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Expert Interview: How to Interpret Your Sleep Study

The sleep study report may look like a jumble of numbers and cryptic medical terms that's impossible to decipher. However, with a bit of guidance from Dr. Anita Bhola, a board-certified sleep medicine physician in New York City, you'll be able... Read more

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About CPAP Masks

Ask Dr. Park Your Question About Sleep Apnea Surgery

The Most Overlooked Solution for Weight Loss

12 Simple Ways to Reduce Stress

CPAP Success Secrets Revealed

How to Go From Fatigued To Fantastic

The Politics of Sleep Apnea (Tuesday, 11/24)

10 Tips for Better Sleep: A Chinese Medicine Doctor’s Perspective

Beat the Sugar Habit (Before It Beats You)

Featured Articles

Why Sleep Loss Can Make You Gain Belly Fat

Dieting and weight loss has surpassed baseball as America's national pastime. It's estimated that 2/3 of all Americans are officially overweight, and 1/3 are obese. Besides the routine bulges that you see on the outside, the presence of visceral... Read more

7 Simple Ways To Get Rid of Your Snoring For Good

If your spouse or bed-partner snores and keeps you up at night, then you're not alone. Most people snore at least occasionally, while about 25% snore all the time. Snoring is a major problem that not only can affect your relationship, but your health... Read more

Breathing Lessons for Sleep Apnea Sufferers

Proper breathing is fundamental to good health and vitality. It’s also the most basic physiologic function that we must do to survive. Improper breathing can lead to illness, disease, and ultimately, death. Ancient Hindu cultures recognized this... Read more

5 Things You MUST Know About Sleep Apnea Surgery

Sleep apnea surgery is one of the most controversial subjects in sleep medicine. There are heated debates within the sleep community as well as in online forums and support groups. Sleep apnea surgery is definitely not for everyone, for some, it can be... Read more

5 Quick And Easy Ways To Get Better Sleep Fast

In our over-stressed, over-weight, sleep-deprived society, there’s a tendency for experts to offer you the latest, greatest, high-tech, and usually expensive advice when you want to get better sleep. From the new Zeo (which measures your... Read more

Why Sleep Loss Can Make You Gain Belly Fat

7 Simple Ways To Get Rid of Your Snoring For Good

Breathing Lessons for Sleep Apnea Sufferers

5 Things You MUST Know About Sleep Apnea Surgery

5 Quick And Easy Ways To Get Better Sleep Fast

Attention All Mouth Breathers – 5 Important Reasons Why You Must Breathe Through Your Nose

Sleep Is The New Black: 5 Steps to Get What You Need and Want

The Hidden Truth About Allergies Revealed

The Facts About Anti-Aging: Science or Scam?

Why Your Child Can’t Sleep

What Everyone Should Know About Tonsillectomy

Our Health Scare Crisis

Real Life Confessions of a Healthcare Addict

Sleep And Grow Rich: 5 Steps to More Restful, Rejuvenating, Refreshing Sleep

The Truth About Sleeping Pills, Herbs, and Natural Remedies

When Exercise Becomes Hazardous To Your Health

6 Natural Tips for Deep Sleep

5 Simple Ways You Can Sleep Better While Traveling

Jet Lag, Shift Work, and Sleep Deficits: An Expert’s Guide to Managing Time Shifts

Unusual Gear To Combat Swimmer’s Ear

Spring Is In The Air — And So Are The Pollens

10 Solutions for Better Sleep

Can A Sleep Problem Give You Alzheimer’s?

Usual and Unusual Ways to Stop Snoring

Solutions for Your Bed Partner’s Worst Sleep Problem

What the Makers of Viagra Missed

Stressed and Starving? Three Simple Solutions To Stop Emotional Eating

Rosie O’Donnell and the 5 Sleep Myths That Women Have

Women and Heart Disease: What Most Doctors Don’t Know

Similarities Between CPAP And Breast-Feeding

What All Pregnant Women Must Know

Get On The Fast Track To Weight Loss After Pregnancy

When Your Cold Is Not A Cold

10 Tips For Healthy Holiday Eating

Solutions For Your Biggest Holiday Health Risk

7 Tips to Breathe Better Through Your Nose

Why Your Lack Of Sleep Can Make You More Creative

On Health And Healing

The Real Reason Why Some People Are Lazy

Need To Carve The Turkey? Call A Surgeon

Tune Up Your Body With Craniosacral Therapy

How to Destress During Stressful Times

Solutions for Your Top 10 Fitness Problems

Give Me A Break!

Acupuncture: Sham or Science?

Can Sleep Apnea Cause Alzheimer’s?

An Allergist’s Nightmare: The Micro-Poop Theory

What To Eat When You’re Sick and Tired

Planes, Trains and Ear Infections

New Age Dawning: Breathe Well, Sleep Well, Age Well

Surgery for Snoring and Sleep Apnea

Tired of Being Tired — The Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome

Sleep Apnea – A Primer

Dr. Park's Sleep Apnea Blog

Flu Shots, Hutterites, and Sleep Apnea

It seems that even in very closed communities, flu vaccinations can help to lower the rate of influenza infections. A recent NY Times article described a study that revealed that widespread flu vaccinations in Hutterite schoolchildren resulted in lower rates of infection throughout the community, including adults. The population that received the vaccine had... Read more

Aliens, The Future, And Sleep Apnea

As I watched the Pixar Movie Wall-E this past weekend, I was struck by how prophetic the movie was in predicting the state of mankind in the not too distant future. People are so sedentary that everyone becomes morbidly obese, and use roving hover chairs with remotes for everything. Everyone is so fat that they can't even walk. The planet earth is a vast... Read more

Conflicting Reports About Napping

Should we adopt the siesta? A study was recently presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science showing the benefits of napping on memory. People who napped for 90 minutes after lunch raised their memory recall scores by 10%. However another study just published the the Journal Sleep showed that nappers had a higher chance of having type... Read more

Short Sleep Predicts Lower IQ Scores In Healthy Children

Even if you don't have any sleep problems or medical issues, the quality and quantity of sleep can play an important role in how well you function during the day. This study showed that in normal, healthy children, shorter sleep duration was associated with lower IQ scores and perceptual reasoning. In this age of information and programming overload,... Read more

Why Are Teens So Sleepy In The Morning?

A number of my friends and acquaintances have commented to me that their teenaged children have a lot of trouble waking up in the morning. The usual explanation is that teens' sleep cycles are shifted, going to bed later and waking up later. Some experts in sleep medicine have even recommended that schools start much later in the morning to accommodate for... Read more

Do All Pregnant Women Have Sleep Apnea?

We know that significant weight gain is a common aggravator of obstructive sleep apnea. If you already have narrowed jaws and gain some weight, then you'll move up the sleep-breathing continuum that I describe in my book, Sleep, Interrupted. But why is it that when women become pregnant, sleep apnea is the last thing that's considered whenever they develop... Read more

Sleep Apnea, Migraines and Multiple Sclerosis: Is There a Link?

It seems like study after study is published that links two previously unlinked conditions to one another. In this study, the presence of migraines was associated with a 47% increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) later in life. Researchers again point to a genetic wastebasket explanation, with no practical implications. In a previous post, I noted... Read more