Telehealth is a hot topic. Although its recent rise is partially linked with the decline in in-person visits during the coronavirus pandemic, telehealth has in fact been heralded as the ‘next big thing’ in healthcare for more than a decade. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has announced its commitment to advancing the use…
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Yes, that’s right… untreated obstructive sleep apnea can contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes. Wait… OSA can cause diabetes? No. But if you look at the way sleep apnea affects the body, you can see how leaving it untreated can create conditions for type 2 diabetes to take root. The brain and the…
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can be caused by the bodily conditions that obesity can bring (although being overweight is not the only cause). Meanwhile, perfectly thin people can also suffer from sleep apnea as well. It might be because they have a neurological condition that leads to central sleep apnea. Or, they might have problems…
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) certainly can be said to run in families. Although there is no such thing as a “sleep apnea gene,” there are three ways you can look at family traits as evidence you are likely to develop it: Genetic predisposition Family resemblance Lifestyle and environment Genetics Inherited characteristics from relatives with sleep…
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There is no cure for the movement disorder of sleep known as Periodic Limb Movement Disorder. However, the 4 percent of Americans who suffer from this curious neurological condition can manage its symptoms through lifestyle changes and medications. Not only can they recoup some of their lost energy and enjoy more alertness during the day,…
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Though your movements aren’t dangerous to your or your spouse, they do insist that your kicking and fidgeting seem to happen in clusters all night long. You’ve already been diagnosed with restless leg syndrome (RLS). Is it safe to assume that your leg movements are related to your restless leg problems? No. You might have…
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Many people recognize that insomnia and sleep apnea are common sleep disorders. However, there’s a class of sleep disorders that is fairly common, and yet many people don’t know about it. Movement disorders of sleep affect people of all ages, but nearly a third of all people over the age of 60most of them women…
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Have you ever wondered if, during your sleep study, you might sleep differently than normal? Maybe you can’t sleep at all, or your sleep seems shallow and not adequate enough for the test to be an accurate portrait of your sleep health? If so, wouldn’t these factors and variables contaminate or invalidate the results of…
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It may surprise some people that sleep is not a singular process. Rather, it is characterized by a series of patterns of brain activity that are distinctively different from what we encounter during the day while awake. Sleep is not really as simple as shutting down the brain and body. In fact, many important brain…
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Compared to other areas of the country, our region is quickly evolving a collaborative community of sleep specialists and dentists trained in sleep medicine. We’re working together to bring the most up-to-date care and treatment to people who need oral appliance therapy (OAT) to treat their obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS),…
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While CPAP is an excellent treatment for OSA, not everyone can tolerate it or may not be physically capable of using it. There are new oral appliances that can be used to treat sleep apnea.Sometimes they can also be used in conjunction with CPAP to treat severe cases of OSA(commonly known as combination therapy ).…
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