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Sleep Apnea and Reflux - Sleep Scholar

Sleep Apnea and Reflux - Sleep Scholar

Jordan Stern MD Waking up in the middle of the night gasping for air is not always Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). Good sleep is critical to all physical and emotional functions. In search of good sleep, or as part of the remedies for poor sleep, consideration to reflux is often overlooked. Many medical research papers have discussed the association between sleep disorders and reflux, particularly the association between sleep apnea and acid reflux (Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux

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Should You Sip an Espresso Before Your Next Nap? - Van Winkle's

Should You Sip an Espresso Before Your Next Nap? - Van Winkle's

Emily Siegel Naps are great in theory: grab a few zzzzz’s after lunch to shake off the midday yawns. But a quick doze at your desk doesn’t always do the trick. In fact, naps can exacerbate grogginess and throw off your nighttime slumber — the ultimate napping sin. In recent years, some sleep experts have championed the “caffeine nap” (aka “stimulated nap”) as the platonic ideal in truncated rest. It may sound counterintuitive to use a stimulant to nap more effectively, but th

9 Things You Never Knew Your Body Does While You Sleep - Cosmopolitan Magazine

9 Things You Never Knew Your Body Does While You Sleep - Cosmopolitan Magazine

Kira Peikoff It Wakes Up a Lot More Than You Realize. You know you're supposed to get eight hours of sleep a night, but what's really going on up in your body during that time? Quite a lot, it turns out. You know you're supposed to get eight hours of sleep a night, but what's really going on up in your body during that time? Quite a lot, it turns out. Here's a peek inside your nighttime body factory. 1. As you fall asleep, you jerk. Every time. According to sleep experts, the

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Night Cap Anyone? Alcohol and Sleep

Night Cap Anyone? Alcohol and Sleep

Relaxation is a recommended technique to help us to sleep ... so why isn't a night cap a good idea? Alcohol actually helps induce deep sleep, the problem is that the beneficial effect last only about 4 hours, and then you get the alcohol withdrawal effects with the sweating, the rapid heart beat, the waking and anxiety. Studies showed that the detrimental effects begin after 2 drinks. Alcohol suppresses REM sleep (Rapid Eye Movement sleep), which is the restorative sleep ne

My Nose and My Sleep

Jordan C Stern, MD Nasal Congestion and Sleep We really don’t appreciate the nose until we have a cold and cant breathe through it. We have to open our mouth, get a dry throat, and just not get that sensation that we are really breathing. That’s because the nose has receptors in it that tell the brain that we are breathing, and this makes us feels comfortable. So when we’re not breathing through the nose, the brain is not really sure what’s happening, and this can give us t

Teeth Grinding and Sleep Apnea

Teeth Grinding and Sleep Apnea

J Stern, MD &, L Marino If you wake up with a sore jaw or an ongoing, dull headache you may be grin The best way to treat it is to go to the source, not the symptoms. Like sleep apnea, the main source can be a narrow airway. Sometimes that is out of your control simply because of your physiology. If there is a partial blockage of your airway while you sleep the grinding can actually help you re-open the airway and breathe properly. In research studies it has been shown that a

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Hearing Loss and Sleep Apnea

Hearing Loss and Sleep Apnea

In addition to heart disease, diabetes and general inflammation, sleep apnea has now been found to be associated with hearing loss. In a study of 14,000 men and women presented to the American Thoracic Society and published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine researchers found that sleep apnea was associated with a 31 percent increase in hearing loss. People with moderate sleep apnea had a 22% increased risk of hearing impairment while people with severe sleep apnea’s

Sleeping Couples

Sleeping Couples

COUPLES AND SLEEP Recent research surveys have found that given a choice, Americans choose sleep over sex. And 26-30% of American adults say they sleep better alone than with a partner. Tossing and turning, snoring, and the desire for different room temperatures are at the top of the list of complaints for couples. Also, restless leg syndrome, CPAP machines, partners who want to cuddle, poor mattress quality, mismatched sleep schedules and electronics in the bedroom all contr

Dr. Stern - One of Twenty Sleep Experts Who Give Their Top Sleep Tips

Dr. Stern - One of Twenty Sleep Experts Who Give Their Top Sleep Tips

“In search of good sleep, or as part of the remedies for poor sleep, consideration to reflux is almost always overlooked! Only recently have some medical research papers discussed the association between sleep disorders and reflux, particularly the association between sleep apnea and reflux. Reflux can result in sleep disturbances by causing arousals every time a reflux episode occurs. In other words, reflux episodes occurring in the middle of the night, wake you up, and th

Menopause and Sleep Apnea

Menopause and Sleep Apnea

Menopause has often been blamed as an underlying cause of sleep apnea in women, but the scientific research on this topic fails to show this. Women in their 50s develop sleep apnea at the same rate as men in their fifties (in fact men may even develop sleep apnea at a higher rate than women in this age group), making it unlikely that menopause itself, and the hormonal changes associated with it as a risk factor. While estrogen seems to be associated with poorer quality sleep

Hot Flashes and Sleep

Hot Flashes and Sleep

HOT FLASHES are the major disrupters of sleep during menopause. What can you do? At all age groups and starting in childhood, women report more sleep problems than men. Specifically, insomnia is more frequent in girls than boys starting at the age of 10, and worsens over the years. There are many reasons why women have poorer sleep than men, but in this article, I will focus on sleep in the perimenopausal woman. Other articles will discuss poor sleep from sleep apnea and

New Night Guards for Better Sleep

New Night Guards for Better Sleep

No two human faces are alike, and neither is the mouth, tongue, throat, and trachea; nor personalities, age, medical conditions, or expectations. That's simply why in some cases one treatment will work better than another for sleep apnea and snoring. There is no way to predict 100% if any of the existing treatments will be successful. In the case of oral appliance therapy (a mouth guard that fits on the teeth during sleep and is removed after sleep); one of the predictors of

Snoring More These Days?

Snoring More These Days?

With the change of the seasons, your sleep conditions change as well. Blooming trees and beautiful flowers mean that there is pollen in the air, and all that pollen can lead to stuffy noses and swollen airways. Pollen in your bed also increases snoring and makes it hard to get a good night’s rest. Fight back with these tips and tricks to help combat allergies! Keep your hands away from your eyes — rubbing your eyes will only cause further irritation Wear sunglasses — sunglass