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Resolve to treat yourself better in the New Year...

Introduce yourself in the forum, vote on research topics or suggest your own and complete the short health surveys in the Research Section.

Anyone can join MyApnea.Org. Anyone with sleep apnea or at risk for sleep apnea (over weight, loud snoring, diabetes, hypertension, etc.) can complete the surveys and help move research forward.

Take control of your health and encourage AT LEAST one person you know or love to do the same this year by joining MyApnea.Org.

We look forward to working everyone as we build The MyApnea Community and look for ways to improve research and treatments.

Wishing you a joyous and healthy New Year. It should be an exciting one!

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/science/new-flame-challenge-contest-takes-on-sleep.html?smid=tw-share

President Obama has nominated fatigue expert Dr. Mark Rosekind to be the next administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which has largely ignored the issue of drowsy driving for many years. Rosekind studied under reknown sleep experts Dr. Mary Carskadon and Dr. William Dement and ran the Fatigue program at NASA for many years. Rosekind recently lead a drowsy driving hearing for the National Transportation Safety Board, where he and Acting Chairman Chris Hart have raised awareness of fatigue in transportation incidents and fatalities. Both were long-serving board members of the National Sleep Foundation.

Events like the National Geographic Channel's special on Sleepiness in America, the MyApnea Network being part of PCORnet, and placement of sleep and fatigue experts in government positions such as NHTSA demonstrate that sleep and sleep disorders are finally getting the recognition they deserve as signiticant public health and safety issues.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/20/business/obama-nominates-mark-rosekind-a-fatigue-specialist-to-head-nhtsa.html?_r=2&utm_content=buffer552c5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

You can watch the Senate Commerce Committee nomination hearing of Dr. Rosekind live on Wednesday, December 3 (today) at 12:30 here: http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Home

Hi, welcome to MyApnea.Org. We need your ideas and help getting the word out to others that want to improve future research on apnea and all treatment options. Thought Sleepless in America was great and did a good job of showing several aspects of the consequences on poor sleep. I worked directly with Fairfax County in changing their school start times and glad it was well represented.

Interested in people's experience and views related to depressive symptoms before and after treatment from both CPAP and dental devices.

http://www.dailyrx.com/sleep-apnea-treatments-continuous-positive-airway-pressure-and-mandibular-advancement-devices-may

Thanks for the post Mike. This is a group effort, so please let us know how we can do things better, make the site more interactive and build tools and apps that let you manage your apnea and health better.

Hows does treated or untreated sleep apnea impact your concentration and workplace performance?

Thanks for your post Truckerdad57. We do encourage members to visit the ASAA's forum especially for discussions regarding treatment or other support. ASAA will also encourage members of its forum to visit here to post research ideas and engage in discussions about symptoms they would like to see tracked through tools that will be developed and research they would like to see conducted.

Hi all. Thanks for joining the site. We welcome your ideas and input to make the site better and surveys easier and more enjoyable to complete. We also need your research ideas and symptoms and health measures that you would like to see tracked through personalized tools. Look forward to working with you.