How to stop snoring
Mar 2, 2017 | DailyJournalOnline.com Some 37 million Americans snore, making grunting, whistling, choking, snorting and/or chain sawlike sounds on a regular basis, according to the National Sleep Foundation. The bothersome noises occur when the airway narrows or is partly blocked during sleep, often thanks to nasal congestion, floppy tissue, alcohol or enlarged tonsils, explains Consumer Reports. Your snoring can not only ruin your partner’s shut-eye but also is a red flag for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). OSA is marked by noisy stops and starts in breathing during sleep, and hikes risks of cardiovascular disease, stroke, cardiac arrhythmia and hypertension. …
CPAP May Improve PTSD in Veterans With Sleep Apnea
February 24, 2017 | Laura Stiles, Assistant Editor | PsychiatryAdvisor.com Researchers have found that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms improved in veterans with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who were treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Ali A. El-Solh, MD, MPH, from the VA Western New York Healthcare System in Buffalo, New York and the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo, and colleagues conducted a prospective cohort study that included 47 veterans with PTSD and OSA. The following tests were administered at baseline and at 3 months after CPAP therapy: the Epworth Sleepiness Scale …
Sleep on it
New study links habitual sleep deprivation to dampened immune responses Alan Brazelton | Feb 27, 2017 | DailyUW.com Many college students put off sleeping properly. An average student needs about eight hours of sleep, but most college students really only sleep about six to seven hours on average, including those weekend sleep-ins. Midterms, studying, papers, and hanging out with friends tend to take precedence. However, a new study by UW researchers, “Transcriptional Signatures of Sleep Duration Discordance in Monozygotic Twins,” published in the scientific journal Sleep shows that going without proper levels of sleep for an extended period does more …
Costs for treating insomnia reach $62 billion worldwide
By Sandra Block / Kiplinger’s Personal Finance / Published Feb 23, 2017 at 08:06PM Americans have rung up a massive sleep debt, and the bill is coming due. More than one-third of adults get less than seven hours of sleep on a regular basis, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Lack of sleep affects job performance, relationships and the ability to perform routine tasks. Inadequate sleep has also been associated with a long list of health problems, from obesity to dementia. Driving after less than five hours of sleep is as risky as driving when you’re drunk, according to …
Drowsy Driving: Asleep at the Wheel
CDC.gov – Drowsy Driving Drive alert and stay unhurt. Learn the risks of drowsy driving and how to protect yourself. In an effort to reduce the number of sleep-related crashes and save lives, November 1-8, 2015 has been named Drowsy Driving Prevention Week by the National Sleep Foundation. The Drowsy Driving Problem Drowsy driving is a major problem in the United States. The risk, danger, and often tragic results of drowsy driving are alarming. Drowsy driving is the dangerous combination of driving and sleepiness or fatigue. This usually happens when a driver has not slept enough, but it can also …
What Causes Crime? New Study Links Lack Of Sleep By Teenagers To Criminal Behavior As Adults
BY JULIANA ROSE PIGNATARO | 02/24/17 AT 11:40 AM | IBTimes.com Drowsiness might not just have ill effects on a person’s day— it could also impact life years later. A study published in the journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry found that teenagers who reported feeling tired in the middle of the day were more than four times more likely to commit crimes as adults. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of York in the U.K. collected data from 101 15-year-old boys from schools in England to get the results. “It’s the first study to our knowledge …
A Quarter Of Brits Are Boozing To Help Them Sleep. This Is A Terrible Idea NEWS
Alcohol might make you nod off quicker, but your sleep will be dreadful by NICK HARRIS-FRY | on 24 FEB 2017 | CoachMag.co.uk A sizeable 25% of adults in the UK are hitting the bottle to help them fall asleep, according to the latest Great British Bedtime Report produced by the Sleep Council. That’s a hefty rise on the 16% who turned to booze to help them snooze in the last report, which came out in 2013. The 2017 survey of more than 5,000 adults found that the biggest bedtime boozers were people aged between 45 and 54, with 30% …
Home sleep studies may help identify sleep apnea
Stuart Quan, MD, Contributing Editor | POSTED FEBRUARY 23, 2017, 9:30 AM | Health.Harvard.edu What if I need a sleep study? If you are one of the approximately 35% of Americans who snore, perhaps this has crossed your mind. You have read on the internet or watched a newscast about sleep apnea, a condition associated with an increase in heart attack and stroke risk. Loud snoring, daytime sleepiness, fatigue, and observed pauses in breathing at night are the most frequent symptoms. A sleep study is necessary to make the diagnosis. To many people, the thought of a sleep study raises …
One-third of people ‘get less than six hours sleep a night’
Ikea-commissioned survey also reveals that almost half of couples sleep back-to-back Tim O’Brien | Fri, Feb 17, 2017, 17:57| IrishTimes.com One-third of Irish people are getting less than six hours sleep a night, a new survey has revealed. The sleep survey, which was commissioned by Swedish retailer Ikea and designed by paediatric sleep consultant Lucy Wolfe, also found that almost half of couples sleep back-to-back with their partners. Meanwhile, four in 10 respondents claimed they have to use sleeping aids. Blackout blinds were the most widely used (28 per cent of respondents), while just five per cent used ear plugs. …
Benefits of Treatment for Snoring
From ResMed.com – Original Article on Snoring Everyone in your household benefits when you take measures to stop your snoring, control your obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and reclaim your sleep. Tired of feeling tired? Want your energy back? It all comes down to getting a good night’s sleep – both for you and your partner. There are several studies that point to the negative effects of snoring on partners. Their sleep is disrupted, so they can suffer from all the consequences of poor quality sleep: tiredness, daytime sleepiness, mild depression, and irritability. So if you take measures to stop your …
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