Archive for the 'Sleep Therapy' Category
Sleep HealthCenters Makes House Calls
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung June 24th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Therapy.
Sleep deprivation has been a growing pain and most people who are aching for alternative remedies and solutions to this growing disorder can heave a big sigh of relief thanks to the Sleep HealthCenters which have opted to take sleep disorder issues to the next level.
Sleep deprivation has been linked to other health issues such as obesity and heart problems and that alone has become a reason to take sleep problems entirely serious. With an elite group of specialists and providing home sleep testing, the sleep deprived can now expect better attention and diagnoses for their lingering obstructive sleeping problems.
Dr. Lawrence J. Epstein, Sleep HealthCenters’ Medical Director, noted, “Home sleep testing is a viable alternative for those patients who have had a comprehensive sleep evaluation and meet certain criteria, including insurance eligibility. Because untreated sleep apnea has been linked to health problems such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease, it is crucial that as many at-risk patients as possible be tested and treated. At Sleep HealthCenters, we continue to focus on providing expertise in every aspect of care for patients with all sleep disorders, from diagnosis, to treatment, to long-term management.”
(Source) Business Wire
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Stay Fit with Regular Sleeping Habits
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung June 18th, 2008 in SLEEP News, SLEEP Psychology, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Education, Sleep Therapy.
If you are among the people today who are aching to stay fit and maintain the ideal weight levels, you will never guess what the best activity is for being able to achieve proper weight levels. It does not include having to enroll in the usual fitness centers. It all boils down to getting the proper amount of sleep, something many people today are losing in their lives.
A good book to support this claim is this book, Sleep to Be Sexy, Smart and Slim: Get the Best Sleep of Your Life Tonight and Every Night, authored by Julie Bain and Ellen Michaud.
“It really surprised me how many women think sleep is a waste of their time,” says the New York City-based writer and editor. “So many women feel guilty if they’re not doing as much as possible all of the time. But your sleep is not an indulgence.”
(Source) Dallas News
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Power Nap Rituals from Thailand
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 26th, 2008 in How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Issues, Sleep Therapy.
Here is something that most sleep deprived individuals may want to check out. We have been introduced to various means of getting sleep and most of them are geared towards the medical inclinations offered in the world today. While the specialists and pills will always be there, here are some therapeutic ways to resolve the sleeping problem that most of us have right now and it is called the Power Nap Rituals, a new treatment for people with sleepless nights.
Devarana Spas in Thailand have launched a new treatment to help those suffering sleepless nights. The new Power Nap Ritual is what the spas call ‘an emergency assistance’ for those who suffer from sleep deprivation to get the rest they need
Natural or herbal means of addressing the sleep issue has worked for many people and this one should not really be surprising. We all know the power of natural herbal means and this should be something worth checking out.
(Source) Asia Travel Tips
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Green Tea Can Help Sleep Apnea Victims
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 16th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Therapy, Snoring.
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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Internet Tools to Mediate Sleep Disorders
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung March 5th, 2008 in How to sleep better, SLEEP Gadgets, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Therapy.
Technology has been known to provide us with solutions and sleep disorders are not about to be left behind. Using the medium of the Internet to determine the dysfunctional problems that we have to deal with before we get good sleep needs to be monitored and analyzed. Today, there is a new tool that is being psyched up to help transfer data to the specialists so that they can in turn help provide feasible answers on why people have to deal with sleepless nights.
The devices monitor body indicators during a patient’s sleep, such as blood-oxygen levels, nose airflow pressure and whether air passages are obstructed. They feed the information to specialists via the internet.
They are being trialled in the forehead of nasal masks already worn by patients with sleep apnoea, a common condition where breathing difficulties disrupt sleeping patterns.
(Source) Stuff.co.nz
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