Red River Sleep Center

Due to inclement weather, our office will be closed Saturday 01/24/26 through Monday 01/26/26 until 1pm CST. This closure may be extended if area utilities are disrupted.

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PAP therapy linked to fewer ER visits for OSA patients

Greater PAP Use Reduces ER Visits in Patients With OSA and Chronic Comorbidities Among patients with OSA and comorbid chronic conditions, there is a dose-dependent relationship between PAP usage and healthcare resource utilization.

CPAP, a good way to help stay out of the ER!

Large real-world study finds CPAP users had fewer costly heart-related emergencies.

https://sleepreviewmag.com/sleep-treatments/therapy-devices/cpap-pap-devices/cpap-adherence-tied-to-fewer-cardiovascular-er-visits-hospitalizations/

https://sleepreviewmag.com/sleep-health/demographics/sex/why-sleep-apnea-undetected-women

Why Sleep Apnea Goes Undetected in Women Perhaps the biggest obstacle to diagnosis in women is the way obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) presents itself.

Have a rough night? A nap and a little caffeine might help you through a day, but when you are having trouble sleeping three or more times a week, it's time to tell your doctor.

Consistently getting a good night's sleep can help keep your immune system in balance. The article linked below discusses how even one rough night can have an impact on your health. Is it time to ask your provider about your sleep health?

https://www.redriversleep.com/contact

https://sleepreviewmag.com/sleep-health/sleep-whole-body/immunity/single-sleepless-night-impact-immune-system-monocytes

How a Single Sleepless Night Can Impact Your Immune System Research reveals insight into the impact sleep quality has on a person’s immune system, and how it could be linked to the development of diseases.

Over the past three decades, we have found that the control of sound, light, and temperature during a sleep period have a major impact on your sleep. You can check out more information on Sleep Hygiene here:
https://www.redriversleep.com/sleep-center/forms-and-guides

There are many tools and daily routines that can help improve the quality of your sleep. The product mentioned below was recently noted in an article with one of our accreditation agencies and is one example of a tool that can help with sound/noisy sleep environments.

https://www.insidehook.com/wellness/ozlo-sleepbuds-fix-america-sleep-problems

Can a Pair of Earbuds Fix America's Sleep Problems? With Ozlo, N.B. Patil and Rockwell Shah saved a "life-changing" sleep aid from the tech graveyard — then improved it

https://www.benefitnews.com/news/addicted-to-screens-time-for-a-digital-detox

Addicted to screens? Time for a digital detox A tech industry veteran shares the impact of screen addiction, and how to figure out the best ways to temporarily detach.

Very often our patients receive a recommendation to avoid sleeping on their back, especially in more severe, or more complex sleep apnea cases. The airway can be greatly affected by positioning for many people. Even with mild sleep apnea cases there can be a big improvement when changing from sleeping on your back, to sleeping on your side.

Do you sleep with your nose pointed towards the ceiling? Well, you just might sleep and breath better by pointing your sniffer a little to the left of right, as it can further open your airway. In rare cases, we are able to recommend positional therapy alone as the primary treatment.

When it comes to sleep apnea, even a couple of millimeters of open airway can help reduce snoring and sleep apnea severity. We do not currently recommend one positional device over another, but here is one recently recognized by the VA system: https://zzomaosa.com/

The VA recently added this positional device to its fee schedule:
https://sleepreviewmag.com/sleep-treatments/therapy-devices/positional-therapies-supine/zzoma-positional-osa-added-federal-supply-schedule-va-access

Sleep Apnea Device | Zzoma - Alternative to CPAP Discover relief with our "Sleep Apnea Device - Zzoma" designed for optimal comfort and support, promoting better sleep and breathing. Sleep soundly tonight

We have long advised our customers to consider lowering the temperature of their sleep environment to help them go to sleep faster and sleep more consistently through the night. The article linked below discusses a correlation between higher temperatures and sleep apnea.

The takeaway is that it's still a good idea to stay cool during sleep! What is a good temperature for sleep? We recommend whatever feels comfortable to you or somewhere between 65-72 degrees.

High Temperatures Immediately Worsen Sleep Apnea Severity, Study Shows High temperatures immediately worsen sleep apnea severity, according to nationwide data from wearable devices.

NOTICE: Our TV services provider, Optimum, is experiencing delays with an installation that are currently preventing our usual cable TV services available to our overnight customers. Customers can expect our cable TV to be "out of order" until November 2024. We apologize for this outage.

Our Guest WIFI remains available, and the password is available upon request during your stay.

Thank you for your patience as we work with Optimum to get this issue resolved.

We are seeing more and more pediatric patients coming in over the past year and often we find that parents are looking for help with general sleep screening and sleep hygiene for their kids.

The product linked below is an example of a newer technology designed to help with children's sleep routines. Talk to your Sleep Specialist whenever you're considering technology or medication to help your child sleep/rest better. We serve ages two and up.

New Red-Light Sleep Aid Aims to Improve Children's Sleep Routines Helight Kidzzz is a newly introduced sleep aid that uses red-light technology to help improve sleep routines for children and infants.

We see sleep apnea in people of all ages and all sizes. Weight is a factor, but as this research presentation is slated to report, it is not THE factor.

Make sure to watch closely for symptoms like high blood pressure, falling asleep when you don't mean to, irritability, heart related problems, diabetes, and the general lack of energy, as these are some very important red flags to talk with your doctor about.

Sleep testing and treatments are readily accessible through our center. You can click over to redriversleep.com and try the Free Sleep Assessment and let your provider know that you are interested in sleep testing or give us a call us at (318) 443-1684 and we will be glad to help.

https://sleepreviewmag.com/sleep-disorders/breathing-disorders/obstructive-sleep-apnea/most-sleep-apnea-patients-arent-obese-apnimed-study-finds/

Most Sleep Apnea Patients Aren’t Obese, Apnimed Study Finds Apnimed will present new research, including the prevalence of obesity in obstructive sleep apnea, at SLEEP 2024.