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Sep
Do You Have Sleep Apnea?
Sleep is essential, but many people wake up in the morning feeling like they didn't get a good night’s rest. Does your bedmate complain about your loud snoring, episodes in which you stop breathing, or moments when you gasp for air during sleep? Do you often wake up w...
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Sep
A Snore-Free Valentine
Snoring is the worst. If you live with a snorer, you know all about the cruel irony of the affliction. Snorers involuntarily make others suffer as well. On the other hand, you could be the snorer and riddled with guilt for disturbing your partner's sleep. It’s all so...
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Sep
Inspire Sleep: How It Works
Inspire works inside the body. It's a small device placed during a same-day, outpatient procedure. When the patient is ready for bed, they simply click the remote to turn Inspire on. While asleep, Inspire opens the patient’s airway, allowing them to breathe normally...
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Sep
Should You Consider an At-Home Sleep Study?
Originally posted on Hackensack Meridian HealthBy: Katie WoehnkerSleep disturbances are quite common, especially when dealing with high-anxiety situations like the coronavirus pandemic, however, is it more than stress? Sleep apnea affects about one in four people in the United...
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Sep
Drinks, Screens, and Sleep
I have a dear friend - let's call him Miguel – who rarely catches a good night’s sleep. Initially, he is unable to fall asleep at a decent time, and once he does, he often wakes up in the middle of the night. When he finally dozes off, it’s time to w...
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Sep
10 Ways to Sleep Better All Winter Long
Originally posted on Health. com by Amanda MacMillan. Getting a good night's sleep in the middle of winter may seem like it should be no problem. After all, it’s the season of long nights, cozy blankets, hibernation, and snuggling up by the fire. But for all the same r...
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Sep
You May Have Sleep Apnea If…
It's not just snoring. See the other risk factors that could indicate you suffer from sleep apnea. If you’re a regular, you may recall my father’s journey with the sleep monitoring app, WatchPat. He thought he was doing me a favor, but in the end, my dad found o...
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Sep
Should You Try Sleep Monitoring
If there is one thing my family loves to do, it's sleep. We’re a family of resters, so if anything gets in between us and our precious downtime, we want answers. Members of my family, me included, have suffered from a few nighttime ailments: snoring, insomnia, waking...
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Sep
Can Your CPAP Mask Make You Sick?
Originally posted on VeryWell by Brandon Peters, MDWhen you're just starting to use a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine to treat sleep apnea, it’s common to worry about the risk of infection from the device. There is a potential risk of infection, in...
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Sep
Non-Snorers Need Love Too
Snoring indeed harms the snorer's health, but what about the non-snorer? I’ve always felt that snoring was a cruel joke to those of us who don’t snore. It can be a household affliction. What is a non-snorer supposed to do with a loud loved one? The truth is, the...
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Sep
11 Sleep Mistakes You’re Probably Making — and How to Fix Them
Are You Getting Good Sleep? Many health conscious folks have a strong awareness and commitment to the relationships between nutrition, exercise and health, but what we often overlook is sleep! Without proper sleep, all those efforts may be getting thwarted and you may not even kn...
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Sep
Dealing With A Snorer
Being stuck at home with family and housemates can be a huge drag. Little annoyances can turn into blowouts faster than usual. Our patience is wearing thin, and who can blame us? Are humans supposed to be in such close quarters with the same people day-in and day-out? Even our ea...
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