Sleeping Problems

A solution for snoring is a very important matter, especially if you are suffering from it or knows someone who does. Believe me this isn’t a small matter, especially when more than 33% of the world’s population suffers from snoring in some form. So what are the best solutions for snoring? Well, there’s a few [...]

Many employees find themselves bored by a work meeting, but are they bored enough to fall asleep?  A new study finds that nearly one in five Americans have become sleep during a meeting or other important conversation requiring concentration. A new study examined nearly 9000 participants over the age of 18 who were living in [...]

Restless leg syndrome is a sleep disorder that causes pain in the legs. Specifically restless leg syndrome is a neurological disorder in which a person will feel tingling, creeping, pulling, itching or gnawing sensations in the legs. It is difficult to describe exactly the sensation one feels but it can be difficult to lay still [...]

A couple of years back, when Rosie O’Donnell was still on a popular morning talk show called The View she shared something about herself that many women would feel too ashamed to admit:  Rosie declared that she had a sleep breathing problem called obstructive sleep apnea.  She even proudly demonstrated to many thousands of women [...]

Makers of the experimental slimming pill Qnexa have published a study which suggests the medication could cure that most annoying of night-time habits – snoring. In a small trial in the US the medication, designed to help obese patients lose weight, was shown to cut snoring rates by around 70%. The manufacturers Vivus now plan [...]

Is it possible that Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) causes Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)? I believe so. As a retired clinical neurologist and former patient with Obstructive Sleep Apnea, I have a special interest in sleep disorders medicine. I am thoroughly convinced of the connection between OSA and AD and will remain so until credible studies prove [...]