Is Tongue Tie Becoming More Common?
at 11/04/2016 / Posted by Fauquier ENT In October 2016, I listened to an interesting lecture by Dr. Ghaheri(ENT in Portland, OR) who at one point attempted to explain through genetics why clinically significant tongue tie may be increasing in frequency. After all, it seems that every year, more and more moms are reporting breastfeeding difficulty/pain as well as more infants are being diagnosed with tongue tie now than in the past. One explanation may be due to genetics. He specifically mentioned three research papers that suggest tongue tie is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. Acevedo in 2010 …
Could Cincinnati become the city that sleeps better?
Anne Saker , asaker@enquirer.com | 6:48 p.m. EDT November 3, 2016 An Australian company has planted its U.S. office in Over-the-Rhine with hopes of soon building a staff and a local manufacturing plant dedicated to the belief that the solution to your snoring problem is a little plastic gizmo that you stick up your nose at night. “We could have gone to New York, y’know, the city that never sleeps,” said Michael Johnson, president and chief executive officer of Rhinomed. “But we want to make Cincinnati the city that sleeps better.” Rhinomed of Melbourne, Australia, landed in Cincinnati a …
How the End of Daylight Saving Time Can Affect Health.
By GILLIAN MOHNEY | Nov 6, 2016, 6:36 AM ET http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/video/daylight-saving-basics-37557125 This Sunday, nearly everyone in the U.S. will need to set back their clocks one hour as daylight saving time comes to an end. While this means an extra hour of sleep, surprisingly it can also take a toll on health. An extra hour of sleep can be a welcome respite for many people. But it can also disrupt normal sleep patterns, which puts strain on the body. The change in schedule can throw off the body’s internal clock, or circadian rhythm, Dr. Samuel Friedlander, assistant clinical professor …
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 …
Oral Myofacial Therapy—A Breakthrough Technique to Treat Symptoms Relating to Breathing Problems, TMJ, Headaches and Other Common Ailments.
April 07, 2013 By Dr. Mercola Orofacial myofunctional therapy is a profoundly useful treatment that may help treat the symptoms of a a wide variety of health issues, from opening airways to headaches, temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJ), to poor digestion, just to name a few. It may be the most profound therapy available for the treatment of mild to moderate sleep apnea, which is a pervasive problem that affects many. Myofunctional therapy is the “neuromuscular re-education or re-patterning of the oral and facial muscles1.” The therapy includes facial and tongue exercises and behavior modification techniques to promote …
Do you have sleep apnea? Lack of rest could be making you fat.
Research shows that sufficient sleep is as important as diet and exercise for weight loss. Sleep apnea – a condition where people stop breathing during sleep, as often as 30 times or more per hour – can negatively influence a person’s weight. By Molly Kimball | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on August 09, 2016 at 6:30 AM, updated August 09, 2016 at 6:31 AM There’s no question that sleep is intricately tied to weight. How big a factor is it? Perpetual sleep deprivation can undermine weight loss efforts as significantly as adding a Big Mac to our regular daily diet. …
9 Alternative Therapies for Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Published on September 18, 2014 CPAP is the gold standard for obstructive sleep apnea, but what about patients who can’t—or won’t—tolerate it or who need an additional therapy? We profile the spectrum of FDA-approved therapies, including when to try them, considerations for each, and new developments. By Sree Roy DEVICES Oral Appliances Information source: Dr Kathleen Bennett, president, American Academy of Dental Medicine How it works: Oral appliance therapy (OAT) helps prevent the collapse of the tongue and soft tissues in the back of the throat by supporting the jaw in a forward position, keeping the airway open during sleep. …
7 APAP Myths Debunked
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock: For some severe osa patients APAP can work nicely in conjunction with their oral appliance. Published on June 6, 2014 As automatic PAP device usage grows, it’s imperative you’re able to separate fact from fiction. By Peter Blais, RPSGT “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.” President John Kennedy probably did not have automatic (also known as auto-titration) positive airway pressure (APAP) devices in mind when he made the above statement at a Yale University event. But the quote’s …
6 Online Options for Insomnia Therapy.
Published on December 11, 2014 There aren’t enough practitioners of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) to allow for all sufferers in need of the gold-standard treatment to get in-person help, but online programs can fill some patients’ needs. We profile online CBT-I options, including the peer-reviewed research that supports their programs, their effectiveness data, and price points. By C.A. Wolski CBTforInsomnia.com Information source: Gregg D. Jacobs, PhD Launched: 2005 Created by: Jacobs, a CBT-I and sleep specialist, based on his 20 years of research and clinical practice in sleep medicine at Harvard Medical School. Development: CBTforInsomnia.com was developed from …
How lack of sleep changes your PERSONALITY.
Just one restless night can make you emotionally detached, irrational, and willing to risk a lot. In 1959, New York DJ Peter Tripp stayed awake 200 hours for charity The impact of his ‘wakeathon’ was far more dramatic than expected Doctors are still learning about why it changed him so much Jakke Tamminen, a psychology lecturer at Royal Holloway, explains By JAKKE TAMMINEN FOR THE CONVERSATION PUBLISHED: 14:04 EST, 17 October 2016 | UPDATED: 14:47 EST, 17 October 2016 In 1959, Peter Tripp, a popular New York DJ, pledged to stay awake for 200 hours for charity while …
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