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Sleep Apnea

Here’s some strange news- a recent scientific study has suggested that the elderly may actually benefit if they develop Sleep Apnea. This is the claim of Peretz Lavie, a world-renowned expert on sleep and sleep disorders. He’s got a list of qualifications and publications on the subject as long as your arm, and he’s also [...]

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It can be hard to know that you have a Sleep Disorder. The key reason is, well, rather obvious: you’re asleep when it’s going on! How on earth are you meant to know that you snore, or if you have Sleep Apnea or any related condition? Well, there’s a few things you can look out [...]

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Sleep Disorders and Eye Complications

by tom on April 11, 2010

We all know that the body is a vastly complicated set of inter-connected biological systems, and that the function (or malfunction) of one part is likely to affect the whole. Here’s another example, pertinent to our concerns. If you suffer from Sleep Apnea, you may be at risk of developing a number of eye problems. [...]

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Here’s another treatment for Sleep Apnea which looks like it could bring sufferers some much-needed relief, and be an improvement on the CPAP (Continuous Postive Airway Pressure) machine that is still the standard treatment for this condition. There’s just one catch- would you fancy getting a series of electric shocks to the throat throughout the [...]

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More and more evidence is emerging that sleep deprivation and sleep apnea is having a massive effect on the way that people live their lives. America’s National Sleep Foundation recently carried out a study on American couples, and found that almost a quarter of their respondents had such a problem with sleep deprivation that it [...]

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