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Health Encyclopedia: Sleep Apnea Other Treatments

Other Treatments

Oral appliances, also called dental appliances or devices, may be an option for patients who cannot tolerate CPAP. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends dental devices for patients with mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep apnea who are not appropriate candidates for CPAP or who have not been helped by it. (CPAP should be used for patients with severe sleep apnea whenever possible.)

Several different dental devices are available. A trained dental professional such as a d...

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Newsweek Focuses on Pain

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...Talk online. She will answer questions about how medicine is waging a war against pain both on... Read more »

Award-winning Pain Centers

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...Pain Management Center and UCSF PainCARE, Center for Advanced Research and Education, San... Read more »

Treating RA with Complementary Medicine: Homeotherapy

By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...schools around the world, but as medical science advanced, hometherapy declined in popularity... Read more »

Advanced Treatment of Osteoarthritis

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...symptoms are not improving, then some of the following advanced treatments can be considered: ... Read more »

Pain Patients Should Not be the Victims in the War on Drugs

By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...with Dr. Russell K. Portenoy, chairman of the pain medicine department at Beth Israel Medical... Read more »

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Treating Pain with Acupuncture

...of Chinese medicine is not to compete with Western medicine but to complement and complete it. The advanced technologies of Western medicine explain how disease affects the body. The... Read more »

Conservative Treatments for TMJ Disorder

...originally treating you, you might be referred to a "TMJ specialist" or oral surgeon. More Advanced Treatment: If conservative treatments fail after a period of time, then more... Read more »

Migraine Myths Debunked?

...injections under the skin of the neck and head. Migraine research is one of the most active fields in medicine today, and everydya there are new insights, so kudos to Brody for updating the reader... Read more »

Patients As Consumers: Managing Healthcare and the Healthcare Team

...and untreated. Migraine disease and many headache disorders are among those. With advancements in medical science and technology has come a proliferation of tests, medications, and specialties.... Read more »

Colon and Rectal Cancers: Prevention

...risk of developing colon cancer, combination HRT users who were diagnosed with the disease had more advanced forms of the cancer. Older women who are at higher risk for colon cancer might discuss... Read more »

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Kadian Oral Uses and How to Use

...liquid to make sure that you have swallowed all of the medicine. Do not chew the mixture or... Read more »

Morphine Oral Uses and How to Use

...liquid to make sure that you have swallowed all of the medicine. Do not chew the mixture or... Read more »

MS Contin Oral Uses and How to Use

...liquid to make sure that you have swallowed all of the medicine. Do not chew the mixture or... Read more »

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