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REM Behavior Disorder

REM Behavior disorder happens only 1/100th the time of sleep apnea and is essentially the opposite of Sleep Paralysis. During REM sleep you normally don’t move. This is called atonia, which is the normal paralysis of your voluntary limbs during the twenty percent of the time asleep when you are dreaming. With REM behavior disorder, instead of experiencing atonia you move around and perhaps act out your dreams. This can involve minor leg movements or crying out in your sleep.

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

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

Unrested and Untested

Millions of Americans and their doctors don’t know they have sleep apnea and sleep-apnea testing can mean the difference between life and death. Click the Image to Read Article #BlueSleep #Bettersleep #SleepApnea #Snoring #Sleepdisorders #Treatments #therapy #Symptoms #Unrestedanduntested #Cantsleep #Sleepapnea #DrStern #Insomnia #Sleepagnea #Snoring #Wallstreet #Newyork

Sleep Apnea: What is it? And What is the Best Treatment?

Sleep Apnea is perhaps the most common and yet most undiagnosed sleep disorder. It’s also the most dangerous. Based on research; up to a third of adult Americans have problematic sleep apnea but about ninety percent don’t know it. If you are over fifty, male and snore you probably have sleep apnea. Apnea, which means ‘without breath’, is when breathing becomes shallow and stops altogether during sleep. When a person stops breathing their blood oxygen levels are lowered and th

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

Menopause and Sleep

HOT FLASHES, NIGHT SWEATS AND SLEEP QUALITY Understanding your body’s core temperature and circadian rhythms are crucial to getting a good night’s sleep. Temperature changes throughout the night affect the way you go in and out of various sleep stages. Many studies have shown that getting a good night’s sleep is dependent on having your body be at the right temperature at the right time. Body temperature decreases at night, making us fall asleep, and increases right before we

What Dr. Stern Thinks About Sleep Apps

Read an article where Dr. Stern answers questions about sleep apps and how they can be used to help diagnose and treat sleep problems. Click Here to Read Dr. Stern's Article #BlueSleep #Bettersleep #SleepApnea #Snoring #Sleepdisorders #Treatments #Therapy #Symptoms

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

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

“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 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 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

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

Why CPAP is Not Always the Best Treatment for Sleep Apnea: A Commentary by Founder Dr Jordan Stern

CPAP does not work for every individual diagnosed with sleep apnea, nor does surgery, nor does oral appliance therapy, nor does weight loss. Why is it that most sleep doctors tell patients that CPAP is the best or only treatment for sleep apnea. Because, they have not done their homework, and are set in their old ways ... Let me tell you which is the best treatment for sleep apnea ... the one that works for you ...! First of all if you have been diagnosed with sleep apnea

Can I Measure Real REM Sleep at Home?

REM or Rapid Eye Movement is the phase of sleep where you dream most vividly. It is still unclear why dreaming is so important to the brain, but doctors agree REM is vital to good health. An adequate amount of REM sleep has been shown to strengthen memory as well as stimulate the regions of the brain associated with learning. The only way to see how much REM sleep you’re getting is to measure your brainwaves. An electroencephalogram (or EEG for short) does just that. A head

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Everything You Need to Know About Sleep

Sleep

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Women &

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