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SOURCES: 2008 Medical Reference from Medstar Television. B. Tucker Woodson, MD, Otolaryngologist, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

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Narrator:

Nancy Bowen didn't know she had sleep apnea until she went on a church mission trip and her sleepless roommates clued her in.

Nancy Bowen:

You really ought to get this checked out! We'd, like, lay there and wait, you know, are you going to start again?

Narrator:

Nancy's nighttime breathing stoppages were a wake-up call to get medical advice.

B. Tucker Woodson, M.D.:

This is a lifelong problem. It's not a three week problem. It's not a three month problem. Unfortunately for most people, it's not a three year problem.

Narrator:

Though Nancy tried the CPAP breathing machine, she found it difficult to deal with. So she enrolled in a study for the new advanced system.

B. Tucker Woodson, M.D.:

The action of this new device is actually to help and prevent the tongue from falling back during sleep.

Narrator:

When we sleep, the tongue can relax back into the throat and block the air way. With the advance system, a multi-pronged tissue anchor is inserted into the tongue muscle. Then, a tether attaches to a bone anchor.

B. Tucker Woodson, M.D.:

And we can adjust this to add more tension on the tongue muscle or less, for that matter. So we can adjust it forward and/or backwards.

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While results from European studies have been good, Doctor Woodson says this isn't a complete fix.

B. Tucker Woodson, M.D.:

By itself, this is likely not the cure for sleep apnea. But I think it'll be a big part for many patients that have surgery.

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For Nancy, it's an improvement from where she started.

Nancy Bowen:

I don't snore quite as much or quite as loud as I did before.

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Thanks to a device that helps her stitch up a better night's sleep. For WebMD, I'm Sandee LaMotte.

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