TMJ and Its Link to Headaches, Sleep Apnea
July 23, 2015 BY PETER BLAIS, RPSGT Nearly everyone on occasion experiences a throbbing headache that interferes with concentration at work or school or saps the joy from the day. For many people, the pain can be traced back to their teeth, their bite relationship, and the alignment of the lower jaw, which may also lead to a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), says Fred Abeles, DDS. “Pain doesn’t happen randomly or because of bad luck,” says Abeles, who is author of the bookBreak Away: The New Method for Treating Chronic Headaches, Migraines and TMJ Without Medication. “There’s a cause and effect …
Elevated Sleep Apnea Risk, Bruxism As Independent Risk Factors for First-onset TMD
July 26, 2015 / BY PETER BLAIS, RPSGT A study by Elizabeth Kornegay, RDH, BSDH, could help dentists better screen patients for potential obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and assess the need for patients to get a sleep test by including questions about bruxism in conversations about snoring. Kornegay’s study, “Elevated Risk for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Predicts Temporomandibular Disorder Independently of Sleep Bruxism and Awake Bruxism” earned her the AADSM Graduate Student Excellence Award. “My research contributes to the growing body of literature regarding an association between obstructive sleep apnea and chronic orofacial pain, such as temporomandibular disorders (TMD),” Kornegay says. “It …
Sleep apnea linked to kidney disease in large study of Veterans
July 14, 2015 Snoring is one of the signs of sleep apnea, although not all people who snore have the condition. Obstructive sleep apnea—in which the airway becomes narrowed or blocked during sleep—was associated with a greater risk of kidney disease in a database study of more than 3 million VA patients. The study is not the first to link the conditions, but it is by far the largest. The results appeared online June 2, 2015, in the journal Thorax. “To our knowledge, this is the largest study to date to find substantial associations between a diagnosis of [obstructive sleep …
Children With Sleep Apnea Face Health and Cognitive Issues
One to 4 percent of all children have obstructive sleep apnea, but many go undiagnosed and untreated. “As many as 25 percent of children diagnosed with ADHD may in fact have obstructive sleep apnea,” says one expert. By Magaly Olivero June 9, 2015 | 9:42 a.m. EDT Is your hyperactive child having trouble learning at school? Does your son constantly toss and turn at night? Can you hear your daughter’s irregular breathing during sleep? All of these symptoms could be the result of obstructive sleep apnea, a serious but treatable disorder that can lead to health problems, behavioral issues and learning difficulties …
Can big data help you get a good night’s sleep?
NOTES FROM DR. NORMAN BLUMENSTOCK: Many sleep experts have strong doubts on the reliability of the data since the data is generated by unproven algorithms. by Jeffrey M. O’Brien JUNE 29, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT Large-scale computing power, combined with input from millions of fitness trackers, could help unlock the mysteries of our national insomnia. I’m playing tennis with Marissa Mayer, and oddly, the Yahoo YHOO 0.98% CEO is wearing a pearlescent purple gown and sipping from a teacup. Her dress is just long enough to obscure her feet, so she appears to be floating across the baseline. As …
Snooze-Deprived Couples Rest Easy After ‘Sleep Divorce’
by HALLIE JACKSON Jack Mazewski snores so loudly that his children sleeping down the hall can hear it. The noise didn’t bother his wife, Joanna, for the first few years of their marriage — until their kids were born. “I became a light sleeper because you have a little more stress – two children, a mortgage, bills,” said Joanna Mazewski. Night after night, her husband’s snoring kept her awake. “She would poke me a few times,” Jack said. His wife quickly corrected him: “I would say kick, not poke.” “I would end up waking him up in the middle of …
Synchronizing Your Body Clocks May Help Shed Excess Weight and Prevent Insulin Resistance
June 18, 2015 http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=389596946&m=392014882 By Dr. Mercola If you struggle with excess weight, insulin resistance, and/or diabetes, getting more sleep may be of significant importance. According to recent research,1,2 poor sleep and/or lack of sleep can have a significant bearing on metabolic disorders such as these, and addressing your sleeping habits may be key for both the prevention and treatment of them. The answer as to why sleep is so important for normalizing your metabolism has to do with its effects on your body’s circadian clocks—and yes; you have a number of circadian clocks, not just one. As noted in …
Asthma Tied to Sleep Apnea
PHILADELPHIA — Patients with asthma were also more likely to develop obstructive sleep apnea, researchers reported here. by Ed Susman Contributing Writer, MedPage Today PHILADELPHIA — Patients with asthma were also more likely to develop obstructive sleep apnea, researchers reported here. Participants in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort who self-identified as having asthma at the start of the research in 1988 had a 41% incident obstructive sleep apnea rate, compared with an obstructive sleep apnea incident rate of 29% among participants who did not report asthma at the beginning of the study (P<0.001), said Mihaela Teodorescu, MD, of the University …
How Kids’ Sleep Can Be Influenced by Digital Media.
Suren Ramasubbu 05/20/2015 3:56 pm EDT In 2014, the National Sleep Foundation found that most 15- to 17-year-olds routinely get seven hours or fewer hours of sleep, which is a good two hours less sleep than they need for a healthy life. The foundation also found that sleep quality was better among children who turned their digital devices off before bedtime than those who took their devices to bed. It would thus seem that there is a connection between screen time and sleep. Is this connection somatic (purely physical), psychosomatic (caused by the mind) or just mass hysteria brought …
Tongue Exercises Can Stop Snoring: Study
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock: I often find that my patients can benefit from tongue exercises since it can enhance their results when used with a custom made dental appliance for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. Friday, 15 May 2015 05:14 PM A team of Brazilian and Colombian researchers has concluded that by using a technique of oropharyngeal mouth and tongue exercises, you could reduce snoring by 36 percent in frequency and 59 percent in intensity. Snoring is caused by vibrations of the tissues in the throat that relax during sleep and proceed to obstruct the pharynx. It can be …
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