An audit in 2023 found that many Pittsburgh-area EMS clinicians routinely work 18-hour shifts – or longer – increasing the ...

Mike Lee went into cardiac arrest, but his co-workers with CPR certifications and an AED knew what to do to save him. They are being honored as heroes by the Greensboro fire chief.

VA is proposing major changes to disability ratings for sleep apnea, tinnitus, and mental health, shifting away from device based formulas and toward functional impairment.

Around 30 million adults in the US have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and about 80% of them are undiagnosed. That means millions of people are suffering and might not realize their snoring or chronic ...

Incretin receptor agonists, such as tirzepatide, have shown promising effects in reducing the severity of obstructive sleep apnea in recent randomized clinical trials, but real-world evidence on their ...

Franklin County is using opioid settlement funds for a new initiative to combat substance use disorder. A new database will track naloxone use by EMS to identify overdose hotspots and direct resources ...

A massive veteran study found a strong connection between untreated sleep apnea and a higher chance of Parkinson’s. CPAP users had much lower odds of developing the condition. Researchers believe that ...

Catching and treating a common sleep disorder early may help prevent Parkinson's disease, a new study shows. Parkinson's is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that causes tremor, stiffness, slow ...

Add one more malady to the potential risks from untreated sleep apnea: Parkinson's disease. A new study involving 11 million U.S. veterans finds that a person's odds of developing Parkinson's nearly ...

A study of millions of U.S. veterans shows that untreated sleep apnea nearly doubles a person's odds for Parkinson's disease Years of inadequate oxygen supply to the brain might explain the connection ...

Parkinson’s disease — which causes poor balance and stiff movement — affects an estimated 1 million Americans. That number is expected to rise by 20% in the next few years. While there’s no sure-fire ...