There are many causes for sleep apnea, including obesity and obstructed air passages. Its symptoms are loud snoring sounds that are sometimes interrupted by a few seconds (or minutes) of lapses in breathing. The silence is often followed by loud gasps for air until regular breathing resumes. read more...
Sleep Disorders
Restless Leg Syndrome: When Good Limbs Go Bad
You’re lying there in bed and all of a sudden, you can’t suppress the urge to move your legs. It makes it hard to fall asleep. Or maybe you lucked out and fell asleep early in the evening, but awaken because your arms or legs began jerking uncontrollably. read more...
Does Your Sleep Attack Without Warning?
Chronic sleep disorders can be paralyzing, depending on their severity. Narcolepsy is one of the most damaging sleep disorders because it strikes without warning, sending you into a sudden state of sleep. This sleep disorder can begin younger than 10 years of age, on into your 30s. It’s rare for it to show up in your 40s or later. read more...
Why Do People Talk In Their Sleep?
Ask most medical professionals, Why do people talk in their sleep, and it is most unlikely that they will be able to give you a full answer. Whilst it is widely believed to be stress and anxiety driven, there is still not concrete evidence behind this. read more...
Treatment for Snoring
Snoring is one of those frustrating problems that seldom appears to go away. It occurs when you shift from a light sleep to a deep sleep, as the muscles and soft tissues in the back of the throat relax and start to vibrate causing a narrowing of your airway. It is characterized by noisy breathing through the mouth and nose and can affect anyone, young, old, men or women although it is more prevalent in men. More often than not the person who is snoring is not even aware of it and it is up to the partner to let them know! read more...