Wednesday, November, 11, 2009
Silent Night Snore Guard
October 03, 2008
A new study has found that people who snore nightly are 68 percent
more likely to develop chronic bronchitis than people who don't
snore. Researchers think that snoring may cause inflammation in the
upper airway. Chronic bronchitis was defined as having a cough with
phlegm most days for at least three months per year for at least
two years without having a diagnosis of asthma.
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Expert & Community Posts
By Florence Cardinal
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Health Expert
...from sleep apnea stops breathing hundreds of times a night only to start again with a loud gasp....
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By Florence Cardinal
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Health Expert
...hesitates to roll over or change positions during the night. It might disturb her pet, you see....
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By Melanie Thomassian
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Health Expert
...pattern can be repeated several times throughout the night, therefore impairing the ability to...
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By Florence Cardinal
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Health Expert
...knowing where he was or who I was. I dreaded those nights and often took the kids and stayed at...
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Health Guide
People with sleep apnea usually do not remember waking up during the
night.Symptoms in AdultsSymptoms may include:Excessive daytime sleepinessMorning headachesIrritability and impaired mental...
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Sleep apnea is a disorder in which a person stops breathing during the
night, perhaps hundreds of times, usually for periods of 10 seconds or longer and sometimes for as long as a minute....
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...but more recent studies contradict that theory.) A 2000 study followed patients for 4 years; the more
nightly apnea episodes they had in the first year, the more likely they were to develop...
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...some women, hot flashes, sweating, and a sense of anxiety can awaken women suddenly and frequently at
night. Insomnia may also be caused by psychologic distress provoked by this life passage. In...
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...that may be causing daytime sleepiness.PolysomnographyPolysomnography is the technical term for an over
night sleep study that involves recording brain waves and other sleep-related activity....
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