| Physicians Only The level of stress and/or anxiety that a child is experiencing depends on a variety of causalities including their diagnosis. Naturally, the more severe the autism is, the higher the level of daily stress will be. Headaches are one of the common symptoms of stress, and more people...Read More
| Sleep Aches, Sleep ApneaHow many of you have struggled with different eye disorders? Did you ever think that they could be related to Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)? A multitude of symptoms are associated with OSA, as we have discussed in the past. This month we will focus on the side effects that...Read More
| Physicians OnlyMost patients today aren’t getting the recommended 7-9 hours of sleep per night. Ultimately, the circadian process regulating the body’s internal processes and levels of alertness becomes affected. This leads to cognitive lapses, which make it difficult to process and react to decisions of daily life. The brain is...Read More
| Physicians OnlyBetween 1975 and 2006, there was a 22% increase in people getting less than six hours of sleep per night, which ultimately impairs our decision-making abilities. This could be due to multiple factors – long shift hours, commute times, job demands, etc. Whatever the reason, insufficient sleep has been...Read More
| Sleep Aches, Sleep Apnea, TMJThe answer is YES; you can have both TMD (temporomandibular joint disorder) and OSA (obstructive sleep apnea). Sometimes it can be hard to know which symptoms belong to which disorder, as many are overlapping. For example, some overlapping symptoms of TMD and OSA are as follows: Headaches (especially upon...Read More
| Physicians OnlyIt’s true that when we don’t get enough sleep, our performance suffers the next day. We feel groggy and unmotivated, and if repeated enough, we can even begin to feel depressed. During the holidays especially, there is a lot of extra pressure on us to buy gifts for everyone,...Read More
| Sleep Aches, Sleep ApneaHow many people out there can relate to the following scenario – you are woken up by your spouse in the middle of the night due to snoring. Chances are, this is either happening to you, or someone you know. Unfortunately, the person doing the snoring isn’t always willing...Read More
| Sleep AchesWe all know that exercise is beneficial for us. The issue for most of us is making time for exercise. We are so busy all the time that it is way too easy to make excuses and skip going to the gym. The best way to start incorporating exercise...Read More
| Physicians OnlyThere are many theories surrounding the relationship between TMD and aural symptoms. Many of these theories are based off of the discovery by Costen in 1934, who initially associated TMD with aural dysfunction. A dislocated disc in the jaw joint increases pressure in the Eustachian tube, as well as...Read More
| Sleep AchesThere have been multiple studies that focus on the correlation between sleep and memory. We have been taught that poor sleep, especially among older adults, can lead to brain deterioration and extensive memory loss – even Dementia and Alzheimer’s. This month’s topic will focus on brainwaves during sleep and...Read More
