memories have been visualised moving from one region of...
27 March, 2018
Cross Cultural Perspectives on Sleep: Outside of a Post-Industrialised Context
Are modern sleep patterns a product of recent selective pressures, or a mismatch to ancestral...
26 March, 2018
Long term use of melatonin
Recently I was invited to the ABC studios in Brisbane to talk about sleep, in...
15 March, 2018
New Vaccinations for Over-65s
Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced that, in 2018, the Government would fund two new...
01 March, 2018