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A Night in the Sleep Center 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
You have a Sleep Study or Polysomnogram scheduled so it will require an overnight study in the Sleep Lab to diagnose Sleep Apnea. Your primary doctor should have already completed a history and physic...
There are two types of Sleep Apnea. 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
The two types of Sleep Apnea are Obstructive and Central. Obstructive Sleep Apnea in which we call OSA is the process of the tissues, tonsils, or adenoids in the throat relaxing and falling over the a...
Wake up and Breath! 25 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Sleep Apnea can cause excessive daytime sleepiness. When a person goes to sleep and relaxes sometimes the tissue in the throat also relaxes to the point that it blocks the airway. As the airway, start...
Good Sleep Hygiene 24 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Practice the following for good sleep hygiene: 1. Sleep as much as you need to feel refreshed and healthy the following day, but not more. Excessively long times in bed seems to be related to shallow...
Menopause and Sleep 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
One of the harbingers of menopause is hot flashes -- hot, flushed feelings caused by a widening of blood vessels near the skin's surface and brought on by fluctuating levels of estrogen. Not surprisin...
Menstruation and Sleep 20 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Progesterone is the female hormone that prepares the womb for pregnancy; it's also integral to inducing sleep. Low progesterone levels during the beginning of the menstrual cycle can interfere with de...
The 8 Hour Idea 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Where did the idea that we need 8 hours of sleep come from? Anthropologists believe that the eight hours of nightly sleep required by most people today were genetically programmed when the first human...
Sleep's Purpose 18 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
There is a theory that we spend part of the night working on the brain (paradoxical sleep) and the rest of the night working on the body (orthodox sleep). Presumably these two restoration jobs would b...
Sleeping With Parents 17 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Some children seem to fall asleep okay, but at two or three o'clock in the morning they wake up and crawl into bed with their parents. Children like sleeping with their parents- they know that in the ...
Bedtime Problems 16 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
First, determine an appropriate time based on the child's sleep requirements and the parents needs for some time without children. Once this time is established, parents need to develop a bedtime ritu...
