10 Ways to Stop Snoring.
Illustration by Giacomo Bagnara BY JEFF VRABEL November 5, 2016 10:00 am So I have this friend who snores like a psychopath. Enough that people bitch about it from neighboring rooms. Enough that his wife is basically scouting quieter replacement husbands. Enough that his son jokes that he sounds like elephant giving birth inside a metal garbage can. But this friend, see, he knows that it’s hard to make lifestyle adjustments while unconscious. He also sleeps pretty well, so he wouldn’t even worry about it, if not for the complaints from people he likes. So this friend, while awake, went …
Oventus closer to cure for snoring and sleep apnoea with its 3D printed mouthguards.
Aug 27, 2016 | By Nick Oventus Medical Ltd is another step closer to ending the scourges of snoring and sleep apnoea with its 3D printed mouthguards. A successful IPO on the Australian Stock Exchange last month raised $12 million. The company has now reported first year revenues of $540,164 and that shows a real appetite for a relatively simple device that can change lives around the world. Oventus can now focus on developing the second generation O2Vent T system with its partner, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in Melbourne, Australia. Now the US Food and Drug …
Less sleep, frequent snoring shorten breast cancer survival.
July 1, 2016 Short sleep duration and frequent snoring prior to cancer diagnosis may shorten OS among postmenopausal women with breast cancer. Amanda I. Phipps, MPH, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology at University of Washington, and colleagues assessed the association between sleep characteristics prior to cancer diagnosis and subsequent cancer survival among postmenopausal women who participated in the Women’s Health Initiative. Amanda I.Phipps The analysis included data from 21,230 Women’s Health Initiative participants, in whom a first primary invasive cancer had been diagnosed during follow-up. All women had provided information about sleep characteristics at baseline. Phipps and colleagues used …
YOUR BODY: DEALING WITH A SNORING PARTNER
Notes by Dr. Norman Blumenstock Remember that a sleep test to rule obstructive sleep apnea either in or out should be done first to know what is being treated. BY ABC News Radio | July 15, 2016 By DR. JENNIFER ASHTON, ABC News Senior Medical Contributor Does your partner’s snoring keep you up all night? If so, you’re not alone. According to the National Sleep Foundation, snoring affects about 90 million adults. Snoring can be more than just annoying noise — it can be associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which is a serious issue that may need …
Obstructive sleep pattern could be why your child snores at night: Docs
Sreemoyee Chatterjee| TNN | Jul 13, 2016, 11.21 AM IST Condition not easily detectable, could lead to cardiovascular disorders (Donald Erickson) Recently, when Subham, 4, was brought to a city hospital with complaints of persistent mouth breathing, snoring with gasps and frequently waking up from sleep, doctors found his case to be syndromic -the boy had a large tongue, narrowed facial features, weakness of muscles and enlarged tonsils. Subham (name changed) had already developed pulmonary hypertension (elevated pressure on the right side of the heart). All these was due to Obstructive sleep Apnoea (OSA), a sleep-related breathing disorder affecting 2% …
How Snoring Can Kill You.
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Untreated Sleep Apnea May Boost Cardiovascular Risk After Angioplasty
JUNE 16, 2016 BY JENNIFER LICATA UNTREATED SLEEP APNEA MAY BOOST CARDIOVASCULAR RISK AFTER ANGIOPLASTY JUNE 16, 2016 BY JENNIFER LICATA BEACON TRANSCRIPT – Japanese researchers found a link between breathing problems during sleep including snoring and apnea and a high risk of having a stroke or developing a heart condition in patients who had underwent angioplasty. Angioplasty is a surgical procedure aimed at clearing blood vessels from dangerous plaque which obstructs the blood flow through arteries and thus ups the risk of heart disease and high blood pressure. The study found that Japanese patients who underwent the procedure …
Don’t Let Sleep Apnea Take Your Breath Away.
Published on May 25, 2016 There are some moments in life that take your breath away, but if those moments are happening while you’re asleep, it might be time to see a sleep expert, according to a sleep specialist at Baylor College of Medicine. “Sleep apnea is caused by a narrowing or complete collapse of the upper airway that occurs in some people while they are sleeping, and this can affect one’s ability to get oxygen to the body, making the body work harder to breathe,” says Fidaa Shaib, MD, associate professor of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at …
Truck drivers who fail to adhere to sleep apnea treatment have higher crash rate.
March 21, 2016 Credit: Vera Kratochvil/public domain Truck drivers with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who failed to adhere to treatment had a rate of preventable crashes five times higher than that of truckers without the ailment, according to researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Morris, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and colleagues. The study—which looked at the results of the first large-scale employer program to screen, diagnose, and monitor OSA treatment adherence in the U.S. trucking industry—will be published online March 21, 2016 in the journalSleep. The findings suggest that commercial truck drivers should …
Sleep apnea risk in women may increase with gestational diabetes during pregnancy.
By: Mohan Garikiparithi | Sleep | Tuesday, March 08, 2016 – 01:30 PM Sleep apnea risk in women may increase with gestational diabetes during pregnancy. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is far more common in men, but women are not immune to this sleep disorder that causes the stoppage of breathing throughout the night. A Thailand study found that obese Asian women with gestational diabetes are at highest risk of obstructive sleep apnea, even if their diabetes is controlled. Furthermore, severity of obstructive sleep apnea was associated with high blood glucose levels, along with greater daytime fatigue. The researchers looked …
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