Green tea, long known to be a savior as far as addressing the health issues concerning most people today, has been proven to help sleep apnea victims resolve their problems. Apparently, one of its components called polyphenol is the answer to which help most sleep deprived people today.

Green tea has been known to already help people with heart diseases and high cholesterol levels but apparently polyphenol can help address the issue of most people when it comes to breathing pauses which sometimes haunt people while they are asleep.

According to lead study author David Gozal of the University of Louisville, the drop in oxygen levels and inflammation associated with apnea can lead to the death of brain cells over time. He said the study showed that drinking six to 10 cups of green tea a day can help combat this decline.

Gozal stressed that the study suggests green tea should be an “adjunct” therapy in humans suffering from obstructive sleep apnea, not a main treatment.

“If you have sleep apnea, use your (breathing) machine while you are sleeping,” Gozal wrote in an e-mail. “However, if you also drink green tea, this may help you feel better.”

(Source) AJC.com

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We have heard of various issues regarding sleepwalking and sleep driving but sleep-texting? Apparently this stems from the fact that a lot of people today are going crazy over texting, the modern way of communicating with anyone with the use of any mobile phone today.

Some people just cannot sit well without seeing their mobile phone beside them since anyone at any time may be texting them or perhaps on the other way around, sending messages at any moment they feel like by pushing the keypads of their phone.

Normally, we would find ourselves falling asleep and sleeping alongside our phones. But while we all know that we will fall asleep, is it indeed possible to send messages unknowingly to another person while we are in our slumber state?

But some sleep experts have another explanation for the sleep text messaging, particularly in those situations in which the text message is coherent. Some say the messages are written while the patient is awake, but they have amnesia for the event. “The `sleep texter’ may have actually been awake, but had not formed new memories for the event,” says Scott Fromherz, medical director of Westside Sleep Center in Tigard, Ore.

“There is a `built-in’ amnesia of sleep that occurs when the brain is briefly awakened for less than three minutes,” he says.

Thus, a person might wake up in the middle of the night, text someone, go back to sleep and have no recollection of the activity the next morning.

(Source) The Star.com

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We have heard of a lot of sleeping illnesses lingering around the world today and apparently most of them come from varying origins. Sleep disorders and issues are rampant and are continuously causing pains and problems for people. Here is another one of those sleep sickness called the African Trypanosomiasis.

The disease, endemic in southeast Uganda and western Kenya, is caused by parasites and transmitted to humans by tsetse flies. It kills more than 40,000 Africans each year and the animal form of the disease (nagana) kills two million cattle each year.

IT starts with a headache, joint pains and fever. It is the kind you would expect to get over quickly. But after a while, things get worse. You fall asleep most of the time, are confused and get intense pains and convulsions.

If you do not get treatment, your body begins to waste away. Eventually, you slip into coma and die.

So you may say that this disease may eventually be transmitted unseen as the said parasites can easily make their way to your body. So if you think you have the symptoms mentioned above, better have your doctor check you out.

(Source) AllAfrica.com

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Snoring has been found to be another major problem for most people today. While it is apparent that most people would care less on what goes on when they sleep, it would be wise to consider the snoring problems that some people may have as a serious threat to anyone who longs for peaceful slumber.

We have seen sleeping masks to help provide remedies towards sleep breathing problems and with the Asonor Anti-snoring Device, people with snoring problems are sure to welcome this new device to help them sleep better.

“Millions of Australians are suffering from the affects of snoring. Snoring is a serious health problem and not just an embarrassing habit” commented John-Michael Mancini, CEO of the Australian licensee SASMAR Australia Pty Limited. “There are a number of snoring remedies available but many sufferers find that they are expensive and they simply do not work. That’s what lead us to bring Asonor to Australia” said Mr. Mancini.

(Source) 2407 Press Release

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Normally, parents would not want their babies to be left out alone when they sleep. However, due to the rising cases of baby deaths due to sleep, a campaign has been launched to provide awareness and added safety for infants who unknowingly become endangered species due to overlooked parenting tactics.

This is not really to take away anything from parents who want to provide only the best for their child. But there are limits and this includes looking out for the welfare of a child in terms of sleeping soundly.

“Our goal is to really help parents, grandparents, daycare providers and others be aware of the importance to putting babies to sleep in a safe environment, which is typically a bed of their own,” says Sharon Chesna from the Mothers and Babies Perinatal Network.

If a parent or caregiver wants the keep the child close, parents should move the crib near their bed.

(Source) WBNG News

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