Gym memberships surge every January as people recommit themselves to improving their health. While being physically active and eating well are essential strategies to stay in shape, improving your health is just as much about rest as it is about exertion. Pursuing a healthy lifestyle without reassessing your sleep habits will hurt your chances of […]

A study published in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society, found that self-reported severe or very severe vasomotor symptoms (VMS), otherwise known as night sweats or hot flashes, were associated with intermediate to high risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in midlife women. The study used the Snoring-Tired-Observed-Pressure-BMI-Age-Neck-Gender (STOP-BANG) questionnaire to evaluate […]

A May 2018 study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that 56 percent of 1,052 participants who completed a National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) sleep module were estimated to be at high risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Only 8 percent of the high‐risk individuals had been tested for […]

Children are not the demographic most commonly associated with sleep apnea, but they are capable of being affected by it. Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea occurs when a child stops breathing during sleep, usually because of a blockage or obstruction in the airway. The effects of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea are much different than adult sleep […]

Mike Napoli is a professional baseball player who has played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, and Cleveland Indians over the course of 12 seasons. He was primarily a catcher until 2013 when he became a first baseman and a designated hitter. As an October 2014 story on the […]

The word apnea comes from Ancient Greek and means “absence of breathing.” It is more commonly defined as a temporary cessation of breathing, usually during sleep. Sleep apnea can be a serious sleep disorder that commonly causes snoring. Not all sleep apnea cases involve snoring though. Certain types of people can be more susceptible to […]

Snoring may be the result of how a person’s nose or jaw is shaped, or it may be caused by other factors that result in the narrowing of a person’s airway. When this occurs, relaxed tissues in a person’s throat can vibrate, which is more commonly referred to as snoring. While many people may be […]

The Stages and Architecture of Sleep Why Do We Sleep? A precise answer to this question remains largely unknown. Sleep is a phenomenon common to all animals in some form. This universality suggests that the act of sleeping likely has some evolutionary relevance. Humans spend approximately one-third of their life, or about eight hours per […]

Did you know that the amount and quality of your sleep could help you prevent or delay Alzheimer’s disease? The connection between not getting enough sleep and developing Alzheimer’s disease has been noted by researchers across the country and is gaining traction as scientists make headway into understanding the brain chemistry associated with Alzheimer’s. What […]