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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...

People who come to the sleep lab always seem to expect the worst. It does not help that their friends have told them all sorts of horror stories and that the internet is full of misinformation. So when most people come in they are usually either totally clueless as to what will happen or they are terrified that we are going to tie them to the bed and attach all sorts of things to them. Really a...

Women say it all the time. “He snores like a freight train” or “he snores so loud they can hear him down the street.” And in the end someone ends up sleeping on the couch. The problem is that that snoring can mean that your spouse could have a sleep disorder. The other problem is that sleep deprivation comes with its own set of problems that include fatigue, short term memory problems,...

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...

You have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea or OSA and then they hit you with a bunch of words you have never heard before. They start talking about machines and mask and humidity. You are told this is long term therapy. What they do not explain is what the machine does, what types of therapy are you eligible for and what will be the best type of therapy for you. CPAP...

Many people go to the doctor because they have something they want fixed. They expect that a...

There are many CPAP users out there who do not use their machines. Much of this is due to the...