Medical e-News Archive

Issue 53: TSGQ News – April/May 2016

A 30 minute, but not a 10 minute, night-time nap is associated with sleep inertia
Maxillomandibular volume influences the relationship between weight-loss and improvement in obstructive sleep apnoea
A recent study finds that older men are at a 1.8-fold increased risk of stroke due to overnight hypoxemia
Patient Education Combined in a Music and Habit-Forming Intervention for Adherence to Continuous Positive Airway (CPAP) Prescribed for Sleep Apnea
Relationships between fractional exhaled nitric oxide levels and FEF25%–75% in children with asthma

Issue 52: TSGQ News – March 2016

How much sleep is normal: Optimize your health with 7 hours of sleep or more each night
Hungry for Sleep: A role for endocannibinoids?
Cerebral haemodynamics is altered in patients with sleep apnoea/hypopnea syndrome
Nitric Oxide and the paranasal sinuses: NO testing is an essential accompaniment to spirometry

Issue 51: TSGQ News – January/February 2016

20 Ways to Start The Day Happier
Don’t worry, be happy: just go to bed earlier
Study links irregular sleep schedules to adverse metabolic health in women
Statins might prevent vascular inflammation in sleep apnoea
Blood eosinophils and inhaled corticosteriods/long acting beta 2-agonist efficacy in COPD

Issue 51: TSGQ News – August 2015

The Sleep Anpoea cardioVascular Endpoints (SAVE) Trial: Rationale, Ethics, Design and Progress
Trajectories of Sleep Quality and Associations with Mood during the Perinatal Period
Surgical Therapies in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Association between Peripheral Airway Function and Neutrophilic Inflammation in Asthma

Issue 50: TSGQ News – July 2015

Recommended amount of sleep for a healthy adult
Risk of cardiovascular disease associated with Restless Leg syndrome (RLS)
Increased Carbonic Anhydrase Activity Associated with Sleep Apnoea Severity and Related Hypoxemia and what this Could Mean for Eye Health
VNN1 Gene could serve as a biomarker for response to corticosteriods in childhood asthma

Issue 49: TSGQ News – June 2015

Natural history and management of paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea – Emerging concepts
Neurobehavioural functioning in adolescents with and without obesity and obstructive sleep apnoea
Decreased regional cerebral perfusion in moderate-severe obstructive sleep apnoea during wakefulness
A randomized controlled trial of vitamin E and selenium on rate of decline in lung function

Issue 48: TSGQ News – April 2015

Quality-adjusted life-years gain and health status after one year of CPAP therapy
Chronic sleep fragmentation induces hypothalamic endoplasmic reticulum stress, leading to Metabolic Syndrome
Sleep apnoea and the risk of chronic kidney disease: A nationwide population-based cohort study
Causes of childhood community-acquired pneumonia

Issue 47: TSGQ News – December 2014

Sleep apnoea may threaten fertility in men
Link between insomnia and increased risk of motor vehicle accidents
Synchronizing education to adolescent biology

Lung regeneration mechanism discovered

Issue 46: TSGQ News – November 2014

Diagnosis and treatment of sleep disordered breathing in hospitals cardiac patients reduces readmission rates
Oropharyngeal exercise as a treatment for obstructive sleepe apnoea

Looking at the heritability of craniofacial structures in normal subjects and patients with sleep apnoea and how to determine patients at risk of developing OSA
Scientists trigger self-destruct switch in lung cancer cells

Issue 45: TSGQ News – October 2014

The cost of diagnosing and treating Moderate to Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
The effect of Sleep Disordered Breathing on Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack Patient Outcomes
Sleep myths, What are the facts?
MicroRNA mimicry blocks Pulmonary Fibrosis

Issue 44: TSGQ News – September 2014

Association of severe OSA and elevated BP despite antihypertensive medication use
Warning signs of OSA
National trends in outpatient visits in the USA for insomnia, apnoea and sleep medications
Confusional arousals

Increased severity of respiratory infections associated with elevated anti-LPS IgG2 which inhibits serum bactericidal killing

Issue 43: TSGQ News – August 2014

Sleep duration and age related changes in brain structure and cognitive performance
Stress and insomnia
Correlation between obstructive sleep apnoea and erectile dysfunction
The impact of the provision of home based sleep studies in Australia

Innate immunity in the lung regulates the development of asthma

Issue 42: TSGQ News – July 2014

CPAP treatment in patients with Parkinson Disease and obstructive sleep apnoea
Immune function and sleep
Can treating obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease result in improved cognitive function?
Vitamin E-rich oils linked to lung inflammation

Issue 41: TSGQ News – June 2014

How can CPAP support impact a patient’s life?
Long term effect of weight loss on obstructive sleep apnoea severity in obese patients with type II diabetes mellitus
Fatigue managment in the defence force
Hospital maternal deaths linked to sleep apnoea
Researchers discover molecule that could treat allergen induced asthma

Issue 40: TSGQ News – May 2014

The link between obstructive sleep apnoea severity and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
An updated review: Sleep disturbances and defence force members
REM Behaviour Disorder may be a warning sign for Parkinson Disease
The Pla protease of yersinia pestis degrades Fas ligand to manipulate cell death and inflammation

Issue 39: TSGQ News – April 2014

Long-Term Success of OSA Therapies
An introduction to vascular dementia
The difference between Home Based Sleep Studies (HBSS) and In-Lab Studies
Sleep deprivation and aging induce pancreatic unfolded protein response: metabolic implications
New research links body clocks to chronic lung diseases

Issue 38: TSGQ News – March 2014

Association between neurocognitive deterioration in physiologically hyper aroused primary insomnia patients
Genetic risk of depressive symptoms is influenced by sleep duration
Hypnotherapy: A poorly understood therapy for affective disorders
An update of just how good exercise is for your sleep!
Woman and Sleep Apnea
ERS/ATS guidelines on the management of severe asthma

Issue 37: TSGQ News – February 2014

Pharmacological possibility for the treatment of OSA
Serum Uric Acid as a predictor of mortality and futur exacerbations of COPD
Effects of Quetiapine on sleep architecture: Growing concerns over harmful adverse events
Broad-spectrum antimocrobial therapy found to be equally as effective in treating childhood pneumonia
Pregnancy and sleep disorders

Issue 36: TSGQ News – December 2013

How to screen for sleep studies studies Part 2: The Mallampati Scoring System and Obesity
Increasing CVD epidemic
Sleep moderates metabolism
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is strongly associated with productive infection by herpesvirus

Issue 35: TSGQ News – November 2013

Is CPAP worth it?
Reversibility of brain injury in OSA
Helping psychiatric patients with OSA
Can Stem Cells be Used to Generate New Lungs?

Issue 34: TSGQ News – October 2013

Special on Lung cancer: part 4
Early detection may slow the progression of atherosclerotic disease
Hypoxia is a predictor of erectile dysfunction
Helping psychiatric patients with OSA

Issue 33: TSGQ News – September 2013

Special on Lung cancer: part 3
Night shift might contribute to cancer
Humans Used to Have a ‘1st’ Then ‘2nd’ Sleep
OSA and the eye
Sleep disorders as a prelude for Alzheimers

Issue 32: TSGQ News – August 2013

Special on Lung cancer: part 2
Cephalometry: The effectiveness of craniofacial measurements in predicting OSA
Rigorous documentation of the link between insulin resistance and circadian disruption
Erectile Dysfunction Related To Sleep Apnea May Persist, But Is Treatable

Issue 31: TSGQ News – July 2013

Special on Lung cancer: part 1
A review of sleep related movements disorders
Opinion on cause of obesity influences BMI
New information on contributors to cardiogenic lung oedema
OSA may contribute to poor control of asthma

Issue 30: TSGQ News – June 2013

Circadian Rhythm Determination
Tobacco Statistics 2013
Humans Used to Have a ‘1st’ Then ‘2nd’ Sleep
Prednisolone Induces Changes in Gene Expression in Asthma Patients
How to Screen for Sleep Studies – Part 1

Issue 29: TSGQ News – May 2013

Vitamin D and Sleep Disturbance
Less pollution related deaths from Nuclear fuel
Hypocretin – the secret to happiness?
Cardio-pulmonary Exercise Testing explained

Issue 28: TSGQ News – April 2013

Driving tired is like driving drunk
High Dose Vitamin D to treat RTI’s
A New Vision From the ERS
Provent to Prevent SDB?

Issue 27: TSGQ News – March 2013

Non-CPAP, non-surgical therapies for OSA
Influenza Season 2013
‘ISR’ treatment for chronic insomnia
The US Approves New Treatment for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

Issue 26: TSGQ News – February 2013

Surgical therapies in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Quitting smoking can reduce the risk of lung cancer related death by 1000%
Boosting sleep slows ‘memory rot’
New Tuberculosis vaccine not effective in infants
Senior pilots less suited to long-haul flights

Issue 25: TSGQ News – January 2013

Dentists can screen for OSA
Summer heat wave affecting sleep quality and productivity
World Cancer Day 2013
Attitudes to smoking cessation

Issue 24: TSGQ News – December 2012

A cure for jetlag?
What exactly can we learn in sleep?
Diazepam Suppresses Central Sleep Apnoea in Rats
Rapid risk assessment of obstructive sleep apnoea in the primary care setting
Stress-related Insomnia. How effective are herbal remedies?
What effects does smoking have on the mind?

Issue 23: TSGQ News – November 2012

New links between OSA and cardiac diseases
A review of sleep monitoring devices
Paradoxical insomnia
Sleep disorders and pregnancy
Interpreting Spirometry

Issue 22: TSGQ News – September 2012

Post operative complications in patients with OSA
The impact of sleep disorders on PTSD
Trans-oral robotic surgery
Nasal APAP and associated obstructive sleep apnoea symptoms
Pollution and respiratory health

Issue 21: TSGQ News – August 2012

Practice Parameters for the treatment of RLS and PLMD
Sleep, Cognition and Caffeine
Insomnia is a predictor for depression development
To nap or not to nap?
How light pollution affects your sleep
Disparities in end of life care for COPD patients

Issue 20: TSGQ News – June/July 2012

Sleep apnoea and athletes
Stress Down Day
Suvorexant and its effects on insomnia
The cardiovascular effects of OSA
OSA and the link to pro-inflammatory markers
Injectable O2

Issue 19: TSGQ News – May 2012

World Parkinsons Day
Sleeping disorders and weight gain
Cognitive behavioural approaches to the treatment of insomnia
Insulin resistance and OSA in women with PCOS
How does a sleep physician consultation affect CPAP compliance
Revised national medical standards for driver licensing
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: Prognostic impact of follow-up assessments

Issue 18: TSGQ News – April Easter Special 2012

World Parkinsons Day
Sleeping disorders and weight gain
Cognitive behavioural approaches to the treatment of insomnia
Insulin resistance and OSA in women with PCOS
How does a sleep physician consultation affect CPAP compliance
Revised national medical standards for driver licensing
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: Prognostic impact of follow-up assessments

Issue 17: TSGQ News – March 2012

Sleep Disturbance and Suicide
OSA and Diabetes
Co-morbities of Insomnia
The Effects of Epilepsy on Sleep
Organic Dust inhalation
Wine and FVC function

Issue 16: TSGQ News – February 2012

Occupational screening programs needed for safety critial occupations
Asperger’s Syndrome and sleep
Hypoglossial nerve stimalation as an alternative to CPAP

Issue 15: TSGQ News – November 2011

Alzheimer’s And Sleep
Emerging Epigenetic Research In The Development Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Metabolic Consequences Of Sleep Deprivation
Recognising the Symptoms of Sleepiness
8 tips to Better Manage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Issue 14: TSGQ News – October 2011