Coming to Burnsville, Saturday, January 30, 2010
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A new, state of the art, comprehensive care facility dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of wide range of sleep disorders has opened at 13770 Frontier Ct, Suite 100 in Burnsville, MN. The new center has been carefully designed to make the sleep testing experience as comfortable as possible. The Burnsville site compliments existing sites in Maple Grove and Willmar.
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Listen to SSC radio spots featuring Tim Russell and Sheri Erickson.
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On Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Sound Sleep Center was featured on Showcase Minnesota with host Rob Hudson. SSC President and CEO, Sheri Erickson was interviewed about sleep disorders while SSC staff manned a phone bank to field questions from viewers. The phone volunteers included sleep specialists, Dr. Bryan Hoff of Sound Sleep Center, Dr. Marty Janning of Janning ENT Center in Willmar, MN, and Tom Ellis PA-C of Sound Sleep Center.
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If you're trying to avoid the flu, here's some interesting news. The immune system is at its strongest while you're sleeping, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology. Researchers at Stanford University discovered that the immune system is stronger at night, when all the other bodily functions are resting. Because of this, it is important to keep a regular sleep schedule and allow plenty of time for quality sleep. (medHeadlines.com)

People with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are more likely to have difficulty recovering from a stroke if they had the disorder prior to having the stroke, according to a study that was presented at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting in Seattle. Researchers examined 174 patients at the Mayo Clinic who had been diagnosed with an acute ischemic stroke and found 60 percent had a high risk of OSA and seven had been diagnosed with OSA. The study found that patients with OSA were more disabled at discharge than patients without OSA. The seven patients diagnosed with OSA prior to their stroke had an increased risk of death during the first month of recovery, according to the article.(ScienceDaily.com)