Pulmonary Hypertension And Sleep Apnea.
The rare and severe lung disease called pulmonary hypertension (PH) affects the pulmonary arteries, causing high blood pressure. The pulmonary arteries transport the blood from the right heart ventricle to the lungs, but when affected by the disease, they become narrowed and thickened. The hearts of patients with pulmonary hypertension need to work harder to properly pump the blood, which make them enlarged, weakened and more susceptible to complications like right heart failure. The diagnosis, management and prognosis of pulmonary hypertension are closely related to the causes of the disease. The problem is they are not always completely understood. It …
Adult Frenectomy For Pain Relief: Osteopathic Considerations.
DANIEL LOPEZ, D.O. Why I Opted To Do The Frenectomy I decided to consider a frenectomy for a tongue tie (ankyloglossia) after doing it for my daughter, Viviana, when she was 2 months old. Seeing how the shape of her face immediately changed, how she was immediately able to open her mouth wider, how she was finally able to bottle feed pumped breast milk for the first time, and she was able to breastfeed more efficiently instantly, I began to wonder if this would be helpful for an adult. It is generally thought that once one is fully grown that …
What’s it like to wake up with sleep paralysis?
It’s as scary as it sounds. JACINTA BOWLER | 28 DEC 2015 The idea of not being able to move as an intruder or monster comes your way is classic nightmare material, but for some people, this is their reality. Around 7.6 percent of the world’s population has had at least one attack of sleep paralysis, but for some people, the odds are even higher – a 2011 study found that 28.3 percent of students, and 31.9 percent of psychiatric patients experience at least one episode of sleep paralysis in their lives. So what exactly is sleep paralysis? The disorder comes …
Sleep Apnea May Speed Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Onset: Study.
HEALTH APR 16 2015, 8:47 PM ET by LINDA CARROLL and NBC NEWS Amanda Rasmuson places a sensor on the fingertip of subject Don Chisholm of Madison for a sleep study at UW Hospital’s Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin. Michael P. King / AP file Sleep apnea may hasten memory and thinking declines, leading to earlier diagnoses of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a study released Thursday. Patients with sleep apnea were, on average, diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) nearly 10 years earlier than those who didn’t suffer from breathing problems during their slumber, according to New York …
Always Tired? Sleep Apnea Could Be to Blame.
Mirel Ketchiff Topics: sleep, myths and mistakes Until recently, doctors thought they had obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)—a condition that causes you to stop breathing for seconds at a time during the night, preventing you from getting restful sleep—all figured out. It mostly affected older, overweight men, they said. The top red flags were snoring and daytime fatigue. The only way to treat it was with a CPAP machine, which could be so noisy and uncomfortable that nearly half of sleep apnea sufferers eventually quit using it. Well, it turns out there was a lot doctors didn’t know. For starters, the condition—known to …
The Dark Side and Downsides of Melatonin.
By Piyali Syam • December 16, 2015 at 11:01pm Twenty-one years ago, MIT neuroscientist Dr. Richard Wurtman introduced melatonin as a new solution to sleep problems. His lab patented supplements in hopes of curing insomnia in the older population, whose melatonin receptors calcify with age. “Researchers say pills of the natural hormone…will bring on slumber quickly without the addictive effects of drugs,” the New York Times reported at the time. In the same article, Judith Vaitukaitis, then director of the National Center for Research Resource, said the hormone “offered hope for a natural, non-addictive agent that could improve sleep for …
Is It Safe For Medical Residents To Work 30-Hour Shifts?
Updated December 10, 20153:17 PM ET | Originally published December 7, 20154:50 AM ET Lorenzo Gritti for NPR Since 2003, strict rules have limited how long medical residents can work without a break. The rules are supposed to minimize the risk that these doctors-in-training will make mistakes that threaten patients’ safety because of fatigue. But are these rules really the best for new doctors and their patients? There’s been intense debate over that and some say little data to resolve the question. So a group of researchers decided to follow thousands of medical residents at dozens of hospitals around the country. …
A Bad Night’s Sleep Might Do More Harm Than You Think
Updated December 10, 2015 6:31 PM ET NURITH AIZENMAN It’s 11 at night in a busy commercial section of Chennai, a city of nearly 5 million in Southern India. All around me people are sleeping in the open air. Men are curled up in the back of rickshaw wagons. Entire families camp out in shelters made of cardboard and tarp. A woman in a blue sari smiles and waves for me to come over. Jane Marlen von Rabenau, a research associate at the lab, displays sleep aids the team is testing on participants, including an eye mask, earplugs, a …
Sleep disorders common on college campuses
By Abby Rinaldi, CO-NEWS EDITOR On November 29, 2015 USF is entering the last week of classes before finals week, a time of higher stress levels and less sleep. Some students will pull all-nighters studying notes, finishing projects or writing essays either at home or in the USF library, which is open 24/7 during finals. An article on collegestats.org stated all-nighters are “an accepted part of surviving college,” but warns against the effects of losing sleep. A simple Google search of keywords “sleep” and “finals” generates a slew of articles providing advice on how to get sleep during finals, or at …
Te Aroha’s Sleep Radio station helps with insomnia
TERESA RAMSEY | Last updated 14:48, November 12 2015 TERESA RAMSEY/FAIRFAX NZ | John Watson is hard at work at Sleep Radio HQ in Te Aroha. A bad case of insomnia has resulted in a not-for-profit online radio station designed to put listeners to sleep. John Watson founded Sleep Radio in Te Aroha a year ago after being diagnosed with clinical depression and anxiety, which led to sleeplessness. “I’d lay in bed for hours and hours at night staring at the ceiling,” he said. “I had to do something about it.” With 18 years’ experience as a cinema projectionist and working in theatre, …
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