How Your Dentist Can Help You Get A Better Sleep
03/17/2017 01:25 pm ET | Updated Mar 17, 2017 | HuffingtonPost.com Are you zoning out at work? Having trouble concentrating? Are you waking up frequently with a pounding headache? Do you often get sleepy – or even fall asleep – when you shouldn’t, like when you’re driving? Tell your dentist! Dentists are concerned with more than just your pearly whites. We’re here to help you with your overall health and well-being too! More and more evidence is coming out to show that sleep deprivation – a condition that can result in all the symptoms listed at the top of this …
Activate Night Shift mode on your Mac and spare your eyes
Jovan Washington | Mar 10, 2017 | Flipboard.com If you use your computer before going to bed, you owe it to your eyes to turn on Night Shift on your Mac. The feature, which adjusts the color of your display to the warmer end of the light spectrum after sundown, eases eye strain and can make falling asleep easier. Night Shift dials down the amount of blue light emitted by your display. Studies have shown that exposure to blue light, which makes images look bright and crisp, can have adverse effects during nighttime use of electronics: Getting too much blue …
Expert Help On How To Manage Insomnia
MAR 10 2014, 10:40 AM ET | MARIA SHRIVER | NBCNews.com Juggling life’s daily challenges can be stressful enough without the added torment of not being able to get a good night’s sleep. Kelly Baron PhD, MPH, is an Instructor of Neurology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and the founder of its Behavioral Sleep Medicine training program, which was accredited by the American Board of Sleep Medicine. Here, she shares her expert guidance on how to manage insomnia. Every person knows the frustration of a poor night’s sleep. Although nearly everyone experiences temporary sleep problems during times …
Can’t Sleep? New Study Says Try Therapy, Not Pills
MAY 3 2016, 2:15 AM ET | by MAGGIE FOX | NBCNews.com People with insomnia should try counseling before they turn to pills, which often carry dangerous side-effects, a doctors’ group advised Monday. Specialized counseling can and does work, even if people don’t like doing it and even if doctors often don’t know how to do it, the American College of Physicians said in new guidelines on insomnia. “The evidence is quite strong that cognitive behavioral therapy is effective. It works. It’s long-lasting and it has the potential to decrease cost to the health care system,” Dr. Wayne Riley, president …
Woman Finds Out Just How Deadly Snoring Can Be
March 3, 2017 | by Zara Zhi | AmericaNow.com Think snoring is harmless? Think again. One woman thought little of her boyfriend loudly snoring — until she turned on the lights and was shocked to see that his face had turned purple. Lisa Lee, 25, was so frustrated with her boyfriend Lewis Little’s snoring that she kicked him out of bed. Later, she would come to regret her decision when she found out he had a rare disease that caused him to snore. In 2016, Little was diagnosed with Brugada syndrome, a rare heart condition that can cause arrhythmia, palpitations …
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. …
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 …
Sharp rise in number of children admitted to hospital with sleep problems
The disorders include sleep apnea, insomnia and narcolepsy, as well as nightmares and sleepwalking BY CLAIRE MILLER & EMMA GILL | 3 FEB 2017 | ManchesterEveningNews.co.uk The number of Manchester children admitted to hospital with sleeping problems has risen by a tenth in a year. Figures from NHS Digital show the number of hospital admissions with a primary diagnosis of sleeping disorders, which covers problems like sleep apnea, insomnia and narcolepsy, as well as nightmares and sleepwalking. There were at least 373 admissions in 2015/16 of children aged 18 and under with a primary diagnosis of sleeping disorders from the …
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