Snoring can be a sign of more serious health problems.
Dr. Steven A. Schonfeld is the director of the Sleep Lab at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. (HANDOUT) Andrea K. McDaniels • Contact Reporter The Baltimore Sun November 9, 2016, 3:04 p.m. While snoring can annoy your spouse or significant other, it can also be a sign of more serious health problem. Dr. Steven A. Schonfeld, director of the Sleep Lab at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, explains why it is important to figure out its root cause. What is snoring? Snoring is a sound caused by vibration of soft tissues in the nose or throat. It has been estimated that virtually everyone snores …
Snoring can be a sign of sleep apnea.
By Lucette Moramarco on April 29, 2016 A woman keeps an eye on her snoring husband to see if he stops breathing. Sleep apnea is a medical condition that has existed for centuries, but was not given a name until the late 20th century. It is a debilitating and life-shortening ailment that people around the world suffer from. Many of those sufferers do not know they have this potentially dangerous condition which affects more than 18 million Americans, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Many people, like me, don’t become aware sleep apnea existed until a relative or neighbor is …
Here’s Why You Want to Sleep More in the Winter.
Men’s Fitness | December 29, 2015 (Photo: Corbis) Starting to miss some of your evening runs and outdoor boot camps yet? It’s officially winter and the shorter days and colder nights make it a real task to get out of bed in the morning, much less actually exercise. If you live in a place that experiences the true four seasons, you know how harsh that winter cold can be and how depressing it is when daylight is gone by the time you leave work (so forget trying to save that sweat session for the end of the day…) The changing weather conditions affect …
Snoring, drowsiness could mean sleep apnea.
Brandi Schlossberg, Health Source | 12:30 p.m. PST November 17, 2015 Loud snoring may be more than a nighttime nuisance — it could be a sign of sleep apnea. This sleep disorder occurs when the muscles in the back of the throat relax, which narrows or closes the airway and results in brief, repeated pauses in breathing during sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation, more than 18 million U.S. adults suffer from sleep apnea and are at risk for serious associated complications. Although sleep apnea can affect anyone, including children, there are specific risk factors that may increase the chances …
TAG Sleep, sleeping disorders, Migraine, panic disorder Sleep Apnea Linked To Migraine, Panic Disorder, Hearing And Other Things You Need To Know
By Rina Marie Doctor, Tech Times | July 27, 9:54 AM Previous studies suggest that both depressive and anxiety disorders emerge after a diagnosis of sleep apnea had been made. However, the exact association between sleep apnea and panic disorder is not clearly established and so a group of researchers decided to investigate on their relationship. Migraines and hearing impairments are also being linked to sleep apnea in other literatures. A group of researchers, who studied the association of panic disorder and sleep apnea obtained their data from patients diagnosed with sleep apnea from 2000-2010 through the Taiwan National Health …
Snooze-Deprived Couples Rest Easy After ‘Sleep Divorce’
by HALLIE JACKSON Jack Mazewski snores so loudly that his children sleeping down the hall can hear it. The noise didn’t bother his wife, Joanna, for the first few years of their marriage — until their kids were born. “I became a light sleeper because you have a little more stress – two children, a mortgage, bills,” said Joanna Mazewski. Night after night, her husband’s snoring kept her awake. “She would poke me a few times,” Jack said. His wife quickly corrected him: “I would say kick, not poke.” “I would end up waking him up in the middle of …
Dr. Norman Blumenstock talks at Sleep Conference
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock I will be giving two Dental Sleep Medicine talks at Sleep Conference tomorrow which will be held at Monmouth University’s MAC Center (gymnasium) in West Long branch, NJ. …
Scientists Search for the Best Sleepers
Working to unravel the secrets of sleep, gene by gene. Less than 1% of Americans need less than six hours of sleep. Researchers are trying to unlock the secrets of the early-to-bed, early-to-rise sleeper. WSJ health reporter Sumathi Reddy discusses on Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero. Photo: Getty In a lab at the University of California, San Francisco, a husband-and-wife team is working to unravel the secrets of sleep, gene by gene. Louis Ptáček is studying why some people are genetically wired to be morning larks—an estimated 3% of the population who go to bed unusually early and rise early—while …
‘Fed Up’ Asks, Are All Calories Equal?
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock Since obstructive sleep apnea gets worse with weight gain, I thought that this would be an interesting article about dealing with obesity. By ANAHAD O’CONNOR MAY 9, 2014, 8:17 AM Americans have long been told that the cure for obesity is simple: Eat fewer calories and exercise more. But a new documentary challenges that notion, making the case that Americans have been misled by the idea that we get fat simply because we consume more calories than we expend. The film explores what it sees as some of the more insidious corporate and political forces behind …
Crystalline Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Eye
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock A recent study by the University of North Carolina, adds ocular diseases to the long list of obstructive sleep apnea associations. By Matheson A. Harris, MD, Syndee J. Givre, MD, PHD, and Amy M. Fowler, MDEdited by Ingrid U. Scott, MD, MPH, and Sharon Fekrat, MD Sleep is something we all need and, especially as physicians, often cherish. While eyelids that are tired and droopy may be one of the first signs to herald sleepiness, sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) actually have many ocular sequelae, some of which are vision-threatening. It is …
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