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2-Week Course Of Sleep Aid Increases CPAP Adherence In OSA Patients At 6 Months
New research suggests that patients newly diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who use a short-course of the sleep aid, eszopiclone, when beginning continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, are more adherent with therapy in six months.
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NICE Approves Use Of Lenalidomide In Patients With Multiple Myeloma Who Have Received Two Or More Previous Therapies
Around 2000 multiple myeloma sufferers in the UK could have their lives extended by around three months after a decision by The UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to approve lenalidomide in those patients who have received two or more previous therapies-provided that the cost of cycles beyond the 26th cycle of treatment are met by the drug manufacturer. A summary of the NICE decision is published in a Special Report Online First and in the July edition of The Lancet Oncology.
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Increased Occurrences Of Parasomnia Symptoms Experienced By Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients
Patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have an increased prevalence of parasomnia symptoms compared with the prevalence rates of individual parasomnias, according to a research abstract presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
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Five New Swine Flu Cases Bring UK Total To 117

According to the Health Protection Agency (HPA), UK, there were five new confirmed cases of swine flu (H1N1), bringing the total to 117. The HPA"s laboratories carry out all testing of swine flu virus. The five new cases include two adults from London, two adults from South East England, and a child from the West Midlands. Two of them returned from a country where swine flu exists, while another is linked to a previously confirmed case in England - the s of the other two are still being investigated, the HPA reported. Nobody in the UK has died from swine flu. HPA laboratories are currently investigating 169 cases throughout the UK. The HPA stresses that these figures can change at any moment as new cases are introduced. Below is a greographical breakdown of all cases so far: *East of England - 11 *East Midlands - 2 *London - 65 *North East - 1 *North West - 6 *South East - 11 *South West - 3 *West Midlands - 7 *Yorkshire & Humber - 0 TOTAL ENGLAND - 106 *Northern Ireland - 1 *Scotland - 10 *Wales - 0 TOTAL UK - 117 The travel ban for non essential purposes from the UK to Mexico has been lifted. Written by Christian Nordqvist Copyright: Medical News Today Not to be reproduced without permission of Medical News Today


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