Advice About Sleep Deficiency in Midlife, Part 2
By NICOLE HIGGINS DeSMET Published: September 18, 2013 This week’s Ask an Expert features Orfeu Marcello Buxton, a neuroscientist who will answer questions about the causes and health consequences of sleep deficiency, particularly in middle age. He researches chronic sleep deficiency in the workplace and home and how it contributes to disorders like obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Orfeu Marcello Buxton,neuroscientist andsleep researcher. Dr. Buxton is an associate neuroscientist the Division of Sleep Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, as well as an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. He …
Wife who was fed up with her husband’s snoring is charged with attempted murder after stabbing him with a butcher’s knife as he slept
Dawn Weiser, 44, left her husband with a punctured spleen, lacerated liver and three other stab wounds She plead not guilty in court on Wednesday Doug Weiser managed to fight his wife off him and call police By PAUL THOMPSON PUBLISHED: 12:22 EST, 4 October 2013 | UPDATED: 14:04 EST, 4 October 2013 An Arkansas woman who was fed up with her husband’s incessant snoring has been charged with attempted first degree murder after repeatedly stabbing him in his sleep with a butcher’s knife. Dawn Weiser, of Springdale, plead not guilty in court on Wednesday after leaving her husband with a punctured spleen, lacerated liver …
What you should know about sleep apnea from The Doctors
Three myths about a common disorder that can rob you of rest and good health Myths About Obstructive Sleep Apnea: E.R. physician Dr. Travis Stork explains how The Doctors’ latest article in USA Weekend Magazine focuses on common myths about obstructive sleep apnea. Snoring means you have sleep apnea: That’s one commonly held belief about the condition that’s just not true. Lots of people snore — some estimates say up to half of Americans do it at one point or another. But there’s the harmless “sawing of logs,” and then there’s the snoring associated with obstructive sleep apnea, which is …
Advice About Sleep Deficiency in Midlife, Part 1
By THE NEW YORK TIMES Published: September 25, 2013 Nearly 200 people sent questions about sleep to Orfeu Marcello Buxton, a neuroscientist who studies chronic sleep deficiency in the workplace and home and how it contributes to disorders like obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Buxton is an associate neuroscientist in the Division of Sleep Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, as well as anassistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. He received his doctorate from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. (Note: Dr. Buxton is a researcher, not a physician, and he emphasizes …
Pilots snoozed at 30,000 feet in cockpit of 300-passenger plane
By Thom Patterson, CNN updated 6:47 PM EDT, Thu September 26, 2013 UK probes whether pilots slept at same time (CNN) — Cruising at 30,000 feet, pilots snoozed in the cockpit of a 300-passenger airliner en route to Britain last August, UK aviation authorities told CNN on Thursday. A spokesman for the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority tells CNN that the Airbus A330 incident occurred while the aircraft was operating on autopilot on a long-distance flight. The CAA wouldn’t reveal any other details of the flight, its route or its destination airport. Sources told CNN’s Richard Quest the airline is Virgin Atlantic. …
‘More than half’ of pilots have slept while flying
More than half of pilots have fallen asleep while in charge of a plane, a survey by a pilots’ union suggests. Of the 56% who admitted sleeping, 29% told Balpa that they had woken up to find the other pilot asleep as well. The survey comes after it emerged that two pilots on an Airbus passenger plane were asleep at the same time, with the aircraft being flown on autopilot. Balpa is campaigning against changes to flight-time regulations, which are to be voted on by the European Parliament. On Monday, new rules which include allowing pilots to land an aircraft after being …
Snoring can interfere with marriages everywhere.
Snoring, lack of romance blamed for Saudi Arabia divorce rates Marriage contractor reveals what most women in Saudi Arabia complain about By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Published: 12:31 August 20, 2013 Manama: Up to 80 per cent of the divorce cases in Saudi Arabia are initiated by women, mostly within one year of marriage. “The women start the procedures and insist on the divorce often for trivial issues,” a marriage contractor said, quoted by local daily Al Youm. “These are mainly snoring, the look of the husband inside the house and the lack of romance as a result of the …
Divorce Reasons: Couple Splits Due To Husband’s Incessant Snoring
Posted: 08/15/2013 3:21 pm EDT | Updated: 08/15/2013 3:30 pm EDT Weird divorce stories are nothing new, but this may be one of the strangest we’ve ever heard. According to China.org, one man’s snoring was so disruptive it prompted his wife to file for divorce. In the filing, she claimed that she hasn’t gotten a full night’s sleep since they married. She also mentioned that the man’s heavy snoring made her ill and caused her to lose a significant amount of weight. The divorce was granted and the judge asked the man to pay his ex a settlement of 5,000 yuan, or $806.45. Sure, …
Could singing stop snoring? Doctor says vocal exercises could be the key to a peaceful night’s sleep
A set of daily vocal exercises can strengthen the weak throat and palate muscles which can cause snoring The discovery was made after a singing teacher devised a way to help her friend stop snoring Following the programme for three months reduces the frequency and severity of snoring and improves sleep By EMMA INNES PUBLISHED: 12:03 EST, 16 August 2013 | UPDATED: 16:58 EST, 16 August 2013 A simple set of daily vocal exercises can strengthen the weak throat and palate muscles which are a major cause of snoring, experts believe. The discovery was made after a singing teacher devised a way to help a …
Child obesity rates dropping
Changes small, but 1st time in generation there’s improvement Cathy Payne @cathyapayne USA TODAY New evidence suggests the nation is finally turning the corner in the campaign against child obesity. Small but significant improvements in obesity rates of low-income preschoolers were counted in 18 states from 2008 to 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Thomas Frieden said Tuesday. “This is the first report to show many states with declining rates of obesity in our youngest children after literally decades of rising rates.” The CDC analysis looked at rates in 40 states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. territories. …
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