General News
Continuing Medical Education event 09/01/2010
SLEEP TECHNOLOGISTS AND PHYSICIANS, MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR: Saturday OCTOBER 16, 2010!!
A one-day Continuing Medical Education event is being jointly arranged by the CSS and the Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development (CEPD) of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto who will ensure that CME accreditation standards are met.
Date: Saturday October 16th, 2010
Venue: downtown Toronto at 89 Chestnut Street www.89chestnut.com
Theme: CME on adult sleep "The Influence of Medical and Psychiatric disorders on Sleep"
Please visit the website at:
http://events.cepdtoronto.ca/website/index/PSR1003
CLICK HERE
for more details on speakers and workshops!
Sleep, Pain, TMD ... What's the connection? 08/23/2010
Explore how sleep, pain, and Temporo-Mandibular Disorders (TMD) can be treated through professional services such as physiotherapy, chiropractic therapy, cranial sacral treatments and more at the 4th annual AACP Canadian Chapter's International Symposium, October 15th & 16th, Toronto, Canada.
For more information on the conference program, speakers, and registration visit: http://www.aacpcanada.ca
Next CSS Conference - September 10-15, 2011 07/06/2010
Next CSS Conference to be held September 10-15, 2011. Click link below for further information
Press Release following Oral Presentation at AADSM by Dr. Luc Gauthier D.M.D., M.Sc. 06/10/2010
Sleep apnea patients using oral appliance therapy show high efficacy and compliance
"The study showed excellent long-term compliance with oral appliances as well as a high efficiency and a very positive effect on blood pressure and cardiac rhythm," said lead author Luc Gauthier, DMD, MSc.
"Efficiency continued to improve even though, on average, the subjects had a higher body mass index during follow-up," said Gauthier.
This abstract received the Clinical Research Award at the 19th Annual Meeting.
2010 Abstract Prize Award Winners 03/09/2010
The Canadian Sleep Society (CSS) is pleased to announce two winners of the 2010 CSS Abstract Prize.
Awards will be presented at the AGM in San Antonio, Texas in June 2010.
Peter Schwarz, University of Toronto,
Muscle Phenotype Predicts the Degree of Muscle Tone Suppression in Sleep
Ari Shechter, McGill University,
Relationship between circadian rhythms of body temperature, melatonin secretion, and sleep propensity during the follicular and luteal phases
WSF Symposia Nominations 12/02/2009
Dear CSS member,
As you are probably aware, the World Sleep Federation (WSF) is holding its next quadrennial meeting (Worldsleep11) in Kyoto,
Japan, October 15th-20th, 2011 ( http://www.worldsleep2011.jp/). They have recently contacted the member societies to ask for
nominations for Symposia. The Canadian Sleep Society must submit its nominations by Dec, 25th
Please download a copy of the Kyoto 2011 Call for Symposia Guidelines and Recommendation Form(they are available in English and French)
Kyoto 2011 Call for Symposia Guidelines(English Version)
Kyoto 2011 Call for Symposia Guidelines(French Version)
Recommendation Form
