Although our clocks are being moved back one hour, when we wake tomorrow morning (November 7), will you have “gained” an extra hour of the day?
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A recent article on the Men’s Health website told a cautionary tale of a man named Tom Zehmisch. He died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 46. Only four months earlier, he had participated in a national swim meet and he died while participating in a triathlon. To look at Tom, you would not have thought him to be at risk of obstructive sleep apnea.
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Nov
2
2010
Extraverts more vulnerable to sleep deprivation effects following social interaction, study finds
A study in the November 1, 2010 issue of the journal Sleep found that vulnerability to sleep deprivation is influenced by the interaction between waking social activity and individual personality traits. Results show that extraverts who were exposed to 12 hours of social interaction were more vulnerable to subsequent sleep deprivation than those who were exposed to an identical period of isolated activity.
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Oct
28
2010
New CPAP adherence criteria might negatively impact people newly diagnosed with sleep apnea
The application of new coverage determination adherence criteria for continued reimbursement of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may have potential negative effects on patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and their clinical care. Adherence to therapy is defined as use of PAP more than four hours per night for at least 70 percent of [...]
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A good night’s sleep may be one weapon in the fight against cancer, according to researchers at Stanford University Medical Center. Their work is among the first to piece together the link between mental well-being and cancer recovery.
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According to research, the ratio between tongue volume and bony enclosure size in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may help dentists calculate oral appliance treatment success. Although mandibular advancement splints (MAS) have been shown to be a safe and effective treatment for OSA, predicting efficacy in individual patients is problematic. Tweet
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Sep
3
2010
Sleep apnea linked to eye disorder
If you have or suspect you have sleep apnea, getting treated is vital for many reasons. A new reason is that in addition to causing sleepiness during the day, increase risk for high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, obesity, and diabetes, an order affecting the eyes is now on the radar. A new study in [...]
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Some 19 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq have migraine and migraine is suspected in another 17 percent. While prevalence of migraine among the U.S. military is well documented, little is known about sleep quality in soldiers with chronic headaches including post-traumatic headache and migraine. A research team from the Madigan Army Medical Center in [...]
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Patients who were denied bariatric surgery for insurance reasons developed a slew of new obesity-related diseases and conditions within three years of follow-up, according to a study presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Researchers at Gundersen Lutheran Health System in La Crosse, Wisconsin, compared the [...]
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