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It is a new year and with it people are making all resolutions to improve their health and daily life. This may be the one aspect of a healthy lifestyle that is overlooked. There is new research every day that shows how sleep affects your health. It is also known that sleep deprivation can contribute to weight gain, diabetes, high blood pressure, memory loss and increase in pain....

We turn more and more to medications to solve our health problems. Although they usually can correct symptoms they do not necessarily correct the problem that is causing the problem. Many problems can be made worse by sleep deprivation and some may look like one health issue and actually be an sign of a sleep problem. Is it depression or a sleep issue? Many people who have a sleep issues...

Shaquille O’Neal recently let the world know he has sleep apnea. He shared his experience of testing and treating it with the world on You Tube. A month later he is announcing his retirement from professional sports. Is it possible that the long term effects of sleep apnea have caused him to feel he has come to the end of his career sooner than he could have? Did his poor sleep from...

You wake up with the nagging pain, difficulty concentrating and wishing you could just go back to bed and pull the covers over your head. If this happens on a regular basis there may be more going on then a hatred of mornings. Sleep disorders and sleep deprivation can have a serous effect on your waking hours. One of the symptoms of sleep apnea is a morning headache. It is an effect of...

If you are just starting out as a new CPAP user you will find that a little support goes a long way. Family support is important but it is support from other users that will truly allow you to find what will work for you. The problem is that most physician’s offices and DME companies do not tell you where to find support. But if you look online and in your community there are some great...

Technology has come a long was and studying sleep is no exception. We are now able to perform sleep studies in the home as well as the sleep lab. This is a great thing because it allows more people to be tested for sleep disorders then every before. The drawback is that there are limitations to what can be done in the home versus the lab. In home sleep studies are generally modified...

Fitness is an important part of change in a person’s health. In order to minimize injury and to obtain the optimal benefit to your hard work proper sleep is absolutely necessary. When you exert your body it is important for your recovery to make sure you are getting enough sleep. During the night you go through different stages of sleep. Your body goes through different stages of...

Many people suffer from insomnia. Whether it is a child or an adult, a stressful time or an ongoing problem, or you can’t fall asleep or stay asleep. Insomnia affects everyone at some time or another. The issue is that although there are medications that might help many people do not want to start with medication to solve this problem. So what care some solutions to help? Look at...

If you have sleep apnea and are using a CPAP machine than you know that there can be issues that make this therapy difficult to use. Sometimes you can find support to resolve these issues and sometimes there are solutions that your doctor, sleep tech or respiratory therapist may not be aware of. Researching this on the internet can be equally as baffling because of all the contradictory...