How To Assess The Impact Of A Tongue Tie On Patients: Osteopathic Considerations.
Why The Tongue Is So Important The tongue is the only muscle, or really group of muscles, in the body that has one freely moveable end. Not only is it attached to most fascial planes directly or indirectly, but it also has attachments on the hyoid bone, mandible, temporal bones, and other structures in the head. Structurally it can affect the digestive tract and respiratory tract. It has innervation from five cranial nerves – the trigeminal, facial, glossopharyngeal, vagus, and hypoglossus nerve. The tongue is complex and its involvement in swallowing and speaking are some of the most important …
Adult Frenectomy For Pain Relief: Osteopathic Considerations.
DANIEL LOPEZ, D.O. Why I Opted To Do The Frenectomy I decided to consider a frenectomy for a tongue tie (ankyloglossia) after doing it for my daughter, Viviana, when she was 2 months old. Seeing how the shape of her face immediately changed, how she was immediately able to open her mouth wider, how she was finally able to bottle feed pumped breast milk for the first time, and she was able to breastfeed more efficiently instantly, I began to wonder if this would be helpful for an adult. It is generally thought that once one is fully grown that …
What’s it like to wake up with sleep paralysis?
It’s as scary as it sounds. JACINTA BOWLER | 28 DEC 2015 The idea of not being able to move as an intruder or monster comes your way is classic nightmare material, but for some people, this is their reality. Around 7.6 percent of the world’s population has had at least one attack of sleep paralysis, but for some people, the odds are even higher – a 2011 study found that 28.3 percent of students, and 31.9 percent of psychiatric patients experience at least one episode of sleep paralysis in their lives. So what exactly is sleep paralysis? The disorder comes …
Sleep Apnea May Speed Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Onset: Study.
HEALTH APR 16 2015, 8:47 PM ET by LINDA CARROLL and NBC NEWS Amanda Rasmuson places a sensor on the fingertip of subject Don Chisholm of Madison for a sleep study at UW Hospital’s Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin. Michael P. King / AP file Sleep apnea may hasten memory and thinking declines, leading to earlier diagnoses of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a study released Thursday. Patients with sleep apnea were, on average, diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) nearly 10 years earlier than those who didn’t suffer from breathing problems during their slumber, according to New York …
Always Tired? Sleep Apnea Could Be to Blame.
Mirel Ketchiff Topics: sleep, myths and mistakes Until recently, doctors thought they had obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)—a condition that causes you to stop breathing for seconds at a time during the night, preventing you from getting restful sleep—all figured out. It mostly affected older, overweight men, they said. The top red flags were snoring and daytime fatigue. The only way to treat it was with a CPAP machine, which could be so noisy and uncomfortable that nearly half of sleep apnea sufferers eventually quit using it. Well, it turns out there was a lot doctors didn’t know. For starters, the condition—known to …
Lack of sleep is hurting Canada’s kids — and parents are drugging them to try to help out, new study shows.
University of B.C. nursing professor Wendy Hall says child sleep deprivation is linked to learning difficulties, behavioural problems and even increased risk of obesity. Photograph by: Arlen Redekop , PROVINCE A surprising new Canadian study suggests 70 per cent of children have trouble settling into what should come naturally — sleep. And further, about 30 per cent of parents struggling with this problem give their kids over-the-counter medications such as melatonin, a so-called “magic pill” with unknown long-term effects. University of B.C. researcher and nursing school professor Wendy Hall — who has studied child sleep for 10 years — says …
Why children who sleep more get better grades.
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 10:35 AM UTC Sleep plays a fundamental role in the way we learn. Emerging evidence makes a compelling case for the importance of sleep for language learning, memory, executive function, problem solving and behaviour during childhood. A new study that my colleagues and I have worked on illustrated how an optimal quantity of sleep leads to more effective learning in terms of knowledge acquisition and memory consolidation. Poor quality of sleep – caused by lots of waking up during the night – has also been reported to be a strong predictor of lower academic performance, reduced …
Seeking the Gears of Our Inner Clock.
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock Sleep and activity cycles are a very big part of psychiatric illnesses, reports the New York Times Neuroscientists have struggled to understand exactly how the mind’s cycles affect us. Studies of donated brains provide some answers. Carl Zimmer | DEC. 28, 2015 Credit Tim Robinson Throughout the day, a clock ticks inside our bodies. It rouses us in the morning and makes us sleepy at night. It raises and lowers our body temperature at the right times, and regulates the production of insulin and other hormones. The body’s circadian clock even influences our thoughts …
9 causes of snoring and sleep apnea in kids.
What will happen if your kid is unable to get quality sleep? Dr Atul Mittal answers! Bhavyajyoti Chilukoti | Dec 28, 2015 at 05:37 pm Like adults, kids too can have medical conditions that interfere with their ability to sleep. Did you know around 12% of children snore habitually and up to 2% suffer from sleep apnea? Snoring is caused when the palate at the back of your mouth vibrates with every incoming breath, whereas, sleep apnea is any involuntary pause while breathing. This pause may or may not be due to snoring. Although with time most kids outgrow the condition, don’t hesitate …
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