Is Snoring Affecting Your Relationship With Your Significant Other?
Posted: Jun 11, 2013 5:47 PM CDTUpdated: Jun 11, 2013 5:47 PM CDT By Randy Key, WJBF Web Content Producer – email By ABC News New York City – A quarter of married couples say they sleep in separate beds just to get a good night sleep. “I can’t deal with this anymore! I can’t sleep!” says Nancy, from Michigan. “It usually turns out someone stomping out to the couch!” says Gina, from New Jersey. Dr. Jennifer Ashton, reporting: I’m embarrassed to admit. I often move to a different room.” “She says I disrupt her sleep. I snore,” says my husband, Rob. It …
For the health of the pregnant mom and unborn, it’s essential that obstructive sleep apnea is ruled out.
Why Pregnancy Snoring Matters By Stacey Whitman About as glamorous as stretch marks and swollen ankles, pregnancy snoring is surprisingly common and may be far more serious than simply disturbing a bedmate. That’s because expectant moms who acquire a pregnancy snoring habit are twice as likely to develop high blood pressure or preeclampsia, according to a recent study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Preeclampsia is a very dangerous condition that—if left untreated—could be fatal to mother and baby. Lead researcher Louise O’Brien says pregnant women (particularly those with high blood pressure) who experience loud snoring three nights a week or more …
There’s an App That? – Sleep Apnea Snoring Monitor App
Many of our patients have found SnoreLab a good iPhone app to monitor the decrease of snoring volume and frequency as they titrate their appliance (mandibular advancement) during oral appliance therapy. You may be able to find this app or one similar for the android mobile phones. Snorelab For iOS Will Help Your Solve Your Snoring Problem Once And For All 6 John Brownlee (7:00 am PDT, Jun 6th) I am a snorer. This should not be taken to mean that I make soft, puppy-like growling sounds in the back of my throat as I sleep. In fact, if you happened to hold …
Treating Sleep Apnea Among Athletes.
Yes, even non-obese individuals can have obstructive sleep apnea. http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?vcid=24847405&freewheel=91059&sitesection=kswb …
Research Looks at Tonsil Removal for Kids with Sleep Apnea
Research Looks at Tonsil Removal for Kids with Sleep Apnea Does removing the tonsils and adenoids help children with sleep apnea? A recent research showed some interesting results. Published: May. 22, 2013 Visit this link to see the video from Boston.com… http://www.boston.com/multimedia/health-video/research-looks-at-tonsil-removal-kids-wi.html …
Is there a link between sleep apnea and Alzheimer’s?
In a small study, researchers discovered that thinner participants with breathing problems during sleep were more likely to have biological signs of an increased likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s. / BananaStock Written by Randy Dotinga HealthDay Sleep apnea, the condition that robs sufferers of deep sleep by endlessly and subconsciously waking them up, becomes more common as people age. Now, a small new study raises the possibility that it may somehow cause — or be caused by — Alzheimer’s disease. Don’t worry just yet if you have sleep apnea. The research is preliminary, and it’s possible that there may be no …
Dr. Norman Blumenstock – Awarded the 2013 Distinguished Service Award by the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD 2013 Norman Blumenstock, DDS Norman T. Blumenstock, DDS, earned his dental degree from Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, after earning his bachelor’s degree from Brooklyn College. Prior to entering private practice, he served a general practice and Medical Center in New York City. He is proud to have earned both Fellowship and Mastership awards from the Academy of General Dentistry. For the past 25 years, he has focused on dental sleep medicine. Since 1991, Dr. Blumenstock has attended the weekly sleep clinic sessions at the medical school where he is currently appointed to the Medical Department …
There Appears To Be A Connection Between Sleep Apnea and Memory Loss
With sleep apnea, those snores can mean trouble Shary Smith, 67, who has both short-term memory loss and sleep apnea, the common disorder in which people stop breathing while sleeping, is shown in her Weston home on Saturday, May 18, 2013. She uses jigsaw puzzles to keep her mind fresh and CPAP machine to assist in breathing at night. Smith said when she first used the machine she had an uncomfortable feeling like she couldn’t do it, now it’s second nature to her. Max Reed / FOR THE MIAMI HERALD Fullsize Buy Photo previous | next Image 1 of 2 SLEEP APNEA …
Fighting Snoring, and Its Dangers, Together
Dan Hajjar and Anne Marie Jarka-Hajjar before their sleep disorder tests. By LAURA RIVERA Published: February 15, 2007 MORRISTOWN, N.J., Feb. 13 — After canceling a planned romantic dinner, Dan Hajjar and Anne Marie Jarka-Hajjar, who have been married 17 years, spent Valentine’s eve in separate beds, tossing and turning amid a tangle of electrode wires and sensors stuck all over their bodies. Enlarge This Image Aaron Houston for The New York Times Cathy Durkin, left, and Kerry Kelley preparing the couple for their study. In a last-ditch bid for bedtime bliss, the couple checked into the sleep disorder clinic of Morristown …
Growing up angry: How nighttime breathing battles hurt our children: the sleep apnea-ADHD connection
Sleep apnea is not just an adult problem. Far from it. Between 1- 3% of young children have sleep apnea/disordered breathing, and if untreated, can grow up with lasting scars. Habitual nighttime battles for adequate air can set a child up for ADHD sym By Dr. James E. Metz Published: Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013 – 2:14 pm Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/18/5353670/growing-up-angry-how-nighttime.html#storylink=cpy COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 18, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — People lobbying for gun control may want to consider another culprit in the post-Newtown search for the answer to our unfathomable questions. In Adam Lanza, with his classic adenoidal face structure, have we overlooked a possible …
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