Archive for the ‘Sleep Apnea’ Category

  • Chronic Sleep Loss Is Not Easy To Compensate For | Metro Detroit Cosmetic Dentist

    Friday, January 15th, 2010

    Recently, a study done by Sleep Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, long periods of sleep at doesn’t make up for sleep loss that goes on for extended periods of time.  
    Earlier in the morning or late at night circadian rhythms are at the lowest point. The study suggests that people with sleep loss had [...]

  • Sleep Apnea patient Talks about his Struggles & Relief | Shelby TWP Dentist

    Friday, December 18th, 2009

    When your wife threatens to smother you to stop your heavy \snoring, it’s time to look into serious solutions!
    All joking aside, when his physician recommended a sleep study for John’s heavy snoring, Sleep Apnea was diagnosed. This explained his daily fatigue, urges to nap, and feeling of not being alert. “I woke up everyday feeling [...]

  • Study links Sleep Apnea & Type 2 Diabetes

    Sunday, November 15th, 2009

    A recent study indicates that there is a statistically significant association between type two diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) during the REM sleep cycle. Dr. Kamran Mahmood and his colleagues from the University of Illinois in Chicago and colleagues evaluated a multi-ethnic sample of 1008 patients including Caucasians (16.9 percent), African Americans (66.9 percent) [...]

  • Your Dentist can improve your golf game?

    Monday, November 9th, 2009

    A new study shown at CHEST 2009, the 75th annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), shows that golfers with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) that received nasal positive airway pressure (NPAP) for their disorder improved their daytime sleepiness scores and lowered their golf handicap by as many as 3 strokes. [...]