Sleeping Disorders can affect anyone!

When dealing with a snoring problem, you could be faced with one of two issues: primary snoring or the more sinister Obstructive Sleep Apnea, or OSA. To understand the differences between these two types of snoring, you must understand exactly how the snoring process works.

Additionally, it is important to understand the difference because while primary snoring can simply be an irritant to your partner, Obstructive Sleep Apnea can lead to other significant health problems, and in some cases can even be deadly!

Sleep Disorders In The News



07/30/2010
New Research Suggests That People With A Sleep Disorder Have A Higher Risk Of Developing Dementia - Alzheimer's Society Comment
People who experience rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) may go on to develop conditions such as dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson's disease, or multiple system atrophy. The researchers studied the medical records of 27 people with these three neurodegenerative conditions who had also experienced RBD earlier in life...

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07/29/2010
REM Sleep Disorder Could Be Early Warning Of Parkinson's, Dementia That Develops Decades Later
American neurologists and sleep experts suggest in a recent study that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder could be an early sign of Parkinson's disease or dementia that develops up to 50 years later. You can read how neurologist and sleep specialist Dr Bradley F...

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07/29/2010
Global Breakthrough In Treatment Of Dementia 'Within Reach' - Clinical Trial In Scotland Recruiting
A Glasgow-based medical research company is leading a worldwide sleep study which could radically reduce the symptoms associated with dementia. The groundbreaking trial, conducted by CPS Research, is the first of its kind to investigate the use of sleep hormone melatonin as an add on treatment for dementia. The study is already showing remarkable initial results in volunteers from Scotland...

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07/28/2010
Extended Daylight Hours Influence Teens' Sleeping Patterns
In the spring, later sunset and extended daylight exposure delay bedtimes in teenagers, according to researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lighting Research Center (LRC). "Biologically, this increased exposure to early evening light in the spring delays the onset of nocturnal melatonin, a hormone that indicates to the body when it's nighttime," explains Mariana Figueiro, Ph.D...

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07/27/2010
Insomnia In Children Receiving Mental Health Treatment
A new survey of child psychiatrists indicates that insomnia is a major problem among children in mental health treatment and at least a quarter of these patients are given sleep medication...

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07/31/2010
Sleep Debt Can Take A Toll On Your Health
Tips To Get A Good Night's Sleep (Medical News Today)Short on sleep? According to sleep experts, people are sleeping less than they used to and the "sleep debt" can take a toll on your health, relationships and work performance. Despite the popular notion that you need less sleep as you get older, sleep needs generally remain constant throughout adulthood. And sleep loss can take a real toll on

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07/31/2010
Have a Sleep Disorder? Try Non-Drug Remedies First
Tired Americans turn to pills for sleep - Worcester Telegram (subscription)It seems that Americans and the American Medical Establishment are turning to drugs or pills for almost everything these days.  We take one drug to address one symptom, then one or two more to counteract the side afects of the first drug, etc.  But, perhaps we should first try to determine the actual cause oi the symptoms

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07/31/2010
Most People With Sleep Disorders Don't Know It
95% of People Who Have a Sleeping Disorder Don't Know it - PR Web (press release)"Today, More than 40 million people in the U.S. alone suffer from sometype of sleep disorder—and 95% of them drag through life not even awareof it..." according to the press release below. And the problem is that sleep disorders can in turn cause many other health problems to include hypertension, obesity, and acid

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07/31/2010
The Best Sleep Aid Is Good Sleeping Habits
Good sleeping habits are the best sleep aid - Gainesville Sun"Pharmaceutical companies spend their advertising dollars to convinceyou that the secret lies in a pill. Sales of sleep medications hit anall-time high last year, with 43 million prescriptions written." We are turning our society into a society of drugs. The first thing the medical community wants to do for any health problem is to

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07/31/2010
Sleeping Difficulties Can Come From A Variety of Sources For The Elderly
Cross: Night frights - Woburn AdvocateAccording to Jack Cross, " Seniors' sleep problems are rooted in many sources. The source could be as simple as too much napping during the day, so that sleeping at night is difficult. There are also physiological changes occurring with age, and many seniors tend to have diseases that can make sleep difficult. For instance, people who suffer from congestive

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