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Somnomed’s Somnodent Mas Treats Snoring and Sleep Apnea

Posted on 07. Jan, 2010 by admin.

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Many studies on sleep patterns have been done throughout the years. Sleep experts say we need between six and eight hours of sleep to feel rested and function at our best during the day. For some, this simply means going to bed at a reasonable time. However, there are people who cannot feel rested no [...]

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Sleep Apnea Can be Accompanied by Various Serious Health Problems

Posted on 07. Jan, 2010 by admin.

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Sleep apnea is not a disorder to be taken lightly and is a condition that is not going to go away by itself in time. Sleep apnea is in fact classed as a “progressive disease” which means that just like heart disease, cancer and diabetes it worsens with time. There is considerable dispute in the [...]

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Sleep Apnea Health Problems Can Be Serious

Posted on 07. Jan, 2010 by admin.

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Efforts to discover what causes sleep apnea have been intense, and although the actual cause may not have been identified, researchers have discovered that sleep apnea (sleep apnoea) health problems can be serious.

There are several major risk factors for heart disease such as obesity, alcohol abuse, and smoking, but you might be surprised to [...]

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Sleep Apnea: It Can Take Your Breath Away (but Not In A Good Way)

Posted on 07. Jan, 2010 by admin.

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You know the feeling you get when you see an attractive person? It feels like your heart stops beating for a few seconds and you can’t seem to breathe, let alone find a way to put together a sentence and speak to that person.
Now think about this: what if the same thing happened to you [...]

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Sleep Apnea: A Silent Killer

Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by admin.

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Getting a good night sleep is essential for your well-being. However, many people don’t realize that they are often sleep-deprived because of breathing problems. Over 90 percent of people who snore are at risk for sleep disordered breathing, or sleep apnea.
According to the National Sleep Foundation research, about 18 million of adults are not getting [...]

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Sleep Apnea is Both a Common and Potentially Dangerous Sleeping Disorder

Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by admin.

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Sleep apnea is one of the commonest of all sleep disorders and affects approximately eighteen million people in the United States. A sleep disorder which is characterized by interrupted breathing during sleep, it is also unquestionably the most dangerous of sleep disorders because it starves the brain of essential oxygen and can sometimes prove to [...]

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The Causes Of The Sleep Apnea Symptom

Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by admin.

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When I was still a kid, my grandmother would say, “Do not sleep after a full dinner or else you will end up snoring.” I believed it then until I grew up and went to college where my biology teacher had a few other things to say. Sometimes people tend to relate a condition they [...]

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by admin.

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“Apnea” in sleep apnea is a Greek term which means “without breath”. Individuals who are afflicted with sleep apnea repeatedly stop breathing during sleep, which occurs often for a minute or more, and many times each sleep time. This disorder can be caused either by complete blockage of the airway or by partial obstruction. Both [...]

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Sleep Apnea: Chronic Sleeping Disorder

Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by admin.

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Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by disruption in the breathing pattern while you are sleeping. It is a strange problem and most of the people are not even aware of it. In most cases, it is usually the sleeping partner who gets to know about the prevalence of this sleeping disorder. Victims of [...]

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Sleep Apnea and Oximeter

Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by admin.

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Apnea, or ‘Apnoea’, is a technical term for suspension of breathing. An apnea event is defined as a breath cessation for a minimum of 10 minutes, with a neurological arousal and/or a blood oxygen desaturation of three to four or greater. Sleep apnea is a breath disorder during sleep which may cause serious consequences such [...]

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