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 …
Tongue Exercises Can Stop Snoring: Study
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock: I often find that my patients can benefit from tongue exercises since it can enhance their results when used with a custom made dental appliance for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. Friday, 15 May 2015 05:14 PM A team of Brazilian and Colombian researchers has concluded that by using a technique of oropharyngeal mouth and tongue exercises, you could reduce snoring by 36 percent in frequency and 59 percent in intensity. Snoring is caused by vibrations of the tissues in the throat that relax during sleep and proceed to obstruct the pharynx. It can be …
To Sleep Better, Spend More Time in the Dark.
April 23, 2015 By Dr. Mercola Recent research1 reveals that you have more than one biological clock in your body. As it turns out, virtually every organ in your body has its own clock or circadian rhythm, and in order to keep them all in sync, you need to keep a regular waking and sleeping schedule that is linked to the rising and setting of the sun. When your sleep schedule is erratic, a cascade of effects can occur, raising your blood pressure, altering hunger hormones, and disrupting your blood sugar control, for example. Chronic sleep disruptions also promote metabolic …
Woman removed from plane for ‘stabbing’ snoring man with pen at Chicago airport
Lenny Madarski, 68, said it felt like being stung by bees. Photo: Michael Sutton LIZZIE DEARDEN / Saturday 18 April 2015 A plane was unable to take off in the US on Thursday when a man claimed he had been “stabbed” with a pen by a fellow passenger angry at his snoring. The Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago Midway airport to Manchester, New Hampshire, eventually left two hours later after the woman was removed. Footage from the plane showed it returning to departure gate, where several police officers boarded and fire engines and ambulances gathered outside. Lenny Madarski, 68, told ABC 7 …
Israeli Researchers Develop Groundbreaking Approach to Evaluate Sleep Disorders
Published on March 16, 2015 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have developed a groundbreaking approach to determine sleep quality using their new breath sound analysis (BSA). This is less expensive and invasive than current polysomnography (PSG) technology, according to a new study published on PLOS Online. “One of the main goals of sleep medicine today is to improve early diagnosis and treatment of the ’flood” of subjects presenting with sleep disorders,” says Prof. Yaniv Zigel Ph.D., head of the Biomedical Signal Processing Research Lab in BGU’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. “We’ve developed a non-contact ‘breathing sound analysis’ algorithm …
Snoring Could Be Hurting Your Relationship.
February 23, 2015 4:00 AM (credit: American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine) FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – If you’re having trouble in the bedroom, you might not need to look any further than your nose for the solution. A recent survey from the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine found that more than a quarter of Americans are annoyed — even angered — by a snoring bed partner. The study looked at more than 1,000 randomly selected adults. One out of five people surveyed added that the noise drives them out of bed. But the problems do not end there. Nearly one out 10 people …
How Much Sleep Is “Enough”?
By Dr. Mercola If you’re like most people, you’re probably not sleeping enough, and the consequences go far beyond just feeling tired and sluggish the next day. According to a 2013 Gallup poll,1 40 percent of American adults get six hours or less per night. Even children are becoming sleep deprived. According to the 2014 Sleep in America Poll,2 58 percent of teens average only seven hours of sleep or less. Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated thatlack of sleep is a public health epidemic, noting that insufficient sleep has been linked to a wide variety of health …
Why Snoring Shouldn’t Be Ignored
Posted: 01/14/2015 8:32 am EST Updated: 01/14/2015 8:59 am EST By Amanda MacMillan for Life by DailyBurn People who snore may think that their partners or roommates are the ones most affected by their nightly symphonies — after all, they’re the ones who are kept awake while the noise-maker remains, for the most part, blissfully unaware. But snoring can be more than just an annoyance to anyone else in the room; it can also be a symptom of a serious health condition, and has been linked to dangers like heart disease and falling asleep behind the wheel. Of course, there are many reasons why …
How to make sleeping with your partner a better experience
December 31, 2014 Read later Rachel Clun Here are some of the most common problems with sleeping with a partner, and how to deal with them. Sleeping with your partner doesn’t have to be a chore. Photo: Getty Images Sleeping with your significant other is not always the wonderful thing it’s portrayed in the movies. Different habits, snoring, sleep talking and moving are just a few of the things that could disturb your sleep with a partner in bed. If you’re not well rested, you’re also liable to be tired and cranky – and potentially cranky at your partner. To avoid …
Undiagnosed Sleep Apnea among women on rise: Study
Yahoo!7 Pty Ltd October 21, 2014, 7:38 pm Sleep Apnea is now being detected in nearly as many Australian women as men. Emily Angwin reports.https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/25314697/undiagnosed-sleep-apnea-among-women-on-rise-study/ …
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