Athletes need to ensure that they are healthy and fully charged most of the time and sleep is a critical factor on being able to do so. Apparently some key things have been itemized by Yahoo Sports, most of which seem to be basic but otherwise important if any athlete would want to churn out 100% positive performance any day.
Among the ways mentioned include the following:
1. Go to bed and wake up early 2. Take daily power naps 3. Do light stretches before going to bed 4. Cut down on
Drivers and some graveyard shift workers have been pinpointed as that of having sleep apnea problems but it seems you can add one more occupation to that list. Based on a study, it seems that the cops or the police are among the ones suffering from sleep apnea too.
Just like round the clock workers, police personnel have their share of working on shifts as well. The study consisted of police officers participatin
It is a fact that a large chunk of the population on earth today suffer from sleep disorders but today we focus on an Asian country in Singapore. Apparently all the attention right now is on World Sleep Day and for their part, about 15% of Singaporeans are reportedly affected by sleep disorders.
Sleep disorders caused by the same factors like large tongues or extra tissues which collapse and block the airways of a person have been just some of the identified things associated with the said sleep diso
People with snoring and/or sleep apnea problems are bound to have come to know the CPAP mask, something that may not necessarily be comfortable to wear when they want to go to sleep. However, here is one that is said to be easy to use and tasked to remedy sleep apnea issues.
The Easy to Use CPAP Therapy System or the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure is an aid that helps ease breathing for people with the said sleep disorder. The device doubles up as a humidifier as well and integrates easily into the
It seems that there is an A/H1N1 vaccine being sold around which brings more misery rather than resolve it. The vaccine has been found to increase the risk of sleep disorder in children but if there is one country that is not affected, it is Vietnam.
The vaccine is currently used in Vietnam is a “three-in-one” kind, covering the A/H3N2, B and A/H1N1 influenza viruses. The vaccine is reportedly from GlaxoSmithKline. According to reports, the children injected with Pandemrix were nine times more
A swine flu vaccine is in the hot seat for reportedly rendering some rare and dangerous sleep disorder. Pandermix from GlaxoSmithKline is now undergoing testing by the European Medicines Agency after cases of narcolepsy came up.
Pandermix was used in the UK sometime last year to address the H1N1 epidemic that came out last year. The cases of narcolepsy, in which a person to fall asleep suddenly and unexpectedly, have been reported largely in Sweden and Finland.
A rare sleep disorder has led a mom to crave for sex after Donna Glover encounters a Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS) attach which causes her to fall asleep for as much as 20 hours. Glover experiences hypersexuality and sever food cravings afterwards which at times leads to her having random sex with men she comes across in the supermarket.
The US-based Kleine-Levin Syndrome Foundation website says the condition normally strikes during adolescence and almost exclusively affects men. It affects one in
Sleep apnea has plagued a number of people and just in case you are wondering what kind of sleep disorder this is, Sleep Apnea is when a person stops breathing for at least 10 seconds. This of course varies, a lot depending on how severe his sleep apnea problem is.
Hence, the Pennsylvania Dental Association (PDA) recommends consulting your dentist. As far as Obstructive Sleep Apnea is concerned, they are perhaps the best person to consult. OSA is caused when the muscles in the walls of your throat rela
The only certificate program in Arizona is getting underway come this May 24. Called the Polysomnography Technology (PSG), this new program will train pre-qualified students to analyze and monitor patients for disorders.
According to the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists an estimated 50-70 million people in the United States are suffering from a chronic sleep disorder, leaving the job outlook for PSG Technologists excellent. Technologists work in a variety of patient care settings, which
It looks like a new classification for sleep disturbances has been uncovered by the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. Based on their findings, sleep disturbances are associated with “meaningful reductions” in quality of life and is multiplied as per the individual’s race or sleep disorder.
It was said that African-Americans who snored heavily had insomnia or excessive daytime sleepiness. They were worse than Caucasian and Hispanic counterpart
