Police: Burglar found asleep on victim’s couch holding knife
Notes from Dr. Norman BlumenstockSnoring and sleeping issues can get you arrested Posted: 8:57 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014 LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — A Mount Dora woman said she woke up to find an alleged burglar asleep on her couch and holding one of her kitchen knives. The burglary suspect, 26-year-old Duane Immich, was booked into the Lake County Jail. According to police, Immich burglarized several nearby businesses before making his way into the woman’s home. “I was in my kitchen going to make coffee and I heard snoring,” victim Judith Smolinski said. Smolinski said she was immediately startled by the snoring because …
Husband’s Snoring Saves Entire Family From Raging Fire That Burnt House to the Ground; Family Happy to Be Alive
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock: In a rare occasion snoring can be a good thing. BY LEONARDO BLAIR , CP REPORTER January 10, 2014|3:17 pm (PHOTO: SCREEN GRAB VIA KLTV) Bobby Hester. A father and husband from Chapel Hill, Texas, is now giving thanks for his terrible snoring problem because he believes it was the reason his whole family woke up in the nick of time shortly after midnight, just before a raging fire burnt their house to the ground. “I use a CPAP machine because I have sleep apnea and I guess I started snoring, and I woke my wife up,” explained …
Getting the Most Out of Sleep
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Published: September 23, 2013 Q. To get the health benefits of a good night’s sleep, is it just the number of hours that counts? What if sleep is induced by a sleeping pill or is stressful because of a nightmare? A. While duration is important, “the quality and timing of sleep are also critical to a good night’s rest,” said Dr. Ana C. Krieger, medical director of the Weill Cornell Center for Sleep Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Optimal sleep duration varies widely, depending on a person’s genetic makeup, underlying health conditions and daytime activities, among other factors, Dr. …
Sleep Apnea And Strokes
Check Out This Video Which Discusses the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Connection with Strokes. http://www.kutv.com/health/features/check-health/stories/vid_423.shtml By Carla Roberts (KUTV) A few weeks ago, 78-year-old Malan Jackson suffered a stroke. âI suddenly felt confused in my head.â Jackson went to the emergency room and is now on the mend. Aside from therapy, doctors recommended that Malan undergo a sleep study to see if he had sleep apnea. Experts at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center are conducting a study to further understand a possible link between sleep apnea and strokes. Sleep apnea is a type of sleep disorder where a person stops breathing during …
Research Looks at Tonsil Removal for Kids with Sleep Apnea
Research Looks at Tonsil Removal for Kids with Sleep Apnea Does removing the tonsils and adenoids help children with sleep apnea? A recent research showed some interesting results. Published: May. 22, 2013 Visit this link to see the video from Boston.com… http://www.boston.com/multimedia/health-video/research-looks-at-tonsil-removal-kids-wi.html …
Growing up angry: How nighttime breathing battles hurt our children: the sleep apnea-ADHD connection
Sleep apnea is not just an adult problem. Far from it. Between 1- 3% of young children have sleep apnea/disordered breathing, and if untreated, can grow up with lasting scars. Habitual nighttime battles for adequate air can set a child up for ADHD sym By Dr. James E. Metz Published: Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013 – 2:14 pm Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/18/5353670/growing-up-angry-how-nighttime.html#storylink=cpy COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 18, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — People lobbying for gun control may want to consider another culprit in the post-Newtown search for the answer to our unfathomable questions. In Adam Lanza, with his classic adenoidal face structure, have we overlooked a possible …
Is snoring more dangerous to your heart than smoking?
Tuesday, February 05, 2013 by: David Gutierrez, staff writer (NaturalNews) People who snore are at higher risk for cardiovascular disease than smokers, the overweight, or people with high cholesterol, according to a study conducted by researchers from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and presented at the 2013 Combined Sections Meeting of the Triological Society in Scottsdale, Ariz. The study has been submitted for publication to the journal The Laryngoscope. “Snoring is more than a bedtime annoyance and it shouldn’t be ignored,” lead author Robert Deeb said. “Patients need to seek treatment in the same way they would if they had sleep …
Sleep Apnea & Multi-Modal Transportation Conference in Baltimore
Dr. Blumenstock has attended the Sleep Apnea & Multi-Modal Transportation Conference in Baltimore on November 8-9, 2011. This event was sponsored by the American Sleep Society to promote and find solutions for transportation safety. …
What is Sleep Apnea?
Sleep Apnea is serious and potentially life-threatening medical condition that causes a person to actually stop breathing while asleep. These interruptions of oxygen cause a wide variety of symptoms, and are linked to some serious conditions such as weight gain, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Apnea sufferers can stop breathing as many as 40 times per minute. They awaken feeling as though they had little or no sleep because they’ve been fighting for oxygen all night. Apnea episodes can occur from 6 to 100 times per hour. This oxygen deprivation causes people to feel exhausted when they wake up, as though …
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