Telemedicina, app para melhoria adesão e SAOS

https://wintech.pt/w-lifestyle/25884-philips-apresenta-app-dreammapper-para-pacientes-com-sindrome-de-apneia-obstrutiva-do-sono

Citando:
"A Philips, líder mundial em tecnologia de saúde, vai apresentar durante o “Simpósio Insónia: a perspetiva da Medicina do Sono”, da Associação Portuguesa do Sono, a solução de e-health DreamMapper para pacientes com Síndrome de Apneia Obstrutiva do Sono (SAOS).

(...) aplicação que permite acompanhar os resultados da sua terapêutica, motivando-o a aderir ao tratamento. De acordo com o estudo multicêntrico realizado na plataforma de Telemedicina EncoreAnywhere da Philips nos Estados Unidos da América, 78% dos pacientes que utilizam a solução DreamMapper cumpriram a terapêutica de forma exemplar, enquanto entre os que seguem um tratamento standard, apenas 56% o conseguiram cumprir. A app DreamMapper melhora a adesão ao tratamento em 22%."

"Sentido de vida" importante para qualidade do sono?

O NHS Choices analisa as notícias e diz que pode não ter a ver com o sentido de vida propriamente, ou seja a notícia é algo enganosa:
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2017/07July/Pages/Does-having-a-sense-of-purpose-in-life-help-you-sleep-better.aspx

Citando:
""Sense of purpose aids sleep, US scientists find," The Guardian reports on a new study that explored the relationship between having a sense of purpose in life and quality of sleep in older adults.

The study analysed data from 800 older adults with an average age of 80 in the US.

Researchers found that generally, having a greater sense of purpose in life was associated with better quality of sleep, as well as a decreased likelihood of sleep disorders such as sleep apnoea and restless leg syndrome. "

Aviso aos pais: apneia do sono afecta o cérebro das crianças

Como afecta as crianças e pode normalmente ser tratada então isso deve tornar-se uma prioridade:
http://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/parents-take-note-disturbed-sleep-can-affect-your-childs-mental-skills-behaviour/articleshow/57705243.cms

Citação:
"Obstructive sleep apnea is a common sleep disturbance which affects up to five per cent of all children. 
(...)
Further, there is also a strong connection between sleep apnea and the loss of neurons or delayed neuronal growth in the developing brain. 
(...)

For this study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, the team evaluated sleep patterns of 16 children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). 

Each child also went through neuro-cognitive testing and had his or her brain scanned with non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). 

They found reductions in the volume of gray matter in multiple regions of the brains of children with disrupted sleep. 

These included the frontal cortices -- which handle movement, problem solving, memory, language, judgement and impulse control -- the prefrontal cortices -- complex behaviours, planning, personality -- parietal cortices -- integrating sensory input -- temporal lobe -- hearing and selective listening -- and the brainstem -- controlling cardiovascular and respiratory functions. "

Fazer exercício físico em cidades poluídas pode fazer mais mal do que bem (pulmões e coração) - Estudo

Detalhes da poluição atmosférica nas cidades, como se mede e o facto de ser mau para o coração (e pulmões) fazer exercício em ambientes poluídos, principalmente para quem sofre de apneia obstrutiva do sono:
http://www.wigantoday.net/news/offbeat/exercising-in-pollution-bad-for-the-heart-1-8282773
Citando:
"They found that air pollution makes it more difficult for the blood to flow into the lungs, specifically impairing the right ventricles.


Air pollution is measured in particulate matter (PM) - coarse dust particles which get into the lungs.


In London more than 3,000 deaths a year are attributed to particulate matter in the air and earlier this week it was revealed that three of the wealthiest boroughs had the highest rates of death caused by dirty air.


Despite a World Health Organisation recommendation that air pollution levels should not exceed a particulate matter rating of 2.5 micrometers at a maximal daily mean, cities worldwide regularly exceed the rating.


It was also found that patients with obstructive sleep apnoea - where the walls of the throat narrow during sleep - are most at risk."
(...)
"No strong evidence exists on effectiveness of face masks to eliminate or reduce particle exposure."

Os vários tipos de ressono...

... E algumas acções de mitigação. Umas simples, outras nem por isso (intervenções cirúrgicas):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3661837/What-type-snorer-test-reveal-solutions-likely-silence-you.html