Archive for March, 2008
Battling the Light Sleepy Heads Among Us
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung March 16th, 2008 in How to sleep better, Sleep Disorders.
A simple noise can disrupt any of us when we are sleeping and once that happens chances are we may find ourselves having a hard time to get back to sleep. If you look at it, sleeping soundly is hard enough and being interrupted while we are midway in our slumber state.
A lot of people suffer from this type of a setup especially in their homes. The sudden entry of kids or the rest of the household can surely be annoying at times. Squeaking doors or a sudden movement which our senses can sense can make a difference in disrupting sleep.
So how do we go back to sleep once it is disrupted? Here is a good article to solve such a sleep problem and enumerates various measures to help us go back to sleep.
- Get up and get out of bed
- Practice visualization
- Have a snack
- Go to bed later
- Adjust the room temperature
They are explained in detail here.
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Surgery Solutions for Sleep Apnea
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung March 15th, 2008 in SLEEP News, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Issues.
Turning to surgery when it comes to sleep apnea solutions may be the last thing on people’s minds. But in reality, surgery for people who have a serious problem with it is entirely necessary especially if everything like constant consultations and therapies to remedy it fails.
Kids rarely need surgery and once they do, the immediate understanding is that they can be cured immediately. Apparently this does not hold true at times and while it is the last recourse for curing sleep disorders, it may not always be the last and reliable solution.
Surgery may provide only short-term relief for some children with sleep-disordered breathing, say researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Adenotonsillectomy surgery is the first line of treatment for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in children. It is the most common surgery performed upon children, the researchers noted.
(Source) Washington Post
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Shortened Sleep Can Make People Fatter
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung March 14th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders.
Sleeping less could make you bulge more. This is one finding that a study in Japan showed, owing it to a hormonal imbalance within males who tend to sleep less but eat more in the process. Worst, it can even lead to serious health risks as well concerning the heart and other key areas of the human body.
Contrary to what people believe that shorter sleep is good for the body since it allows us to burn more calories, we tend to make up for it by digesting food to serve as energy sources of our body. But while you are satisfying one aspect of the picture, do remember that you are also putting another area at risk which is the overall health of our bodies.
Lack of sleep triggers a hormone in the blood which stimulates the appetite, said the study’s lead author, Nihon University medical department associate professor Yoshitaka Kaneita.
“It increases a sense of hunger as well as an appetite for high-calorie food,” he said Thursday, calling for people to pay due attention to how much they sleep.
(Source) AFP
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US Government Extends Subsidies for Sleep Devices
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung March 13th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders.
The problem of sleep apnea is continuously growing and to try and help satisfy this problem, the US government has recently passed a bill to extend subsidies for additional sleep breathing devices and aid people suffering from the dreaded sleep problem.
Among the benefiting companies will be ResMed, a respiratory equipment maker that specializes in breathing devices and notably, sleep disorders such as sleep apnea. While its rival, Respironics is also specializing in this field, the passed subsidy is something that will need more than one specialized respiratory device company. With that said, ResMed can look to better sales in providing sleep solutions to its customers soon.
Read more here.
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Women Suffer More from Sleep Disorders
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung March 12th, 2008 in How to sleep better, SLEEP News, SLEEP Psychology, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Issues.
Ordinarily, you would think that men would have sleep disorders due to work and some social issues that keep them awake at night. But apparently, based on this finding, it seems that women are getting the rawer end of the deal.
This does not mean of course that women have more shortcomings than men. It is just that they have to deal with mental and psychological anguish more than the male specie. A lot of it has to do with how they handle the mental deficiencies present in their lives today. You may say that its too much for their heart to carry when you talk about emotional stress.
“The study suggests that poor sleep — measured by the total amount of sleep, the degree of awakening during the night, and most importantly, how long it takes to get to sleep — may have more serious health consequences for women than for men,” says Suarez, an associate professor at Duke University’s department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences.
(Source) WebMD
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