Month: January 2009

Pharmaceutical Research Roundup

Antidepressants Ease Pain for Fibromyalgia Patients An analysis of previous studies shows that the use of antidepressant medications by patients with fibromyalgia syndrome is associated with a reduction in pain, sleep disturbances, and depressed

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Sleep Center Survey: Sleep Medicine and the Economy

Share your thoughts about how the economy is impacting the sleep industry. Take the Wachovia and Sleep Review Q109 Sleep Center Survey. If you reply and provide your e-mail address, Wachovia will send you a free copy of the report we produce. Cl

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DME MACs Change LCDs to Include Watch-PAT Coverage

The DME MACs have released revised Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) for Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Devices, adding coverage for the Watch-PAT, revising criteria for Type IV devices, issuing continued coverage criteria, and including coverag

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ActiGraph Rolls Out Sleep Specific Monitoring System

ActiGraph, Pensacola, Fla, has launched a new sleep monitoring system consisting of the ActiSleep analysis program and a new sleep specific actigraphy monitor, which will be available in late February 2009. The ActiSleep program analyzes and ar

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