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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
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The Most Overlooked Solution for Weight Loss
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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)
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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
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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
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Recent Posts
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



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