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Your wife or husband tell you they need to go to bed before you or they will never sleep. You know if you are going on a trip you can not share a room with anyone else because they will complain. Do you know when a snore needs medical attention or is just annoying? The fact is that no matter what a snore is not normal. If you snore there is something in your anatomy that says you need to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

CPAP therapy is considered the gold standard for treating sleep apnea. It is a machine that uses a mask of some type to deliver a specific pressure of air to help keep the airway open. The problem with CPAP therapy is that it does take getting used to in order to be successful in using it nightly. There are some very specific reasons that people fail to be able to adjust to it and there a...

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...

An article was released about teens and the effects of caffeine and technology is having an effect of teens and their sleep. I know I live this issue daily. I have a teen son and a daughter who is just in her 20s. The problem is that we have not created a culture that supports teens and their needs. This article was timely as this week my son took his yearly standardized tests. He...

More people and their physicians are looking at sleep habits and problems that might be contributing to problems such as hypertension, difficult to control diabetes and congestive heart failure. They are also looking beyond medications to take care of issues like chronic fatigue. Snoring is looked at as something more significant then an annoyance. To find out the source of the problem a...

PCOS or Poly Cystic Ovary Disease is an problem where small cysts develop on the ovaries and uterus. It has become a bigger issue in recent years. The condition is associated with two of the biggest problems in women’s health today, insulin resistance and sleep apnea. Women are becoming more knowledgeable about their health and how best to treat it. With this knowledge they are going to...