Research Reveals That Increased Education About Sleep Apnea Leads To Better Outcomes.
08/08/2016 02:58 pm ET | Updated Aug 17, 2016 Harold A. Smith, DDS Sleep-disordered breathing is a problem that should not be taken lightly. In addition to leaving you feeling groggy during the day, untreated sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea can lead to several other health problems, including high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes and heart disease. Effective treatments such ascontinuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy and oral appliance therapy are available to treat obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Apnea Treatment Options Obstructive sleep apnea is caused when the tongue and soft palate collapse onto the back of the …
Overactive bladder linked to sleep apnea in women: Study
By: Devon Andre | Bladder | Wednesday, August 03, 2016 – 03:30 PM Overactive bladder is linked to sleep apnea in women, according to research. Overactive bladder is characterized by a higher frequency and urgency to urinate, along with incontinence and frequent awakenings throughout the night to urinate (nocturia). The need to urinate throughout the night is also a common symptom of sleep apnea, but little research looking at the two conditions together has been conducted. The findings come from researchers at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, Spain. Seventy-two female participants completed questionnaires about their symptoms related to …
What Your Sleep Might Be Trying to Tell You.
Sawing logs, tossing and turning, and nighttime trips to the bathroom may all be normal…or not. Here’s how to analyze your Zzzs. AUGUST 3, 2016 | BY SELENE YEAGER Everybody sleeps. But not everybody sleeps the same way. So long as you’re getting enough—experts recommend 7 to 9 hours a night—and you feel rested, you don’t need to sweat the occasional off night. However if you’re not feeling rested, or your sleep is frequently disrupted, there might be something more important going on. Here’s a look at 3 common sleep issues and what might be causing them. Serious Snoring …
Why Do People Sleep With One Foot Outside The Covers? This One Environmental Factor May Be The Biggest Influence On Sleep — VIDEO
MEGAN GRANT July 27 LIFESTYLE Have you ever experienced one of those middle-of-the-night dilemmas where you can’t decide if you want to be under or over the covers? I certainly have. Icannot sleep without being covered — but I also live in the desert, where the 115-degree heat is just a tad overwhelming. I always end up with one leg out from under the covers. It turns out that science has explained why people sleep with one foot outside the covers, and it has …
DentiTrac Oral Appliance System
NEW GOLD STANDARD IN WEARABLE COMPLIANCE MEASUREMENT RECEIVES TAP ORAL APPLIANCE FDA CLEARANCE TEST. TREAT. TRAC. ® 25th August 2016: BRAEBON Medical Corporation announces today that the DentiTrac® oral appliance compliance system has passed a substantial regulatory hurdle and is now FDA cleared in the USA for use with the Airway Management TAP® family of oral devices. BRAEBON congratulates Airway Management for achieving this milestone. The DentiTrac® system has been developed by BRAEBON. It is a wearable microrecorder and web cloud portal combination which defines the new gold standard for the objective measurement of oral appliance compliance measurement for sleep …
The Companies That Teach Their Employees How To Sleep.
JUL 31, 2016 @ 11:43 PM Andrew Cave , CONTRIBUTOR Question: What do camera-maker Olympus, accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers , Shire Pharmaceuticals, Unilever and Cambridge University have in common. Answer: They are all sending employees on courses to teach them how to sleep. Before you reach for your copy of Brave New World or do a Google search on neural reprogramming, rest assured. Guy Meadows doesn’t mind what employees dream about or hear while they are sleeping. However, the sleep physiologist has become increasingly concerned that employees are not getting the sleep they need to perform their duties to the levels …
Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Melatonin For Sleep.
Mar 22, 2016 | 11:45 AM By Korin Miller Melantonin has become a popular sleep aid supplement, but experts say it’s probably not your best bet if you’re having trouble sleeping. Melatonin has become a popular sleep aid for people who have trouble catching their zzz’s but don’t feel comfortable taking medication. But, even though it’s sold in the seemingly-innocuous vitamin section, experts say you should think twice before reaching for the supplement—especially if you plan to use it regularly. Melatonin is a hormone produced by your brain’s pineal gland. Your body starts producing it naturally when …
Obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia increases risk of workplace injury.
By: Emily Lunardo | Sleep | Wednesday, April 13, 2016 – 12:30 PM Obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia increase the risk of workplace injury. A Canadian study looked at workplace injury and obstructive sleep apnea, and found that the risk of injury increased with severity of obstructive sleep apnea. The researchers looked at over 1,200 sleep clinic patients and found that individuals with sleep apnea had double the risk of experiencing a workplace injury and were three times more likely to have an injury related to failed vigilance, such as tripping or falling. Study author Najib Ayas said, “A …
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 …
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