Month: July 2006

AASM Accredits 1,000th Facility

On Friday, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) announced on its Web site that the Sleep Center at St. Lukes Medical Center Kirby Glen in Houston, Tex, has just become its 1,000th accredited facility.

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RPSGT Applications Up 46%

More sleep medicine technicians are taking and passing the exam to become registered polysomnographic technologists (RPSGTs), said the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technicians (BRPT), which administers the exam.

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Driver with Sleep Apnea Hits Teens

One New York state teenager was killed and another injured when a man with sleep apnea fell asleep behind the wheel of his Hummer and hit the girls, Suffolk County, NY, police said in a story reported in Newsday.

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