Snoring Children May Suffer From Sleep Apnea
By JANE E. BRODY / JULY 27, 2015 5:45 AM Credit Paul Rogers Barrett Treadway, now 3½, has never been the best of sleepers, but her sleep grew increasingly worse in the last year and a half. She gets up several times a night, often climbs into her parents’ bed and creates havoc with their nights. “We’ve known for a long time that she snores, but until a mother-daughter trip in May when we shared a bed, I didn’t realize that this was not simply snoring,” her mother, Laura, told me. “She repeatedly stopped breathing, then started again with a …
Many Overweight Teens Don’t See Their Weight As a Problem
News · July 14, 2015 Around 40 percent think their weight is about right, British researchers find Many overweight and obese teens don’t believe they have a weight problem, according to a study published online July 9 in the International Journal of Obesity. FRIDAY, July 10, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Many overweight and obese teens don’t believe they have a weight problem, according to a study published online July 9 in the International Journal of Obesity. Researchers reviewed data on 4,979 teens. They were between 13 and 15 years of age, and they all lived in the United Kingdom. The …
Sleep apnea patients have new, simple alternative to CPAP
Posted: Jul 15, 2015 7:48 AM CDT Updated: Jul 15, 2015 7:48 AM CDT by Jonathan Choe MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – Millions of Americans snore or struggle with sleep apnea. These breathing conditions could lead to other serious health problems, but several influential groups are saying a simple mouthpiece is becoming more effective in treating these nagging bedtime issues. “Snoring is narrowing of the airway, sleep apnea is closure of the airway,” Dr. Jonathan Parker of the Snoring and Sleep Apnea Dental Treatment Center explained. Aside from being unable to breathe, sleep apnea can lead to other problems like high blood …
WWhy You Snore More As You Get Older And What You Can Do About It
The Huffington Post | By Yagana Shah Posted: 07/06/2015 6:02 am EDT No, you’re not imagining things. Your partner’s snoring probably has gotten worse over the years. You’ve tried everything from ear plugs to sleeping in different beds but nothing seems to drown out the inexplicably loud throaty sounds coming from your partner at night. We spoke to sleep specialist Rafael Pelayo of the Stanford Sleep Medicine Center to find out exactly what causes snoring and why it gets worse with age. “It can start at any age,” Pelayo says, noting that it does occur more often as we age. …
Not Just a Man’s Disease — Women Get Sleep Apnea Too!
Posted: 09/19/2014 8:24 am EDT Decades ago, heart disease was thought of as a “man’s disease” before well-targeted public education campaigns increased cardiac illness recognition among women and its profound impact on their health. Similarly, one of the most common sleep disorders, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), has received a masculine label. Granted, OSA affects half as many women as men, but it is far from rare — about 6 percent of women suffer from this condition [1]. The lack of awareness in the medical community about the impact of OSA on women is partly rooted in gender bias and partly …
New Gold Standard in Wearable Compliance Measurement Receives FDA Clearance
Dr. Norman Blumenstock will be offering this. Give the office a call to find out more information. Jun 24, 2015, 13:24 ET from BRAEBON Medical Corporation KANATA, Ontario, June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — BRAEBON Medical Corporation announces today that the DentiTrac® oral appliance compliance system has passed a substantial regulatory hurdle and is now FDA cleared in the USA for use with the SomnoDent oral device. BRAEBON congratulates SomnoMed for being the first company in the world to achieve this milestone. The DentiTrac® system has been developed by BRAEBON. It is a wearable micro-recorder and web cloud portal combination which …
Lower Life Satisfaction Linked to Sleep Problems During Midlife
Published on June 11, 2015 A study suggests that lower life satisfaction is linked to sleep problems during midlife. Respondents with higher life satisfaction reported shorter sleep onset latency (SOL). Sleep onset delay among those with low life satisfaction could be the result of worry and anxiety, as reported elsewhere. These findings support the idea that life satisfaction is interlinked with many measures of sleep and sleep quality, suggesting that improving one of these variables might result in improving the other. “These findings support the idea that life satisfaction is interlinked with many measures of sleep and sleep quality, suggesting …
Among College Freshmen, Sleep Disorders Risk May Predict Retention
Published on June 11, 2015 A study suggests that the risk for sleep disorders among college freshmen may be a predictor of retention and academic success. Results show that students at risk for a sleep disorder were more likely to leave the institution over the three-year period, although this association was weakened when covariates were included. Risk for sleep disorder also predicted grade point average (GPA) at the end of the first and second years. “A survey that screens for sleep disorders administered when students first enter college may identify a potentially modifiable risk factor for leaving before completing …
Partial Sleep Deprivation Linked to Biological Aging in Older Adults
Published on June 11, 2015 A study suggests that one night of partial sleep deprivation promotes biological aging in older adults. Results show that one night of partial sleep deprivation activates gene expression patterns in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) consistent with increasing accumulation of damage that initiates cell cycle arrest and increases susceptibility to senescence. These findings causally link sleep deprivation to the etiology of biological aging, and further supports the hypothesis that sleep deprivation may be associated with elevated disease risk because it promotes molecular processes involved in biological aging. “Our data support the hypothesis that one night …
Do You Sleep Too Much?
People with hypersomnia regularly sleep soundly for more than nine hours a night, but rarely feel refreshed. Sleep is your friend – except when you have a medical condition that causes it to take over your life. By Anna Medaris Miller May 11, 2015 | 2:39 p.m. EDT + More One Friday night in August 2008, Jennie Murray went missing. Her mom had flown to Tempe, Arizona, where Murray was about to begin school at Arizona State University, but she never picked her mom up from the airport as planned. Throughout the night, Murray didn’t answer her phone. At noon the …
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