Sleep Apnea at Night Nearly Killed Man During Day.
Diane Atwood / 7:53 a.m. EDT October 27, 2015 http://www.wcsh6.com/story/news/health/2015/10/27/sleep-apnea-night-nearly-killed-man-during-day/74205874/ “I was driving along a state highway heading home on a summer afternoon. I dozed and drifted onto the gravel shoulder toward a drop-off onto someone’s lawn. The bang of my right side mirror striking a mailbox woke me up. I swerved left and skidded back into the road. Safe this time, but frightened.” Dan was often sleepy during the day. He decided to see his doctor and told him about his near miss and some other things that had been happening lately. He fell asleep at night the moment he …
Sleep Paralysis and Demons In The Bed
Published on October 29, 2015 A Medical Daily news report examines the phenomena of sleep paralysis, which is thought to be connected to REM sleep. For whatever reason — researchers still don’t have a concrete explanation — we can wake up right as we enter or exit REM sleep while our bodies remain rigid and unmoving. Even though we’re not in any danger of suffocating, the fact that we can’t breathe voluntarily leaves us petrified of that possibility, and the lingering traces of REM sleep also make us susceptible to auditory and visual hallucinations. According to UK researchers Christopher C. …
How Technology Can Help You Sleep Better.
Published on October 22, 2015 From Samsung’s SleepSense to 3D printing, The Week takes a look at the different types of technology available to help improve sleep. One option is using an under-mattress sleep tracker, like Samsung’s forthcoming SleepSense. The upside for owners of other smart devices is the potential to connect your sleep habits more directly to other aspects of daily life. The tracker can turn off your smart TV when you pass out, or work with your smart fridge to recommend midnight snack choices that promote more restful sleep. With enough disposable income, even your mattress itself could change …
Sleep Apnea May Raise Women’s Heart Risk, But Not Men’s
Findings highlight the need to screen women for the nighttime breathing disorder, experts say WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The nighttime breathing disturbance known as sleep apnea can boost a woman’s risk for heart problems and even death, but there was no such effect for men, a new study finds. The finding “highlights the importance of sleep apnea screening and treatment for women, a group who often are not routinely screened for sleep apnea,” study co-author Dr. Susan Redline, a sleep specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, said in a hospital news release. The study involved …
What to Expect during a Sleep Study
Updated on August 21, 2015 While many people drift fast asleep with images of sugar plum fairies dancing in their head; others try everything from counting sheep to drinking warm milk in order to fall asleep, stay asleep or combat issues that interrupt their slumber. For those with issues affecting the quality of their sleep and wake times a sleep study may be just the thing the doctor ordered. I recently completed a sleep lab at my physician’s request to look for signs of apnea, a common sleep disorder in which breathing can stop and start resulting in inability to …
Goodnight. Sleep Clean.
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock: Here is a great article about why sleep is SO important!! By MARIA KONNIKOVAJAN. 11, 2014 Credit Eiko Ojala SLEEP seems like a perfectly fine waste of time. Why would our bodies evolve to spend close to one-third of our lives completely out of it, when we could instead be doing something useful or exciting? Something that would, as an added bonus, be less likely to get us killed back when we were sleeping on the savanna? “Sleep is such a dangerous thing …
At-risk school bus drivers will undergo sleep studies.
Marion County school buses at the main bus barn in Ocala. File By Joe Callahan Staff writer Published: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 7:02 p.m. Marion County school bus drivers who are at risk of having sleep apnea will be required to undergo a sleep study at the School District’s expense. Apnea can cause people to become sleep deprived and therefore a hazard on the road. District officials want to make sure that drivers who may have the condition are screened and treated for safety reasons. The district entered into an …
Snoring – The Silent Killer.
Dr Narathip Wangsuppasawad Special to The Nation September 15, 2015 1:00 am Sleep experts in the UK reckon that people who share a bed with a snorer lose one hour of precious sleep a night. Yet aside from depriving his or her partner of sleep, a regular snorer who doesn’t seek medical treatment might well be signing his or her death warrant. Sleep apnea is a condition in which you stop breathing repeatedly or breathe very lightly and slowly. This condition can occur when the airways in the nose and throat are blocked during sleep (Obstructive sleep apnea: OSA) interrupting …
Famous Presidents Who Snored (And What People Thought About Them)
August 24th, 2015 – by DailyPolitical Snoring – it’s a problem that’s plagued spouses, roommates and traveling companions for as long as we’ve been on Earth. Stress has been linked to snoring, so it’s no wonder that so many presidents have had documented snoring problems. Here are eight presidents whose snoring was so severe it made it into the history books. Theodore Roosevelt Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt was one of America’s most beloved presidents, but his snoring certainly didn’t win him any praise. During a stay in a Washington hospital, he snored so loudly that the staff had to relocate the …
FAA Policy on Sleep Apnea and Pilot Medical Certification.
http://www.aopa.org/AOPA-Live?watch=%7BD6908683-5FF8-4B3D-99AE-5737DE43ACB4%7D AOPA Director of Medical Certification Gary Crump explains the new FAA policy on sleep apnea and pilot medical certification. …
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