Key Facts About Snoring
From ResMed.com – Original Article on Snoring Loud snoring disrupts sleep for you and your partner. It’s also a sign you may have obstructive sleep apnea. Get the facts. If you snore – especially if you snore loudly – you know how disruptive it can be. You disturb your neighbours when you fall asleep on airplanes or in theatres. Your bed partner complains they can’t sleep and banishes you to the spare room or the sofa. In fact, 95% of snorers say that their snoring bothers their partner. And it plays havoc with your sleep as well, whether you realize …
What Does a Good Night’s Sleep Look Like?
MARCH 17, 2017 – 5:00 AM | by Lisa Mulcahy| Parade.com Remember the last time you caught some quality z’s? Good sleep helps us stay healthy, but many people struggle to sleep well. Earlier this year, an expert panel reported some features of quality sleep in the journal Sleep Health: Falling asleep in 30 minutes or less Being awake for 20 minutes or less after initially falling asleep (In other words, a short jaunt to the bathroom won’t disrupt your sleep unless you can’t get back to sleep afterward.) Sleeping at least 85 percent of the total time you’re in …
Sleep: You’re Doing It Wrong
MARCH 17, 2017 – 5:00 AM | by Paula Spencer Scott | Parade.com Your body wants to sleep. It really does. To work, every system in your body needs z’s. Sounds simple, but sometimes our expectations and habits get in the way of the very thing we need most, says Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, director of the Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center. We have trouble falling asleep, staying asleep or getting refreshing sleep, she says. In short, we’re doing it wrong—and we could be taking years off our lives. The good news: “Sleep is a skill. It’s not like eye color, which you …
Lost Sleep Is Costing Japan’s Economy Billions
Japan loses up to $138 billion a year, study finds by Keiko Ujikane | February 15, 2017, 3:00 PM CST| From Benchmark | Bloomberg.com A man takes a nap in Tokyo. Photographer: Junji Kurokawa/AP Photo Sleep deprivation is doing more harm in Japan than just making people grumpy and unhealthy. It is also holding back the world’s third-largest economy. The problem has been getting worse in recent years. Nearly half of full-time workers say they don’t get enough sleep, citing long overtime hours as a primary reason, according to a government white paper on “karoshi”– death from overwork. That is …
Can’t sleep? When is it time to seek professional help
Mary Bowerman , USA TODAY Network | Published 1:38 p.m. ET Feb. 15, 2017 | Updated 6:35 a.m. ET Feb. 16, 2017 It’s no secret that Americans aren’t getting enough sleep. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three adults in the U.S. doesn’t get the recommended eight hours of sleep a night. For those who are self-medicating or tossing and turning, it may be time to look at your sleeping habits once and for all, according to Timothy Morgenthaler, co-director of Mayo’s Center for Sleep Medicine in Rochester. “I think it’s becoming increasingly clear that …
5 common sleep disorders and how they affect you
Amanda Tomlinson | March 15, 2017 | TheNational.ae To achieve good overall health, there are many pieces of the health puzzle that need to fit into place – adequate nutrition, regular physical activity, mental wellbeing, etc. But a key ingredient that many people overlook is sleep. It’s clear when we haven’t had enough sleep because we’re tired, grumpy and lack energy and, over time, our health begins to suffer. Sometimes there are obvious reasons why we aren’t getting enough sleep, such as work stress or having a new baby, but sometimes there are underlying causes, such as sleep apnea, which …
Snored to death: The symptoms and dangers of untreated sleep apnea
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2017, 9:30 AM , UPDATED FEBRUARY 28, 2017, 10:00 AM | Paul G. Mathew, MD, FAAN, FAHS, Contributor | Health.Harvard.edu Sleep is a critically important component of human existence. On average, humans spend about 25%-35% of their lives sleeping. Sleep allows both the body and brain to rest and recover from the stress of daily life. As such, trouble sleeping can cause a range of health problems, and if left untreated dire consequences. Longing for more sleep There is a common misconception that there is an exact amount of sleep that the body requires. The necessary hours …
Field of dentistry becomes more involved in sleep apnea identification
By Jessica Wendt | POSTED: 02/09/17, 9:42 AM EST | DailyTribune.com Even though a dentist cannot diagnose sleep apnea, he or she may note some of the telltale signs and send you in the direction of a sleep medicine specialist. Photo via Metro Creative Connection The story usually goes like this: the husband is making monster noises out of his nose and mouth, the wife hits him multiple times to change positions and then finally the husband ends up on the couch. What is the culprit? Snoring. Twenty-five percent of normal adults snore habitually, and at least 45 percent snore …
11 Scary Things That Can Happen To Your Body If You Get Less Than 6 Hours Of Sleep For A Few Days Straight
By ISADORA BAUM, CHC | Feb 8 | Bustle.com Sleep is so critical for your every day schedule. Not getting enough Zs each night can really catch up to you and interfere with your productivity and mood, and what can happen to your body if you get less than 6 hours of sleep for a few days in a row can be really bad and affect you over time if not addressed. Unless you start making some healthier habits and prioritize getting to bed earlier, it can turn into a larger, more chronic problem. As a certified health coach, I …
Should children get their tonsils taken out?
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN | Updated 9:53 AM ET, Tue January 17, 2017 | CNN.com (CNN) If you’re questioning whether tonsillectomy — a surgical procedure to remove the tonsils — can really improve sleep and throat health in children, new research suggests to cut it out. Tonsillectomies help breathing during sleep and might reduce throat infections in the short term, according to two separate papers from researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, published Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics. More research is needed to determine longer-term effects, researchers said. “While these results are not surprising, they offer a more nuanced look at …
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