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Snoring is not just a problem for you, it is also a problem if it disrupts your partner’s sleep, or another household member’s sleep, or if it is a symptom of a more serious condition. Snoring can cause daytime sleepiness, fatigue, and difficulty concentrating, all of which can lead to other complications. Snoring can also …
Article courtesy of Dr. Joel Kahn, MD, who is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, one of the world’s top cardiologists, a best-selling author, lecturer, and a leading expert in plant-based nutrition and holistic care. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a specific kind of irregular heartbeat that can be silent …
Have you ever woken up dizzy and aren’t sure why? While there can be a few different reasons, dizziness upon waking up can result from shifting fluid in your inner ear or several health conditions such as dehydration and low blood sugar. Staying hydrated may help to reduce dizziness. Once in a while rather than …
Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have found that untreated OSA accelerates the biological aging process and that just one year of CPAP treatment can slow or possibly reverse the trend. Their study, “Epigenetic Age Accelration in Obstructive Sleep Apnea is Reversible with Adherent Treatment,” was recently published in the European Respiratory …
Typically snoring is just thought of as a harmless annoyance. It can be loud and keep you and others awake, and doctors consider its sister, sleep apnea to be more dangerous. However a recent study presented at the Radiological Society of North America meeting has revealed the dangers of snoring. Using information for the UK …
To most snoring is seen as harmless yet annoying; it’s loud and keeps everyone within earshot awake. Doctors consider its cousin sleep apnea to be the much more dangerous relative. A recent study took a closer look at the dangers of snoring which was presented at the Radiological Society of North America meeting. Utilizing data …
Norway team reports on the costs of insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea on long-term sick leave. Sleep apnea, affecting an estimated 5% of the population, is a potentially life-threatening sleep disturbance. Borge Sivetsten, from the University of Bergen (Norway), and colleagues examined the separate and combined effects of symptoms of insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea …
Men and women with obstructive sleep apnea are at elevated risk for major depression. Previously, a number of small-scale studies involving specific subpopulations have suggested that obstructive sleep apnea is linked to depression, with the depression often improving in patients with sleep apnea who were treated with continuous positive airway pressure. Anne G. Wheaton, from …
People with severe sleep apnea may have an increased risk of silent strokes and small lesions in the brain. Placing the person at extreme fatigue, sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by loud, frequent, irregular sounding snoring, pauses in snoring that sound as if breathing has stopped, and waking from sleep with a gasping …
Elderly women who suffer from sleep apnea — characterized by disrupted breathing and sleep and a reduction in the intake of oxygen — are about twice as likely to develop dementia in the next five years. Sleep apnea is a condition where the airways leading from the lungs to the nose and mouth collapse as …