If You Snore, You Have Sleep Apnea, Right? (answer inside)

by Christian Goodman | Mar 17, 2021

If you snore (which is harmless enough), chances are high that you also have sleep apnea (which is a life-threatening disease). But the only way to find out for sure is to undergo a complicated overnight diagnosis in a sleep lap. Or so we thought until we learned the...

Treat Your Sleep Apnea and Prevent Dementia Instantaneously

by Christian Goodman | Feb 9, 2021

The problems caused by sleep apnea are substantially more serious than just poor sleep and daytime sleepiness. One of the most serious effects of sleep apnea is the onset of dementia, according to a study published in the latest Annals of the American Thoracic...

A Serious Health Hazard for Dementia Sufferers’ Caregivers

by Christian Goodman | Nov 4, 2020

Here at Blue Heron Health News, we spend a lot of time talking about diseases, their treatments, their causes, and their consequences for disease sufferers. But it is not often that researchers study the effects of disease on the people taking care of...

How Sleep Apnea Destroys Your Heart

by Christian Goodman | Oct 7, 2020

When we think of heart health, we normally think of blood pressure and cholesterol. But a little-known indicator is actually one of the strongest indicators of heart health. And it’s one that’s adversely affected by sleep apnea, according to a study in the journal...

Sleep Apnea Depletes This Essential Vitamin

by Christian Goodman | Sep 20, 2020

Sleep apnea is a life-threatening disease. It has, for example, been linked to an increased risk of stroke and heart attack. And for a long time, scientists believed it was the lack of oxygen intake while sleeping that caused these secondary diseases. But a new study...

An Easy Way to Cure Sleep Apnea—Permanently

by Christian Goodman | Aug 21, 2020

The most commonly prescribed treatment for sleep apnea is continuous positive airway pressure devices that involve sleeping with a mask over the face and beside a noisy machine. If this sounds like a terrible solution, the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine has now...