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Heart disease, stroke, obesity, and fatigue are well-known symptoms of Sleep Apnea. But now studies show that chronic sleep deprivation—another common symptom—can impact intimacy.
Everyone, turn on your radios! KQED is holding a forum on sleep apnea today. The forum focuses on the correlation between sleep apnea and dementia. A neurologist and sleep specialist from Stanford, the executive director of the [...]
From the time we’re little, we hear about things that go bump in the night. As life goes on, we start to hear things that actually do go bump in the night, or rather, “zzzzzz” or “waaaaaa” in the night. “Noise Canceling Devices for a Good Night’s Sleep” reviews an array of white noise machines [...]
Which Sleep Style is Healthiest? An article featured on Health.com gives the definitive rundown: Back sleeping is the best, side sleeping is the second best, fetal position’s not so great, and sleeping on your stomach is the worst. A running commentary on how each position causes or prevents wrinkles and breast sag accompanies each description. [...]
If I suffer from heartburn while you sleep, what position will help me sleep better? C. Claibourne Ray recently addressed this question in the New York Times Science Section Q & A. The piece does not definitively support one position to end all digestive disruptions during the night. It does, however, concede that right side [...]
GERD, officially known as Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder, is a heartburn-related condition that keeps an estimated 15% of Americans up through the small hours. There are a variety of simple ways to lessen GERD symptoms. All you have to do is adjust your sleep life a bit.
