by Christian Goodman | Jan 11, 2019
We usually think of snoring as a harmless annoyance. Yes, it’s loud and it may keep your partner (and you) up at night. But doctors often consider its sister, disease sleep apnea, to be much more dangerous. But a new study just presented a study at a meeting of the...
by Christian Goodman | Dec 30, 2018
A new study published in the journal Pulse reveals the single biggest cause of snoring and sleep apnea. Not only does this factor press on your throat and strangle you while you sleep, it also changes the shape of your breathing passages, causing those dreaded night...
by Christian Goodman | Dec 16, 2018
The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine have just published a study that turns the conventional wisdom surrounding sleep apnea on its head. Up until now, scientists have believed that people suffering the most severe cases of sleep apnea were...
by Christian Goodman | Nov 24, 2018
By now, enough studies have proven that being overweight is a cause of sleep apnea. However, researchers have just published a new study in the Journal Sleep and Breathing that asked two specific questions to test this relationship further: 1. Does the severity of...
by Christian Goodman | Nov 20, 2018
It comes as no surprise that insomniacs score higher on depression and anxiety tests than good sleepers do. After all, lack of sleep can drive you somewhat crazy, right? But a study in the latest edition of the journal Comprehensive Psychiatry suggests that it is much...
by Christian Goodman | Nov 7, 2018
In today’s youth and beauty-obsessed world, we don’t often hear about the benefits of aging. One exception is a new study from the University of Barcelona, which was published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. This study revealed a...