App review: Sleepio putting insomniacs to sleep
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock: Do You Have Insomnia Issues? You can sign up for the sleepio app for £7.99 a week or £109.99 for a year. Jessica Holland September 15, 2015 Updated: September 15, 2015 04:58 PM One of the biggest factors in work productivity is how well we sleep, which might account for the chatter about the app Sleepio. The online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) course, paid for by subscription, is based on scientific research and designed to help those struggling to get some decent shut-eye. Users are first asked to fill in a short multiple choice questionnaire …
6 Things People With Sleep Apnea Wish You Knew
Snoring might not be simply harmless for people living with sleep apnea. Everyday Health By Beth W. Orenstein Posted: 09/18/2015 08:16 AM EDT Misinformation persists about obstructive sleep apnea — when you stop breathing briefly and repeatedly during sleep — even though about 18 million Americans have the common condition, according to the National Sleep Foundation. The number of people with sleep apnea is going up, found a May 2013 study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Increases were from 14 to 55 percent over the past two decades, depending on age group and gender. Does someone you know have …
Dr. Oz On Sleep Apnea.
http://fox13now.com/2015/08/17/dr-oz-on-sleep-apnea/#ooid=hjMWkydzqyTEf26CTvfIrlbR5Y4Rn9Bm An estimated 18 million Americans have sleep apnea, and a surprising number of them go undiagnosed. In this clip, Dr. Oz talks about a sleep apnea treatment option that can leave patients more attractive, more alert and more youthful. …
Snoring and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome are common issues.
August 13, 2015 By Kenneth A. Kaplan, M.D. Snoring occurs when the flow of air through a narrowed upper airway causes the surrounding tissues to vibrate, creating noises of varying pitch and volume. In the case of simple snoring, which is noisy breathing during sleep without airway obstruction, multiple factors can potentially be at work in creating the noise. These include overall body mass/obesity, enlargement of the tonsils and adenoid, the presence of nasal congestion from rhinitis and/or septal deviation, and the prominence or bulkiness of the back of the tongue relative to the amount of space available for this …
6 Mouth Exercises To Help You Snore Less.
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock: In our office we find that these exercises enhance the efficacy of the oral appliances. By Sara Schwartz / 06/25/2015 2:13 pm EDT Bedmates of snorers, listen up: You may be able to retire those sleep-saving earplugs for good. A study released in May 2015 found that certain tongue and mouth (oropharyngeal) exercises effectively reduce snoring frequency by 36 percent and “total snoring power” by 59 percent. Sleep specialists are encouraged. “This is a brand new field called oral myofunctional therapy,” which includes exercises for the soft palate and tongue, says sleep specialist Robert Rosenberg, D.O., …
Sleep apnea treatment device with wireless compliance sensor gets FDA nod.
By: Jonah Comstock | Jun 25, 2015 An oral appliance for treating sleep apnea, with an embedded wireless compliance sensor, has received FDA clearance. The device is from Australian company SomnoMed and the tracker is from Braebon Medical Corporation, a company based in Ontario, Canada. The tracker, called DentiTrac, can be embedded in a number of different oral appliances to track compliance with continuous open airway therapy (COAT) an up-and-coming alternative to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for treating sleep apnea. SomnoMed’s SomnoDent device is the first partner device to receive FDA clearance, which means SomnoMed will, for the moment …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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