Could Cincinnati become the city that sleeps better?
Anne Saker , asaker@enquirer.com | 6:48 p.m. EDT November 3, 2016 An Australian company has planted its U.S. office in Over-the-Rhine with hopes of soon building a staff and a local manufacturing plant dedicated to the belief that the solution to your snoring problem is a little plastic gizmo that you stick up your nose at night. “We could have gone to New York, y’know, the city that never sleeps,” said Michael Johnson, president and chief executive officer of Rhinomed. “But we want to make Cincinnati the city that sleeps better.” Rhinomed of Melbourne, Australia, landed in Cincinnati a …
10 Ways to Stop Snoring.
Illustration by Giacomo Bagnara BY JEFF VRABEL November 5, 2016 10:00 am So I have this friend who snores like a psychopath. Enough that people bitch about it from neighboring rooms. Enough that his wife is basically scouting quieter replacement husbands. Enough that his son jokes that he sounds like elephant giving birth inside a metal garbage can. But this friend, see, he knows that it’s hard to make lifestyle adjustments while unconscious. He also sleeps pretty well, so he wouldn’t even worry about it, if not for the complaints from people he likes. So this friend, while awake, went …
Oral Myofacial Therapy—A Breakthrough Technique to Treat Symptoms Relating to Breathing Problems, TMJ, Headaches and Other Common Ailments.
April 07, 2013 By Dr. Mercola Orofacial myofunctional therapy is a profoundly useful treatment that may help treat the symptoms of a a wide variety of health issues, from opening airways to headaches, temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJ), to poor digestion, just to name a few. It may be the most profound therapy available for the treatment of mild to moderate sleep apnea, which is a pervasive problem that affects many. Myofunctional therapy is the “neuromuscular re-education or re-patterning of the oral and facial muscles1.” The therapy includes facial and tongue exercises and behavior modification techniques to promote …
Do you have sleep apnea? Lack of rest could be making you fat.
Research shows that sufficient sleep is as important as diet and exercise for weight loss. Sleep apnea – a condition where people stop breathing during sleep, as often as 30 times or more per hour – can negatively influence a person’s weight. By Molly Kimball | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on August 09, 2016 at 6:30 AM, updated August 09, 2016 at 6:31 AM There’s no question that sleep is intricately tied to weight. How big a factor is it? Perpetual sleep deprivation can undermine weight loss efforts as significantly as adding a Big Mac to our regular daily diet. …
9 Alternative Therapies for Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Published on September 18, 2014 CPAP is the gold standard for obstructive sleep apnea, but what about patients who can’t—or won’t—tolerate it or who need an additional therapy? We profile the spectrum of FDA-approved therapies, including when to try them, considerations for each, and new developments. By Sree Roy DEVICES Oral Appliances Information source: Dr Kathleen Bennett, president, American Academy of Dental Medicine How it works: Oral appliance therapy (OAT) helps prevent the collapse of the tongue and soft tissues in the back of the throat by supporting the jaw in a forward position, keeping the airway open during sleep. …
7 APAP Myths Debunked
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock: For some severe osa patients APAP can work nicely in conjunction with their oral appliance. Published on June 6, 2014 As automatic PAP device usage grows, it’s imperative you’re able to separate fact from fiction. By Peter Blais, RPSGT “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.” President John Kennedy probably did not have automatic (also known as auto-titration) positive airway pressure (APAP) devices in mind when he made the above statement at a Yale University event. But the quote’s …
Why a Lack of Sleep Makes Us Depressed: Expert Reveals What You Can Do About It.
Published on October 14, 2016 In a report from the Daily Mail, psychology professor Alice Gregory discusses the idea that insomnia happens before depression and improving sleep may help treat the condition. Historically, insomnia has been thought of as secondary to other disorders such as depression. The idea was that you became depressed – and that your sleep got messed up as a consequence. This might involve difficulty falling asleep, excessive time awake at night or waking up earlier than hoped. This may make sense to those who have experienced depression and found that thoughts of distressing events such as …
Exercises To Alleviate Sleep Apnea.
Note from Dr. Norman Blumenstock: These exercises may be helpful with oral appliance therapy patients as well. THE HANS INDIA | Jun 18,2016 , 11:01 PM IST Snoring isn’t something that most of us worry about. In fact some of us even relate snoring to having a good night’s sleep. Around 40-45 per cent adults snore some or other time during sleep and they are unable to discern the difference between simple snoring and snoring as a disease. However, loud snoring when accompanied by daytime fatigue could be a sign of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Obstructive Sleep Apnea is …
How a Sleepless Night Affects Your Ability to Focus.
By Sara G. Miller, Staff Writer | April 3, 2016 09:04pm ET NEW YORK — A sleepless night may affect your ability to filter out information, a new study finds. In the study, the researchers confirmed that sleep deprivation can impair what’s known as “selective attention,” or the ability to focus on specific information when other things are occurring at the same time. A classic example of a setting that requires your selective attention is a cocktail party, said Eve Wiggins, a former student at Willamette University in Oregon and the lead researcher on the study. Selective attention is the …
Treatment Could Lower Crash Risk For Truckers With Sleep Apnea.
HEALTH NEWS | Wed Sep 28, 2016 | 3:16pm EDT By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Commercial truck drivers who get treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for two years may reduce their crash risk to the level of drivers without apnea, a study from Italy suggests. For professional drivers, the screening, treatment and management of sleep disorders should be mandatory to reduce accident risk and improve road safety, the study authors write in the journal Sleep Medicine. “Screening for OSA in heavy vehicle drivers should be a major public safety priority,” senior author Luigi Ferini-Strambi, director of the Sleep …
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