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Diet Soda and Lack of Sleep = Heart Attack

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Brian Yalung

Soda drinkers listen up. While you may be forced to limit your soda intake, you may want to watch your sleeping habits. A study shows that if you are not careful, you may be at risk of a heart disease. This study is from the University of Miami, where 2,500 soda drinkers were evaluated.

They found those who drank diet soda daily were 61 percent more likely to have a vascular event such as a stroke. They found chronic short sleep produces hormones and chemicals that increase your risk of developing he

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Atlanta Snoring Institute Celebrates First Year Anniversary

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Brian Yalung

This month, the Atlanta Snoring Institute is celebrating their first year anniversary. Founded to aid specialty snoring treatment back in August, 2009, the people behind ASI are committed to provide the latest snoring and sleep apnea treatments for the Atlanta area.

Snoring is a sleep depriving problem affecting 40% of men and 23% of women according to the National Sleep Foundation. Many couples sleep apart due to loud, habitual snoring. This can lead to a lack of intimacy and disharmony in the re

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Sleep 7 Hours Is the Median for Sleeping Healthy

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Brian Yalung

6 hours, 8 hours and so on. These are the numbers that people believe to be the magic number for sleeping properly and leading a healthy life. Not so.

The magic number is really 7, the median for sleeping hours and the key towards leading a healthier life. This includes naps which should identify if you are at risk of aligning yourself in contracting a cardiovascular disease.

Sleeping fewer than five hours a day, including naps, more than doubles the risk of being di

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Sleep Diagnostic Center Opens in Moses Lake

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Brian Yalung

The second branch of the Central Washington Sleep Diagnostic Center opened in Moses Lake, aimed to help people suffering from sleep disorders. With over 70 million American suffering from sleep-related problems the opening of this new branch should reach out to more people seeking medical help.

The affects of sleep deprivation include depression, brain fog, change in mental status, short-term memory loss, weight gain, high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, traffic accidents, work

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Sleep Apnea Increase Risk of Stroke

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Brian Yalung

Sleep Apnea has been known to be associated with heart problems and apparently that is the case in this new study connecting stroke. OSA doubles the risk of stroke in men and also increases the danger in women. Data was taken from the Sleep Heart Health Study.

Men with moderate to severe sleep apnea are three times more likely to have a stroke than men with mild or no sleep apnea while the increased risk of stroke in women with obstructive sleep apnea was significant only in cases of severe apnea than

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Better Sleep Equals Better Golf Scores

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Brian Yalung

So now it can be told! That is if you are ignorant in acknowledging that sleep is needed to power up your golf game or any sport for that matter. But for the topic at hand, golf seems to be the immediate and proven beneficiary, especially for golfers who are suffering from sleep apnea. Apparently people who are not at all fond of using CPAP masks may now want to change their reception of this sleep masks to remedy the dreaded sleep apnea syndrome.

Sleep apnea treatment improved golfers’ handicap ratings by more than one stroke on average, according to research presente

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea Pounds on Heart Attacks

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Brian Yalung

As far as our health is concerned, we are all aware that the worst type of illness or diseases that we can encounter would be heart attacks or stroke. For one thing, they can occur at any time and is one reason why most of us are trying to eat and stay healthy.

So much for this issue when we are awake, how about when we are asleep? It has been proven that no thanks to obstructive sleep apnea, the potential existence of heart attacks during our sleep can occur. This is perhaps the manner to which we cannot

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