How Snoring Kills (even in absence of sleep apnea)

How Snoring Kills (even in absence of sleep apnea)

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...
#1 Cause of Sleep Apnea and Snoring Discovered

#1 Cause of Sleep Apnea and Snoring Discovered

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...
Weird Sleep Apnea and Acid Reflux Connection Uncovered

Weird Sleep Apnea and Acid Reflux Connection Uncovered

Past studies to have found direct connection between gastroesophageal reflux disease (acid reflux), or GERD, and sleep apnea. But which disease is the cause of the other (chicken and the egg) or are they actually both caused by some mysterious third element? That’s...
Strange Sleep Apnea and Overweight Connection

Strange Sleep Apnea and Overweight Connection

People with sleep apnea are often overweight or obese. It is, in fact, often due to the fat buildup around our necks, backs, and chests that press on the airways, making them collapse during the night while you sleep. Scientists from the James Madison University...
How Snoring Ruins Your Skin

How Snoring Ruins Your Skin

As irritating as snoring is, most of us wouldn’t think it had any serious consequences, and if it did, we would not connect it to the cause behind destroying part of your skin. But a new study from Loyola University and a publication in the Journal The Ocular Surface...