All Entries in the "Sleep Disorders" Category
Snoring and Sleep Apnea; Insomnia and Narcolepsy – What’s the Difference
If you tend to dismiss sleep apnea as ‘mere snoring’ you would be deluding yourself. Snoring can be annoying and irritating to others, however it is only one of the warning signs of sleep apnea. Similarly one could say that narcolepsy is about the same as insomnia but that would be misguided as well. Let [...]
Managing Sleep Disorders
The inability to fall asleep at night can be a frustrating problem for many people. Everyone has experienced problems of sleeping at some time in their life; you lie awake at night, toss and turn and by morning, you feel exhausted. Acute episodes of insomnia are common, but when it becomes chronic, it can have [...]
Sleepwalking? Pessimistic? It could be Your Genes!
An estimated 1 in 10 kids and 1 in 50 adults sleepwalk, and researchers who have done a genome wide investigation have found that sleepwalking could be an inherited condition. Dr Christina A. Gurnett and others from the Washington University School of Medicine department of neurology, examined the sleepwalking patterns of four generations of a [...]
Tips to Control Snoring – Part 2
In part 1 of the post, we looked at some tips to help snoring as per the British Snoring and Sleep Apnea Association; here are some more tips to control snoring that could help – 1. Certain throat sprays are available which help to target the soft tissues at the back of the throat, so [...]
Tips to Control Snoring – Part 1
Snoring has been known to disrupt many a good night’s sleep, to say nothing of entire relationships! But when it comes to snoring, there are many things that can help. According to the British Snoring and Sleep Apnea Association, the following tips to control snoring could help – 1. Sleeping on one side is known [...]
Poor Sleep Responsible For Testosterone Drop Or Other Way Round?
A new study is turning on its head, the long held belief that poor sleep or lack of sleep may be responsible for lower testosterone levels in men. Scientists are now saying that it could be the other way around. Men are known to see a drop in levels of testosterone (about 1 to 2 [...]
How Can You Tell That Your Child Is Not Getting Enough Sleep?
A sleep deficit in growing children is seen to be detrimental to growth, deployment and also negatively affects performance in school. Children sometimes suffer from inadequate sleep and sometimes from poor quality of sleep; both are detrimental. So it is important for parents to be watching out for the following telltale signs that a child [...]
Sleep Disorders You Never Knew About
The complexity of the human brain is a source for constant amazement, and the amount of things that can go wrong with that most wonderful of organs is our brain. Sleep disorders can come in all shapes and sizes, some well known; others frankly bizarre: Sleepwalking when a person walks with their eyes open but [...]
Using The Computer At Night Is Bad For Your Sleep
We all probably have an idea about the many problems, physical and psychological, that can arise out of extended and uninterrupted periods spent working on the computer. It can also affect your social life and interpersonal relationships. And now there is some evidence to show that working on the computer long hours may also be [...]
Americans Don’t Get Enough Rest
Did you know that Americans today sleep about 2 hours less per day than they did 40 years ago? A recent poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation has revealed this and other startling facts. Right now it is the economic crisis that is causing people to suffer sleeplessness and it is less sleep that [...]
