Highland Park Health News (Illinois, United States)

Chicago based Freedom Home Care provides continuous training for all their caregivers. A better trained staff means a consistently higher quality of care.

Freedom Home Care’s Minnie McDowell will participate on a panel discussion supporting Loookingglass Theatre Company's exciting new production, The Last Act of Lilka Kadison. The panel will discuss the challenges associated with care giving.

Illinois based Freedom Home Care provides temporary services for seniors when they are immediately released from the hospital.

Dr Ira L Shapira is a recognized expert on treating sleep apnea with oral appliances instead of CPAP gave a full day lecture to Illinois Academy of General Dentistry and lectured at the Illinois Sleep Society. Dr Shapira is on the board if the ISS

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Sleep apnea treatment with comfortable oral appliances is experiencing explosive growth as the majority of patients continually reject CPAP. This is no surprise to Highland Park resident Dr Ira L Shapira a dentist who is a pioneer in the field.

Nasal CPAP frequently causes problematic nasal symptoms including congestion, dry nasal tissues, nasal itchin, and sinus pain. A recent study showed that heated humidification decreases nasal inflamation.

The North Suburban YMCA was the recipient of a $463,000 bequest from the estate of Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. The gift will be used for the Y’s $4.1 Phase II Capital Campaign, to expand and renovate the YMCA building in Northbrook, IL

After successfully overcoming once-crippling debt and past operational challenges, the North Suburban YMCA is now moving forward to launch Phase II of their Capital Campaign: Investing in a Healthier Community.

The sinuses are innervated by the trigeminal nerves. Neuromuscular dentistry may be the ideal treatment for chronic sinus pain.

A new article "Oral appliance treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: an update." describes Robust evidence for the efficacy of oral appliances in treating sleep apnea and modifying health risk associated with OSA

CPAP users across the country often have problems adjusting to CPAP use. Dental Sleep Medicine offers comfortable oral appliance alternatives to CPAP that research has shown most patients prefer to CPAP when offered a choice.

Patients who hate CPAP are as common as sand in Reno. Oral Appliances offer a comfortable alternative to CPAP that the majority of patients prefer when they are offered a choice.

Dr. Ronald W. Konig, a 1986 graduate of Baylor College of Dentistry offers sleep apnea treatment with comfortable oral appliances.

During episodes of sleep apnea there is a cycle of oxygen desaturation followed by arousal and a deep breath. Sleep leads to tiredness and there is a increased risk of heart attacks and strokes during events. Free Radical formation also occurs.

Sleep apnea dentists across the state of florida offering comfortable alternatives to cpap. Research has shown the majority of patients do not use their cpap machines on a regular basis and increase their risk of heart attacks and stroke six-fold.