Do You Sleep Too Much?
People with hypersomnia regularly sleep soundly for more than nine hours a night, but rarely feel refreshed. Sleep is your friend – except when you have a medical condition that causes it to take over your life. By Anna Medaris Miller May 11, 2015 | 2:39 p.m. EDT + More One Friday night in August 2008, Jennie Murray went missing. Her mom had flown to Tempe, Arizona, where Murray was about to begin school at Arizona State University, but she never picked her mom up from the airport as planned. Throughout the night, Murray didn’t answer her phone. At noon the …
Why It’s Harder To Sleep As We Get Older
ERIN BRODWIN / OCT. 7, 2014, 2:33 PM She makes it look so easy. Sleeping helps us process memories, learn new skills, and stabilize our mood. Yet as we get older, a good night’s sleep becomes a rare commodity. Scientists have struggled for years to find out what makes sleep more elusive as we age. As it turns out, there are a number of factors that change how — and when — we sleep, from shifts in brain activity to a loss of special brain cells that tell us when it’s time to rest. And not getting enough shuteye, no matter our age, can …
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock Data previously published in the American Journal of Epidemiology show that the estimated prevalence rates of obstructive sleep apnea have increased substantially over the last two decades, most likely due to the obesity epidemic. It is now estimated that 26 percent of adults between the ages of 30 and 70 years have sleep apnea. September 29, 2014 New studies highlight destructive nature of obstructive sleep apnea and benefits of continuous positive airway pressure therapy. Credit: AASM Public health and safety are threatened by the increasing prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea, which now afflicts at least 25 million adults in …
Crowdsourcing Campaign Launched for Urine Test to Determine Whether Child Has Sleep Apnea or ADHD
Published on September 17, 2014 For millions of kids, a urine test could mean better, healthier sleep and possibly avoiding a mistaken diagnosis of ADHD. The East Peezy Pee Test is a new diagnostic test in development at NuSomnea that has been found to be 96.5% accurate in determining if a child has pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to NuSomnea. This condition is associated with symptoms often mistaken for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This week, NuSomnea launched an Indiegogo fundraising campaign to help complete the development of the urinalysis test and to conduct another validation study in children, to …
Sleep sensors: waking up to the need to study our night’s rest
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock Many people are turning to fitness trackers to help boost the health benefits of better sleep Every night Jack Hammond straps a small gadget to his wrist. The sensor claims to track his sleep, monitoring every toss and turn so that when he wakes it can tell him how long he slept, how much of it was deep sleep – and how often he was woken up by his unsociable neighbor. “I can see that I need about four hours’ deep sleep to feel refreshed, and I need to be asleep for about eight hours for …
Too Much Sleep Can Cause Problems
Published on August 29, 2014 With sleep drunkenness in the news, ABC 7 reports on how getting too much sleep can contribute to the problem. For years medical professionals have warned of the hazards of not getting enough sleep. But getting too many Z’s may be responsible for you feeling dazed, disoriented and confused…and possibly perceived by others as a little drunk. “If you’re normally sleeping eight hours or so, then suddenly decide, ‘oh, I’m going to have a really nice weekend’ and you sleep eleven or twelve hours, you may wake up so groggy that you don’t really wake …
Asleep at the Wheel: Could Mandating Sleep Apnea Tests for Transportation Operators Reduce Accidents?
Jun 27, 2014, 7:16 PM ET By GIO BENITEZ, GEOFF MARTZ, GERRY WAGSCHAL, STEPHANIE WASH and CONOR FERGUSON GIO BENITEZMore From Gio » GIO BENITEZMore From Gio » Correspondent STEPHANIE WASHMore From Stephanie » Associate Producer via NIGHTLINE Cars from a Metro-North passenger train are scattered after the train derailed in the Bronx neighborhood of New York, Dec. 1, 2013. Edwin Valero/AP Photo http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/sleep-apnea-testing-reduce-major-transportation-accidents-24346235 Every day millions of passengers put their lives in the hands of train conductors, bus drivers and the truck drivers who share the road with them. All of these jobs require long, monotonous hours with few breaks in between, which …
Is snoring ruining your sex life?
Notes from Dr. Norman BlumenstockGoing on vacation can get expensive if you need two rooms. DONALD M. SESSO, D.O., FOR PHILLY.COM/HEALTH POSTED: Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 4:34 AM Are you sleeping in a different room because your partner is snoring? If you are, you’re not alone. The New York Times reports that 25% of couples sleep in separate rooms due to snoring and that 60% of custom homes will be constructed with dual master bedrooms by 2015. While partners of snorers reported better sleep when sleeping alone, the majority also stated that the arrangement had a negative impact on their relationship. When …
The Comparison of CPAP and OA in Treatment of Patients with OSA
Li W, Xiao L, Hu J. Respir Care. 2013 Jan 3 A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to compare the outcomes of oral appliances (OA) with those of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in treatment of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Relevant studies were retrieved from the following electronic databases up to and including September of 2012: MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, and Central Register of Controlled Trials. The main variables were epworth sleepiness scale (ESS), health-related quality of life, cognitive performance, blood pressure, apnea and hypopnea index (AHI), arousal Index (AI), minimum saturation (Min SaO2), rapid eye movement sleep, …
Snoring and Sleep
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock:Find out about the symptoms and solutions of snoring. Learn how proper treatment and decision can help you on National Sleep Foundation. Snoring is noisy breathing during sleep. It is a common problem among all ages and both genders, and it affects approximately 90 million American adults — 37 million on a regular basis. Snoring may occur nightly or intermittently. Persons most at risk are males and those who are overweight, but snoring is a problem of both genders, although it is possible that women do not present with this complaint as frequently as men. Snoring usually …
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