A trip to the dentist for a routine exam and cleaning wound up drastically improving 7-year-old Charlotte Koveloski’s life. Always a happy, active girl, Charlotte had trouble sleeping and snored often, says her mom, Julie Koveloski. Charlotte also was routinely diagnosed with strep throat, was often tired and had enlarged tonsils. “I was always told …
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Sleeping at least seven hours a night may help people eat less sugar, according to a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The research also found that getting more shuteye was an attainable goal for healthy adults who typically got less than the recommended amount, and that simple strategies like reducing screen time before …
CAMBRIDGE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TTP Ventus Ltd, a spin-out from TTP plc, created to bring disruptive new micropump technologies to market, has announced that Sommetrics Inc., is using its Disc Pump technology to enable aerSleep™, a novel negative-pressure system for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Having recently received a Health Canada Medical Device License, aerSleep …
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While insomnia is the most common sleep disorder, a lot of attention in the media is focused on sleep apnea because of its association with cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Variations in prevalence from one country to another have been found and data regarding the prevalence of sleep apnea has only been available since the 1990s …
The Greek word “apnea” literally means “without breath.” Sleep apnea is an involuntary cessation of breathing that occurs while the patient is asleep. There are three types of sleep apnea: obstructive, central, and mixed. Of the three, obstructive sleep apnea, often called OSA for short, is the most common. Despite the difference in the root …
WAFB 9 News Baton Rouge, Louisiana News, Weather, Sports BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – There’s no such thing as a good night’s sleep for Mike Oster. The Pensacola resident suffers from a serve case of obstructive sleep apnea. When he sleeps, the muscles around his airway relax too much and block his airway. Ear, nose, and throat …
One of my first jobs was to keep a lookout for lions. There are some occupations that are not suitable for someone with untreated narcolepsy and this is probably one of them. I was 22, a recent zoology graduate studying meerkats in the Kalahari desert in South Africa. We worked in pairs, one of us …
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When you think of sleepwalking you might imagine a person with eyelids half open stumbling around like an extra from The Walking Dead, and you’re not completely wrong. But the reasons why people sleepwalk have nothing to do with the undead. Known medically as somnambulism, doctors are still exploring the causes behind this phenomenon, but the National Sleep Foundation noted …
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Queen Elizabeth II has been reigning for quite some time now (over six decades), and in those many years, she’s become an expert in several areas of life, including, it seems, surviving jet lag. As one of the most well-traveled heads of state in history, the queen has spent a great deal of time on …
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How do you unwind before bedtime? If your answer involves Facebook and Netflix, you are actively reducing your chance of a good night’s sleep. And you are not alone: 90 percent of Americans use light-emitting electronic devices, such as smartphones and laptops, in the hour before bed, despite the fact that such behavior is associated …
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