Is snoring always a sign of sleep apnea?
Health.Harvard.edu Ask the doctors Published: January, 2018 Q. My partner says I snore at night. Does this mean I have sleep apnea? A. If you snore at night, you’re in good company. Some 90 million Americans have the same problem, according to the American Sleep Apnea Association. And luckily, not all of them have sleep apnea. Snoring is typically caused by a narrowing of your upper airway. Tissues in the back of your throat sometimes relax in your sleep and drop down, partially blocking the passageway. Air from your breathing rattles the tissue, creating that distinctive noise as it flows past. Simple …
Older Adults’ Forgetfulness Tied To Faulty Brain Rhythms In Sleep
December 18, 20174:47 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition – NPR.org Older brains may forget more because they lose their rhythm at night. During deep sleep, older people have less coordination between two brain waves that are important to saving new memories, a team reports in the journal Neuron. “It’s like a drummer that’s perhaps just one beat off the rhythm,” says Matt Walker, one of the paper’s authors and a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. “The aging brain just doesn’t seem to be able to synchronize its brain waves effectively.” The finding appears to answer a long-standing question about …
Sleeping in a cold room is better for you
Posted: Dec 16, 2017 9:58 PM CST – Updated: Dec 16, 2017 10:00 PM CST – WNEM.com Adam McDonald, Digital Producer, Meredith (Meredith) – What temperature do you keep your home? 75 degrees? 72? A study has shown that you can actually get better sleep in a cold bedroom. But what’s the sweet spot? Experts say anywhere between 60 to 67 degrees Fahrenheit. If you’re above 75 degrees or below 54, that can make sleeping more difficult, according to Charlottesville Neurology & Sleep Medicine Medical Director Dr. Christopher Winter. In an article written by Winter and posted by the Huffington Post, he said that those who …
A GUIDE TO SLEEP BRUXISM (TEETH GRINDING)
JEFF MANN – Last updated on January 2nd, 2018 – SleepJunkies.com Bruxism is a condition affecting up to 10% of the adult population and is characterised by the grinding, gnashing and and clenching of the teeth and jaws. Often sleep bruxism may only be a mild problem, requiring little if any treatment. On the other hand, a serious case, left untreated, can cause acute pain and permanent damage to your teeth and gums. (Please note this article concentrates on sleep bruxism as opposed to awake bruxism which has a different pathology.) Sleep bruxism happens subconsciously and many who suffer are completely oblivious to their nocturnal behaviour. Unless …
7 Things You Can Do to Fall Asleep Faster
Your whole body will benefit from sounder shuteye BY EMILY SHIFFER DECEMBER 14, 2017 “When you feel so tired but you can’t sleep, stuck in reverse…” Coldplay’s Chris Martin knows a thing or two about what it’s like to not be able to fall asleep at night.It’s frustrating when you realize the minutes—or hours—you spend tossing and turning at night are the same amount that’s going to be sliced off your sleep total for the night. And when you only have a limited amount of time under the covers to work with, you need all of it to be spent in dreamland …
Obstructive sleep apnea can cause diabetes
DECCAN CHRONICLE. | ABHINAYA MOHAN Published Dec 18, 2017, 6:40 am IST UpdatedDec 18, 2017, 6:40 am IST In such a scenario, there is a critical need for effective treatment and management of sleep apnea. Chennai: Obstructive sleep apnea is now as common as hypertension, diabetes and heart disease and can lead to all of these if untreated, say experts. It has been observed that more than 53 per cent sleep apnea suspects are already suffering from either diabetes or high blood pressure but remain unaware of sleep apnea. In such a scenario, there is a critical need for effective treatment and management …
Regional Brain Tissue Changes and Associations with Disease Severity in Children with Sleep Disordered Breathing
Sleep, zsx203, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsx203 Published: 15 December 2017 | Academic.oup.com Abstract Study Objectives Children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) exhibit behavioral, cognitive, and autonomic deficits, suggestive of neural injury. We assessed whether the tissue alterations resulted from acute or chronic processes, and if alterations correlated with disease severity. Methods Brain tissue integrity was examined with mean diffusivity (MD) (3.0-Tesla scanner) in 20 non-snoring controls (mean age±sem, 12.2±0.6y; 10 male) and 18 children with SDB (12.3±0.7y; 11 male). Sleep, cognitive, and behavioral measures were compared between groups following overnight polysomnography using Student’s t-tests. Whole-brain MD maps were realigned and averaged, normalized, smoothed, and compared …
Healthy Sleep
Why Do People Snore? Answers for Better Health Many people snore or have experience dealing with a snoring loved one. But does this relatively common condition point to more serious health issues? RESEARCH SHOWS Treating Sleep Apnea Reduces Blood Pressure People with severe obstructive sleep apnea who used a CPAP device every night saw a reduction in their blood pressure levels in a 2014 study conducted by researchers from Johns Hopkins and other institutions. Eighty-eight percent of the study volunteers had high blood pressure and most were taking medications for it. The study found that those who used a CPAP …
Why Women Can’t Afford to Overlook Sleep Apnea
Katherine Sharkey MD, Ph.D. Feeling the Rhythm Overlook Sleep Apnea A new toolkit aims to raise awareness of sleep-disordered breathing in women. Posted Dec 02, 2017 | PsychologyToday.com On November 29, 2017, after more than three years of collaborative work, the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) Interdisciplinary Network on Sleep released its Women & Sleep Apnea Toolkit to provide women and their health-care providers with gender-specific information about obstructive sleep apnea and sleep-disordered breathing. This resource is particularly special, because it represents the combined efforts of 12 researchers and clinicians across sleep-related fields, including epidemiology, obstetrics/gynecology, neurology, pain, physiology, psychiatry, pulmonology, and sleep medicine — and it involves real women with sleep apnea, …
Lack of sleep could cause mood disorders in teens
Date: December 6, 2017 | ScienceDaily.com Source: American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Summary: Chronic sleep deprivation — which can involve staying up late, and waking up early for work or school — has become a way of life for both kids and adults, especially with the increasing use of phones and tablets late into the night. But this social jet lag poses some serious health and mental health risks: new research finds that for teenagers, even a short period of sleep restriction could, over the long-term, raise their risk for depression and addiction. FULL STORY Chronic sleep deprivation — which can …
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