Sunday, October, 25, 2009
Snoring
September 28, 2008
A follow-up study of teenagers with sleep-related breathing disorders found several links between that condition and obesity. The study revisited teenagers who had reported snoring in a previous study four years earlier. The frequency of snoring was the same as that four years before: 20 percent of the whole group snored sometimes or often. The teenagers with nighttime breathing problems showed a clear tendency for weight gain, especially boys. Kids who snored were also more likely to weigh m...
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Expert & Community Posts
By Florence Cardinal
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Health Expert
......recent British sleep study probed the link between snoring, sleep apnea and small birth...
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By Florence Cardinal
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Health Expert
...music, rodeos and laughter. Oh, and one more word...snoring. As the years went by, snoring...
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By Melanie Thomassian
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Health Expert
...Researchers have long suspected the link between snoring and cardiovascular illnesses, but a...
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By Allen Blaivas, M.D.
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Health Expert
...because your spouse "rattles the walls" with their snoring? Are you are a little overweight and...
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Health Guide
......breathing (apnea) -- your partner may need to tell you if this is happening Children with chronic
snoring should also be evaluated for apnea. Sleep apnea in children has been linked to...
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............sleep. These periods of "apnea" are indicated by a long period of silence just after you have been
snoring. They are followed by a sudden snort or gasp when breathing resumes. Then,...
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Most simply stated, chronic daily headache (CDH) is headache, not Migraine, that occurs 15 or more days a month. Doctors divide chronic daily headache into a number of subcategories: Primary CDH:...
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...include:Excessive daytime sleepinessMorning headachesIrritability and impaired mental or emotional functioning
Snoring (bed partners may report very loud and interrupted
snoring)Heartburn (acid...
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...contribute to obesity itself, however, since a sleepy person tends to be sedentary.)Sleep Behaviors
Snoring. Chronic
snoring itself may actually be a cause of sleep apnea. Over time, the vibrations...
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September 08, 2008
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Your childhood environment may determine whether you will snore when you are an adult. A new report from Sweden shows childhood...
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July 08, 2009
(Newswire) -- For pregnant women, snoring may mean more than just sleepless nights for their husbands. New research from the Northwestern University...
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October 02, 2008
Snoring may do more than disturb the peace--it may cause, or be caused by, serious health problems. Reporter Melanie Ruberti talks to doctors about...
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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...
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October 03, 2008
A study of 12,000 people suggests that people who snore loudly have a significantly higher risk of heart attack and stroke than people who don't...
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