Sleep Disorders

Urine Sample May Reveal Sleep Disorder in Kids - U.S. News & World Report

Urine Sample May Reveal Sleep Disorder in Kids U.S. News & World Report Such a test "would alleviate the need for costly and inconvenient sleep studies in children who snore, only about 20 to 30 percent of whom actually have OSA … Soon, urine test for pediatric obstructive sleep apneaTimes of India Urine test helps identify pediatric obstructive sleep apneanews Stories Urine test for sleep apnea in kidsUPI.com Psychology Today (blog) -Shift Work Disorder News all 127 news articles »

Insomnia - Why You Need Quality Sleep
Insomnia affects approximately 60 million people, usually more women than men and can drive some people to the brink of madness. Quality sleep is vital for good health but it’s not always that easy to come by.

Stop Snores - What Really Works?
Have you been snoring every night with your bed partner worries over your snoring? Well, this is because not you, but your bed partner suffers the obnoxious noises each night. Though many studies have been undertaken on snorers and the ill effects on health due to the sleep disorder, a startling fact concluded that not only the snorer but the sleeping partner also suffers sleep deprivation and being at risk of developing life threatening diseases.

Stop Sleep Apnea - Prevention Techniques
If you have a tendency to snore, then left unchecked, snoring can flourish into a more serious condition known as sleep apnea. It is really in your vital, best interests to stop sleep apnea from developing. Sleep apnea is a serious health problem that can cause problems for you not only in the short term, but also lead to serious health problems in the long-term, including heart attack, stroke, and even premature death.

Eye-opener: Tiger was snoring, shoeless after crash - USA Today

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Eye-opener: Tiger was snoring, shoeless after crash USA Today More details have emerged, via a CNN interview with the neighbors who found a shoeless Woods snoring on the ground on the passenger side of his car after he … Neighbors: Tiger Woods was lying on his lawn shoeless and snoring minutes …New York Daily News Neighbor Says Tiger Woods Was SnoringBaltimore Sun A Snoring TigerKansas City Star Examiner.com -Telegraph.co.uk -Toronto Star all 135 news articles »

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Benefits of a Good Knight CPAP
One of the most common treatments administered to people suffering from sleep apnea is called Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, more commonly known as CPAP. This treatment is administered to treat moderate to severe sleep apnea, which is a condition where a person stops breathing or reduces breathing while sleeping. Sleep apnea is a medical condition that can have far reaching effects if not treated in time.

What Are the Most Effective Sleep Apnea Remedies?
Sleep apnea is a medical condition more commonly found amongst men that is categorized by pauses in breathing or shallow breathing while one is asleep. The pauses in breathing that occur last anything from 10 seconds going up to a couple of minutes and can take place from five times to almost thirty times in any given hour while one sleeps.

Death of 20-month-old is investigated as homicide - Baltimore Sun

Death of 20-month-old is investigated as homicide Baltimore Sun … the girl's parents said they put her to sleep on a sofa late Friday and reported that they "heard the baby snoring" throughout the night and morning. … Police: Toddler's Death Probed As HomicideWJZ Investigators Call Baby Death A HomicideWBAL Radio all 14 news articles »

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The Echoes Of Snoring - Part 1 - EmpowHer (blog)

The Echoes Of Snoring - Part 1 EmpowHer (blog) Almost no one is alien to snoring. Statistics point out that at least 45 percent of all normal adults snore occasionally, out of which 25 percent are …

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Eye-opener: Tiger was snoring, shoeless after crash - USA Today

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Eye-opener: Tiger was snoring, shoeless after crash USA Today More details have emerged, via a CNN interview with the neighbors who found a shoeless Woods snoring on the ground on the passenger side of his car after he … Neighbors: Tiger Woods was lying on his lawn shoeless and snoring minutes …New York Daily News Neighbor Says Tiger Woods Was SnoringBaltimore Sun A Snoring TigerKansas City Star Examiner.com -Telegraph.co.uk -Toronto Star all 135 news articles »

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TCM
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) offers many choices for patients with insomnia. Learn about insomnia treatments using TCM instead of traditional insomnia medication to get a good night’s sleep.

Insomnia Treatments: Elderly
Insomnia: treatment, prevention and outlook among the elderly. Find out why insomnia is so common among the elderly and how to treat sleeplessness associated with acute or chronic insomnia in the elderly.

Thanksgiving Feast Leads to Excessive Sleepiness — But Why?

It is a quintessentially American tradition: gathering with family and friends to feast — to the point of excess — and reflect on all for which we can be thankful. And just as much a part of the day as turkey, parades, and football, is the post-meal nap. What is it about the Thanksgiving feast that makes us so sleepy?

The most often-cited culprit is an amino acid, or building block of protein, called tryptophan. This is found in turkey, but it is found in higher concentrations in other foods, including: egg white, cod, soybeans, parmesan and cheddar cheese, pork chops, and (for the adventurous) caribou. One hardly hears of anyone complaining of excessive sleepiness after eating these foods. So what is to blame?

It may be the other things we pile onto our plates and into our goblets. Alcohol certainly can make us sleepy, but it’s not the only culprit. It has been demonstrated that meals rich in carbohydrates — such as potatoes, yams, breads, and countless other Thanksgiving foods — trigger insulin release. This promotes the uptake by muscle of amino acids other than tryptophan. Lonely and unused trytophan builds up in the blood and is shuttled across the blood-brain barrier where it is converted into a neurotransmitter, or brain chemical, called serotonin. The serotonin is further metabolized into melatonin, which is a hormone with sleep-promoting qualities.

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Thanksgiving Feast Leads to Excessive Sleepiness — But Why? originally appeared on About.com Sleep Disorders on Thursday, November 26th, 2009 at 17:10:50.

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Night Starts
Though the phenomenon called night starts occurs commonly, the condition generally requires no treatment. It is typically experienced just as you drift off to sleep, somewhere between wakefulness and sleep. Suddenly you have a sensation that you are falling, and you awake with a sudden start. Learn more about this frequent occurrence.

How Does Sleep Inertia Work
It is something that you may experience nearly every morning when you wake up: that compelling, nearly irresistible desire to go back to sleep. What is sleep inertia and how does it make it hard to wake up?