A poll released today finds pervasive use of communications technology in the hour before bed. It also finds a large number of Americans aren’t getting the sleep they need and search for ways to cope.
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snoring
Mar
7
2011
Technology is creating sleepy Americans
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Patients with obstructive sleep apnea often report that they feel like “a new person” after beginning treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. Study findings published on the Jan. 1, 2011 support these anecdotal reports, showing that three weeks of CPAP therapy significantly reduced fatigue and increased energy.
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Dec
23
2010
Sex is better when snoring stops, says dentist
New York City dentist Farhad Hakimi says his 12 years of research of more than 3,500 patients suffering from sleep apnea and snoring shows they lower sex drive, inhibit orgasm, and contribute to erectile dysfunction in some men.
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Apr
20
2010
Symptoms of sleep issues vary by race
A study published this month in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine compared symptoms for white, black, and Hispanic people. Participants filled out surveyas about their symptoms after scientists monitored their sleep.
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Nov
11
2009
Teeth grinding linked to sleep apnea
Bruxism, the medical term for the grinding of teeth during sleep, is prevalent in Caucasians with sleep disorders, a study has found. There is a high prevalence of nocturnal teeth grinding, or bruxism, in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, particularly in Caucasians.
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CNN seems to be a few years behind important health news, especially news that heavy snoring may be a warning sign of sleep apnea.
The health story on CNN tells about the married life of Kim and Curtis Christiansen, married for about nine years, and who started having problems when Curtis began snoring. When Curtis began snoring about three years ago, CNN’s story relates, Kim took to sleeping on the couch.
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Sleep apnea has long been known to be associated with obesity, but a study published in the June 2009 issue of Diabetes Care finds the disorder is widely undiagnosed among obese individuals with type 2 diabetes, showing nearly 87 percent of participants reported symptoms, but were never diagnosed.
For those with untreated sleep apnea, it doesn’t just mean their sleep is disrupted; existing research shows that it can also mean an increased risk of heart disease and stroke.
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Research findings presented at Sleep 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, a link exists between the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and weight gain.
Results indicate that people with an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), the average of the combined episodes of apnea and hypopnea that occur per hour of sleep, of over 15 had an increase in body mass index (BMI) of 0.52 kg/m2 compared to those with an AHI between five and 15, who saw an increase of 0.22 kg/m2.
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Individuals with sleep-related breathing disorders appear to burn more calories when resting as their conditions become more severe, according to a report in Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery.
Sleep-related breathing disorders include snoring, sleep apnea, and other conditions in which airways are partially or completely obstructed during sleep. “Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of sleep-disordered breathing, and changes in body weight are associated with changes in sleep-disordered breathing severity,” the authors wrote.
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