SAG, are you really a modorator at sleepapnea,org? It's not quite as informative as this forum, but at least you don't have to sift through cussing, insults, mud-slinging, ego maniacs, name-calling, and opinion bashing to get to the information you need. Freedom of speech should be tapered with civ...

I had VCD and Gerd. I was treated in Denver for both, and one of the treatments for VCD is a breathing technique that forces air back down against your vocal cords. IF your VCD is not treated, you might see an APAP hit the top all the time as it is seeing the blockage as an apnea event. With straigh...

Its unfortunate that spammers force us to do this, but the alternatives are more restrictive. This effort should take care of about 90% of your spam (if your site is getting the same spammers that we are) I would also suggest changing the variable that agrees to the coppa. This does not make it more...

Spammers have one goal. Get their product out on as many sites as possible period. Efforts to stop that are ALWAYS met with resistance. The key to to raise the bar high enough so it is not worth their effort to continue. The only effort here per se has been reactive, not proactive. This does nothing...

Sorry Tom, I was referring to the board that I volunteer for...

Tom There is a solution... Unfortunately because it is coming from me, it is ignored. It is a shame because my solution puts no burden on the users, and still allows guest posting. http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=12799&start=19 The best way to fight spam is to not allow them in the door. Onc...

At the risk of getting slammed, here is a suggestion. There is one commonality between 99% of the spam mail. Hyperlinks. Spammers want to link to their sites. The solution is to not allow hyperlinking by guests. If someone wants to link to something, then they can register. I am sure there will be s...

Comparing the Didgeradoo study with throat exercises isn't really a fair comparison. I had the opportunity to discuss that study with someone who reviewed it, and is a good friend of the person that did the study. Dr. Rappoport was intrigued by the results, but as of yet, they are not sure exactly w...

Brent, There is another possibility. There was a person on here a WHILE back that used to get clusters (not with the leak tho) And it turned out to be an issue with acid reflux. The bigger question is, are you seeing anything scored as nonresponsive in those clusters? After a large leak, I would thi...

I suggested it a while back but it didn't go anywhere... Visual Confirmation. Its a built in feature of phpbb. This takes care of the register bots. (you will still get folks manually registering then spamming, but those accounts are easily found and blocked.) You also have to proactively block IP r...

Yes I did, because he posted it a few weeks after this one was posted. (Darn time machine never seems to work right... ) (this post Feb 03. The other Thread Feb 22) And I was talking in regards to UP3, specifically. MMA is successful, and if necessary I would do it while I was young, as it is a roug...

Cory, You already tried one treatment method (at least reversible) that is not suggested for your level of OSA, don't follow it up with another that isn't reversible! I would DEFINITELY not go the surgical route!! (Not unless you like squirting fluid out your nose, and all the other problems, not to...

It is a bot (robot script) that goes around to ANY board running a particular software. We have the same problem on our forum. Limiting guests to not posting only takes care of some, but most of the nasty posts were actually by a bot that registered as users. I suggested a way to handle that here bu...

Got guested again!

[quote="tomjax"]Then how do virtually every dme including cpap.com sell masks and peripherals?

They have the identical wording.

My Breeze mask package does?

Where is the law?

Drugs are prescribed, tests and equipment are ORDERED.

dme's not licensed to dispense prescriptions.