How Snoring Causes Blindness (weird but true)

How Snoring Causes Blindness (weird but true)

In recent years, snoring and sleep apnea have been linked to many serious health problems, such as high blood pressure, obesity, heart attacks, and strokes. But blindness—that’s something new. A study just published in BMJ Open describes exactly how snoring and, even...
These Steps Tackle Sleep Apnea and Snoring?

These Steps Tackle Sleep Apnea and Snoring?

Sleep apnea is lethal. It’s been connected to stroke, heart attack, obesity, and even various types of cancers. Plus, it drains your energy like nothing else. Until now, the only medical alternative was a CPAP mask. Almost everyone who tries it gives up on using it. A...
Heal sleep apnea at home—in 3 minutes(study)

Heal sleep apnea at home—in 3 minutes(study)

A recent network meta-analysis in Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice takes a fresh look at myofunctional therapy (MT) for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). It dives into randomized trials from adults and kids, adding up the effects across studies up to April 2024....
Cut Sleep Apnea events 40% without CPAP

Cut Sleep Apnea events 40% without CPAP

If you snore or struggle with obstructive sleep apnea, there’s good news from the International Journal of Research in Psychiatry: a simple activity can stop snoring and sleep apnea, improve sleep quality, and wipe out daytime sleepiness. Sleep apnea happens when your...

Tired of CPAP for Sleep Apnea? This works better

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices are widely used for sleep apnea. But a new review published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine looked at a different kind of mouth device, and the results were very promising. Let’s start with a quick...
Obesity doesn’t cause Sleep Apnea… this does

Obesity doesn’t cause Sleep Apnea… this does

If you snore or suffer from sleep apnea, you’ve probably been told to lose weight. While that’s good advice for most of us, it won’t do anything for your sleep apnea, according to a new study published in eClinicalMedicine. Because being overweight has nothing to do...