Sleep Apnea And The Long-Distance Lorry Driver

February 14, 2010

Let me tell you a story about sleep deprivation and truckers; A few years ago, I worked for a Telecoms provider in South Wales, and one of my workmates had recently given up working as a trucker. He’d regularly driven from Italy to Wales, sometimes 18-hour journeys or more. He looked like the classic high-risk [...]

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Sleep Apnea And Obesity

February 12, 2010

We know Sleep Apnea is associated with obesity. It’s also true that it can cause all sorts of complications.  We can all be happy that there have been many breakthroughs in this area.
A good example of the progress that has been made is in Bariatric surgery, known as weight loss surgery. This is becoming a [...]

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Snoring Help Now Coming From The Dentist.

February 10, 2010

Sleep Apnea and snoring problems have traditionally been seen as an Ear, Nose, and Throat issue, but as understanding of the condition expands, dentists are becoming increasingly involved in efforts to combat the condition. This is possibly a symptom of the fact that Sleep Apnea is becoming more widespread, with more and more people looking [...]

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Dr Philip Low And The IBrain; Advances In Sleep Disorder Research

February 8, 2010

Dr Philip Low is a neuroscientist working in La Jolla, California. He is 30 years old. He is also on the verge, so he believes, of revolutionising the study of sleep and sleep disorders, changing the way we diagnose sleep disorders and disease, and, as he puts it “to give people access to their own [...]

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Weight Gain And Sleep Apnea In Children

February 6, 2010

Children who already suffer from breathing problems may have their condition worsened by weight-gain around their middle. A recent study conducted by researchers in the US has suggested that weight gain of this type can lead to an increased incidence of Sleep Apnea in the young.
At the moment, around two percent of children are assumed [...]

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