Melatonin is a hormone that is produced in the brain in stage 4 of sleep. Melatonin is apparently able to suppress the growth of breast cancer tumors. Researchers at Michigan State University recently completed a study and published it in the journal of GENES AND CANCER showing this result.
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Hokkaido University in Japan has a group of scientists who have studied the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and glaucoma, and they have found that there can be damage to the optic nerve in patients with OSA. But the interesting thing is that the lack of oxygen due to …
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Snoring is a major symptom of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). And when daytime tiredness is also present with snoring OSA is almost guaranteed to be present. For a person who has OSA, breathing stops for periods of 10 seconds or longer repeatedly during the night. This interrupts the normal progression …
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Do you have white spots on your teeth? Have you asked your dentist how to get rid of them? And if your dentist decides to treat your white spots, does he propose to use an invasive procedure or a non-invasive procedure? And if he has treated them, did it work …
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It appears that there is a relationship between pregnancy and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). OSA is characterized by periods during sleep when breathing is completely stopped for 10 seconds or longer. Many of these events are over a minute long, and occur more than five times per hour, all night …
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There are nearly a half a million deaths each year in the United States attributed to sudden cardiac death (SDC). There are tens of millions of Americans with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In a study done in Sweden, 50 percent of non-obese women aged 20-70 have OSA. If you add …
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You’ve gone to your primary care doctor and you’ve been prescribed multiple courses of antibiotics which stopped working. You’ve gone to an ear nose, & throat surgeon and you’ve been prescribed more antibiotics, allergy meds, and decongestants which also stopped working. You’ve even had a CAT scan of your sinuses …
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You take good care of your teeth and they feel fine, except when you eat or drink something hot or cold. When you start to savor that first cup of coffee or sip a refreshing cold glass of iced tea, the pain begins. And you find yourself wondering “what’s going …
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There are two hormones that are affected by obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The hormones gherlin and leptin have been found to be elevated in patients with OSA. OSA is a sleep disorder in which sleep is accompanied with periods of time, 10 seconds or longer, when the patient stops breathing …
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You must sleep to maintain your overall health. Your quality of sleep has everything to do with your energy level and ability to do the things you have to do each day. If your quality of sleep is poor, you might have a sleep disorder. This may actually be caused …
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Around 50 percent of those who have atrial fibrillation (AFib) also have sleep apnea. AFib is a condition where the heart beat is very abnormal; sleep apnea is a condition where breathing becomes very shallow or completely stopped during sleep. In the US, about 2.5 million people have AFib while …
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Do you grind your teeth at night, or do you wear a night guard? If you answered “yes” to either of these questions, this article is for you. The typical way to treat tooth grinding, also known as bruxism, is with a night guard. You can have one professionally made …
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One of the most commonly diagnosed disorders in children is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which is a condition that varies widely in kids. Over 6 million children in the US have been diagnosed with ADHD. There are three types of ADHD: inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive, and combined. The condition can also …
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The first thing that happens is that your bed partner, if you still have one, is irritated all the time due to sleep loss — usually one to two hours each night. The noise level can reach 80-100 decibels, which is the same noise a chainsaw makes. And, of course, …
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Everybody worries about their breath from time to time — like after a meal filled with plenty of onions and garlic. But for some people, though, the worry never goes away. They buy mouthwash by the gallon and pop breath mints by the handful, but they still worry that their …
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