Oral Appliances May Treat Some Elite Athletes with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
August 12, 2016 Dentists should ask athletic patients about symptoms such as snoring and daytime sleepiness BY PETER BLAIS, RPSGT The Olympic Games captivate audiences around the world, as top athletes vie for gold, silver, and bronze medals. While obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is not stereotypically linked with elite athletes such as those competing in the Olympics, research has found that there are cases in which athletic body types may actually predispose athletes to OSA. “Increased neck circumference and short neck are attributes seen in some athletes (such as swimmers, wrestlers, and football players) that may increase the risk …
Poor, limited sleep costs billions of dollars annually.
Stephanie Dickrell, sdickrell@stcloudtimes.com9 a.m. CDT August 1, 2015 By some estimates, lack of sleep costs a whole lot of money: Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent and/or lost annually as a result of poor or limited sleep, according to the Institute of Medicine Committee on Sleep Medicine and Research, part of the National Institutes of Health. There’s the obvious. Daytime sleepiness, inadequate sleep time, insomnia and other sleep disorders burden the health care system. Indirect costs include sickness and death, absenteeism from work and school, disability, loss of productivity, industrial accidents, motor vehicle accidents, hospitalization and increased alcohol consumption. …
Always Tired? Sleep Apnea Could Be to Blame.
Mirel Ketchiff Topics: sleep, myths and mistakes Until recently, doctors thought they had obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)—a condition that causes you to stop breathing for seconds at a time during the night, preventing you from getting restful sleep—all figured out. It mostly affected older, overweight men, they said. The top red flags were snoring and daytime fatigue. The only way to treat it was with a CPAP machine, which could be so noisy and uncomfortable that nearly half of sleep apnea sufferers eventually quit using it. Well, it turns out there was a lot doctors didn’t know. For starters, the condition—known to …
Lack of sleep is hurting Canada’s kids — and parents are drugging them to try to help out, new study shows.
University of B.C. nursing professor Wendy Hall says child sleep deprivation is linked to learning difficulties, behavioural problems and even increased risk of obesity. Photograph by: Arlen Redekop , PROVINCE A surprising new Canadian study suggests 70 per cent of children have trouble settling into what should come naturally — sleep. And further, about 30 per cent of parents struggling with this problem give their kids over-the-counter medications such as melatonin, a so-called “magic pill” with unknown long-term effects. University of B.C. researcher and nursing school professor Wendy Hall — who has studied child sleep for 10 years — says …
What to Expect during a Sleep Study
Updated on August 21, 2015 While many people drift fast asleep with images of sugar plum fairies dancing in their head; others try everything from counting sheep to drinking warm milk in order to fall asleep, stay asleep or combat issues that interrupt their slumber. For those with issues affecting the quality of their sleep and wake times a sleep study may be just the thing the doctor ordered. I recently completed a sleep lab at my physician’s request to look for signs of apnea, a common sleep disorder in which breathing can stop and start resulting in inability to …
Sleep Apnea Mouth Guard Shows Promise As CPAP Alternative
VICTOR JOHNSON on September 24, 2015 at 8:56 pm For those suffering from the common and potentially serious sleep disorder known as sleep apnea, a custom-made mouth guard might offer an alternative to CPAP treatment. Sleep apnea, which is characterized by shallow breaths or one or more pauses while sleeping, is often treated with a breathing machine known as the “continuous positive airway pressure” (CPAP) machine — a device which increases the pressure at which air travels through airways in order to keep them open. But while the treatment works for some, there are many who don’t stick with it …
Emerging Tech Helps Drowsy Drivers Stay Alert On The Road.
Posted August 17, 2015 – 4:18pm By Carina Storrs CNN From what we now know of the incident, fatigue was a likely factor in the car crash last summer that put comedian Tracy Morgan in a coma for two weeks and killed his friend and fellow comedian James McNair. A recent government report found that the driver of the truck that hit Morgan’s limo van had not slept for 28 hours before the accident. Although many questions remain about this particular crash, including whether the truck driver had actually dozed off at the wheel, we do know driver fatigue plays a part …
SomnoDent® with Compliance Recorder: Meet the first and only oral device with compliance recording technology.
August 12, 2015 This is a service that we now offer our patients. For more information visit Dr. Norman Blumenstock’s website at https://sleep-apnea-dentist-nj.info/sleep-disorder-information/oral-appliances/ …
The Nuts and Bolts of Scoring Apneas and Hypopneas.
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock: Even though this was originally published in 2001 its still provides good basic information. Published on April 7, 2001 Respiratory events are divided into two categories: apneas and hypopneas, in which airflow is substantially or partially reduced Respiratory disturbances during sleep have traditionally been divided into two categories: apneas and hypopneas. Noting the associations between four polysomnographic signal channels allows a distinction to be made between apneas and hypopneas and among different types of apneas and hypopneas. One channel is referred to as an airflow channel, channels #2 and #3 are referred to as …
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