Do you have sinus problems?
By Dr. DONALD JOHNSON/Northwest Treatment Center for Snoring & Sleep Apnea | Posted 1 week ago You’ve gone to your primary care doctor and you’ve been prescribed multiple courses of antibiotics which stopped working. You’ve gone to an ear nose, & throat surgeon and you’ve been prescribed more antibiotics, allergy meds, and decongestants which also stopped working. You’ve even had a CAT scan of your sinuses which came back normal. Your symptoms can be interpreted as chronic sinusitis, but why was the CAT scan normal? Currently, recommendations for chronic sinusitis that antibiotics don’t help is to consider sinus surgery. But …
What If It Is Not Your Sleep? Exploring Other Causes Of Daytime Fatigue.
06/28/2016 10:27 am ET | Updated Jun 28, 2016 By Brandon R. Peters, MD When sleep is not refreshing, the feelings of tiredness and fatigue can undermine your daytime function. Beyond common sleep disorders like obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia, what are some of the reasons for feeling tired? Explore some of these potential causes, ranging from medications to diet and exercise, and try to discover what you can do to feel better. Understanding the Role of Sleep Disorders First, it is important to recognize that there is a difference between sleepiness and fatigue. Sleepiness is the strong desire …
How Sleep Helps Manage Diabetes.
Eat healthy, be active and sleep well. By Toby Smithson | Contributor June 22, 2016, at 6:00 a.m. Often, people with diabetes blame what they ate or their inactivity as the culprit for an out-of-range blood glucose level. But there are other health behaviors that can affect blood glucose levels, and poor sleep habits is a common – and maybe unnoticed – one. Not only do poor sleep habits affect the circadian rhythm, which can lead to higher blood glucose levels, but they also increase low-level stress, increasing heart disease risk factors. Dreaming of obtaining a good night’s sleep …
Prevalence of Sleep-Disordered Breathing On The Rise.
June 1, 2016 A study estimates SDB prevalence rates that are substantially higher than rates 2 decades ago, in part due to rising obesity. BY PETER BLAIS, RPSGT Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is very common—especially in middle-aged and older adults—and is associated with a wide range of negative outcomes. These outcomes include cardiovascular disease, depressed mood, cognitive deficits, accidents, and injury (among others), according to one of the authors of a recent study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. “Over the last two decades, SDB has become increasingly prevalent, to the point that clinicians that see several adult patients daily …
Study Shows Strong Prevalence of Insomnia Symptoms Among Female Veterans.
Published on June 10, 2016 A new study sheds light on the prevalence of insomnia symptoms among female veterans. Results demonstrate that more than 47 percent of female veterans reported symptoms of insomnia that resulted in functional impairment. Of this sample group, less than one percent had a diagnosis of a sleep disorder based on medical records. “Results from the analysis provide a clinical decision tree identifying subgroups of women with high and low risk for insomnia symptoms,” said lead author Kimberly Babson, PhD, Research Health Science Specialist at the National Center for PTSD – Dissemination & Training Division, VA …
25 Important Facts You Should Probably Know About Sleep.
Robert Anthony in ENVISION May 22, 2016 2:14pm Sleeping is a lot more important than you might think. In today’s “rise and grind” world, we’re urged to sleep less and work more. We’re told that “sleep is for the weak.” We’re told “sleep is the cousin of death.” But is it really? Or is the whole anti-sleep narrative actually just fabricated folklore working against us? It’s important that we understand all of the different ways sleep is important for the human body. For instance, did you know sleeping for less than 7 hours a night shortens your life expectancy exponentially? Let’s …
Too Much Or Too Little Sleep Linked With Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk.
Published on June 6, 2016 Sleeping less than 4 hours or more than 8 hours a night increases the risk of dying from some types of coronary heart disease, such as heart attacks and unstable angina pectoris, according to a study by Norwegian and Taiwanese researchers. “This is the single largest study that has looked at how sleep duration affects the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Our results show that enough, but not too much sleep is important for a healthy lifestyle,” says first author and postdoctoral fellow Linn Beate Strand at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s Department …
Oral rest posture: A key piece of the obstructive sleep apnea puzzle.
June 2, 2016 By Angie Lehman, RDH, COM Dental professionals are missing the chance to address obstructive sleep apnea before it even begins. In the past few years, the subject of the airway in relation to dentistry has been increasingly discussed. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and snoring are hot topics right now. There seems to be a call to action for all dental professionals to assess our patients for snoring and sleep apnea. Mandibular advancement devices and take-home sleep studies are definitely trending in the dental world. The spotlight on this issue is necessary and important. But rather than focus …
As Sleep Apnea Severity Increases, So Do Kids’ Learning Challenges.
Published on May 20, 2016 Sleep assessments in young children showed that, in the context of habitual snoring and enlarged tonsils and adenoids, moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) increased the likelihood and magnitude of cognitive deficits. These deficits include, but are not limited to, problems with attention, memory, and language. The research results were presented at the ATS (American Thoracic Society) 2016 International Conference. “Although evidence suggesting the presence of cognitive deficits in children with sleep apnea has been around for quite some time, the relatively small groups studied made it difficult to demonstrate a strong relationship between …
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