| Physicians OnlyAside from keeping you awake at night, many individuals who snore heavily are at risk for damaging their upper airways in their sleep. This, in turn, can lead to a plethora of medical problems including dysphagia, or trouble swallowing. Researchers at the University of Sweden have been focusing on...Read More
| Physicians OnlyIf someone told you that there was a pill you could take to get by on less sleep, chances are that 99% of us would take it. Especially if it was proven that no health consequences would be suffered. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have identified...Read More
| Physicians OnlyAs we know, TMJ/TMD patients frequently present with overlapping signs and symptoms of OSA/sleep disorder patients. TMD affects approximately 5% to 15% of the population, predominantly women. Many patients exhibit sleep dysfunction associated with persistent pain and inability to sleep on their side, but sleeping supine in most people...Read More
| Physicians OnlyAs many of us are aware, OSA is associated with hypertension, AFib, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure and stroke. The number of men and women diagnosed with Sleep Apnea (twice as many men as women) has increased over the last 20 years. Statistically, 50% of OSA patients are...Read More
| Physicians OnlyRecent studies have begun to expose similarities between the symptoms of OSA and MS. This article surveyed more than 2,300 people with MS, and 70% reported having a sleep disorder. Diagnosis can occur anywhere between age 20-age 50, and women are more likely than men to be affected. This...Read More
| Physicians OnlyTraditionally, OSA has always been viewed as a male disease (3 to 1), however, OSA in women is becoming increasingly recognized. Because of the discrepancy in the symptoms between women and men, women are often misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed. Approximately 30 million adults in the U.S. have obstructive sleep apnea,...Read More
| Physicians Only Getting a “good night’s sleep” is hard enough, especially so for stroke survivors. While various studies have been performed to determine the relationship between the two, physicians continue to miss the signs. In fact, according to a review published in the American Heart Association’s...Read More
| Physicians OnlyWe already know that OSA causes (and is related to) other serious health issues, no matter what your age is. The following article focuses on teens diagnosed with OSA who are also battling obesity. Studies have shown that 60% of obese children have OSA. The author mentions the “chicken...Read More
| Physicians OnlyAccording to research published in January 2018 in the Journal of Affective Disorders, another factor warranting further examination is sleep loss, which has been shown to precede manic episodes in a range of studies. Sleep changes the body’s physiological state. Serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine are all involved in sleep. ...Read More
| 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
