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New Horizons in OSA Treatment: Could an Oral Epilepsy Drug Sulthiame Be the Game Changer?

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), a prevalent sleep disorder affecting millions worldwide, impacts an alarming one in three Indians, according to a recent study from AIIMS. For decades, OSA has been […]
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FDA Approves Tirzepatide (Zepbound) as the First Medication for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), a common yet underdiagnosed condition affecting millions globally, has reached a turning point in its treatment landscape. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved […]
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Understanding Your Sleep Study Report: A Simple Guide to Sleep Study Terms

Sleep is more than just closing your eyes; it’s a crucial part of feeling good and staying healthy. If your doctor suspects something might be wrong with your sleep, the […]
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Do you have OSA? Get self diagnosed in 2 minutes!

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder that is characterized by repetitive episodes of partial or complete upper airway obstruction during sleep, resulting in intermittent hypoxia and sleep […]
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DISE – Drug Induced Sleep Endoscopy

Drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) has emerged as a valuable diagnostic tool in the evaluation of snoring, sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) offering unique insights into upper airway dynamics during sleep. Prior to […]
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What are adenoids? Adenoid Hypertrophy, Clinical features and Adenoidectomy

Adenoids are a subepithelial collection of lymphoid tissue, which is present at the junction of the roof and posterior wall of the nasopharynx. They increase in size up to the […]
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea – An overview

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder that is characterized by repetitive episodes of partial or complete upper airway obstruction during sleep, resulting in intermittent hypoxia and sleep […]
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World Sleep Day

World Sleep Day is an annual event that is observed on the Friday before the spring equinox. The event is organized by the World Sleep Society, which is dedicated to […]
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Does my child need tonsillectomy? – Indications for pediatric tonsillectomy

Tonsillectomy is a surgical procedure performed with or without adenoidectomy that completely removes the tonsil, including its capsule, by dissecting the peritonsillar space between the tonsil capsule and the muscular […]
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Adenotonsillectomy lowers high blood pressure in children with OSA

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a spectrum of disorders ranging from simple snoring to complete obstruction of upper airways during sleep, which affects both children and adults. The most common […]
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Clinical practice guidelines for tonsillectomy

Tonsillectomy is the second most commonly performed surgery in the United States with more than 5,30,000 procedures performed on children younger than 15 years each year. Although tonsillectomy is a […]
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Adenotonsillectomy can improve bedwetting in children with obstructive sleep apnea

Bladder control in children usually occurs by the age of 5 years. Nocturnal enuresis (NE) or bedwetting, is the involuntary urination during sleep, in absence of physical disease in a child older than […]
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