Sleep Apnea
Show 1393: How to Get the Sleep You Need
This week, Joe and Terry talk with sleep expert and medical communicator par excellence, Dr. Roger Seheult. With his certification in sleep medicine, he will tell you why you need to get enough sleep …
CPAP Crisis Creates Chaos for Apnea Victims and …
According to the AMA, “About 30 million people in the United States have sleep apnea, but only 6 million are diagnosed with the condition.” People with sleep apnea may stop breathing many times du…
CPAP Lowered Cholesterol AND Improved Breathing
People who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) often snore. That’s because the airway is obstructed during sleep. When air flows past relaxed tissues in the throat, they vibrate. That leads to…
Show 1246: Getting the Sleep You Need Even in An…
Adequate sleep is essential to good health. That is not a news flash; your grandmother and great-grandmother knew it. It’s simply become more difficult to get the sleep you need in these anxious tim…
Will Snoring Improve If You Take Fish Oil?
Do you snore? You probably don't know whether you do or not, unless you have a bed partner who complains. (Dogs or cats don't count.) Snoring happens when you breathe out, but the tissues of the throa…
Can an Anti-Snoring Device Save Your Life?
People with sleep apnea frequently stop breathing for several seconds at a time while they are asleep. This condition is often treated with an anti-snoring device, a continuous positive airway pressur…
Treating Sleep Apnea with an Oral Appliance
Sleep apnea and snoring are common problems, affecting nearly a fourth of middle-aged men and 9% of women. What Is Sleep Apnea? Sleep apnea describes breathing that pauses frequently during sleep, fro…
Treating Serious Snoring May Ease Depression
Obstructive sleep apnea affects tens of millions of Americans. In this condition the airway is briefly but repeatedly closed off, leading to gasping or snoring as a way of re-establishing air flow. Sl…
Sleeping Pill Problems Prompt Reader to Quit
People are caught in a terrible double bind. On the one hand they are told that chronic sleep deprivation can have negative health consequences including an increased risk of weight gain, type 2 diabe…
Snoring Linked to High Blood Pressure?
Snoring seems like a mild annoyance, especially for bed partners. But snoring could signal a more serious condition called sleep apnea. When this happens, people's upper airways collapse briefly inter…
Ear Plugs Solved Snoring Problem
Q. I snore a lot at night. My wife is always complaining about her sleep being interrupted by my loud snoring. I recently wore earplugs to bed for another reason, and this had the unintended result of…
Solving Sleep Trouble Eases Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is generally thought of as a precursor to diabetes and heart disease. It is characterized by a large waist, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Insulin resistance and high tri…
Snoring Treatment Stopped Migraines
Q. I suffered from migraine headaches for many years, with the only relief being very strong medications. I learned to live with them, predict them and their severity and treat them without drugs if t…