Sleep Deprivation Effects on Your Heart: Info-Graphic
Sleep Deprivation Effects on Your Heart – Info-Graphic
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Untreated Apnea Increases the Risk of Fatigue
There is a hint in the report about how communication between the Medical Examiner and the pilot may have played a role in allowing a person with an untreated sleep disorder to continue to operate. The report said that the pilot with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) did not report any daytime sleepiness to the doctor. There are two reasons why the sleepiness may not have been reported.
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Increased Sex Drive Linked to Improved Safety
You can tell people that getting more sleep will decrease your risk of an accident or it will make you react faster or it will improve your ability to pay attention. While these are all real benefits of sleep, they are boring and they don’t promise enough personal payoff to justify changing your lifestyle to make sure you get your zzz’s. What you need to do is spice up the argument to get more sleep with promises like you will improve your sex life if you sleep more, and backing it up with facts.
Continue reading →Trouble Tolerating CPAP? Here’s some reasons why…
There are lots of reasons why you might be struggling with CPAP. I’m going to talk about the most common ones. The list is not exhaustive and you can find a lot more information about CPAP in the Resources section of my Web site.
Continue reading →Have you been diagnosed with RLS or PLMs?
Here’s a great set of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) and Periodic Limb Movement (PLM) Disorder treatment strategies that I developed and used with my clients when I was a Sleep Coach.
Continue reading →It’s time to pull the ol’ CPAP out of the closet, dust it off and try using it again.
CPAP desensitization is a process that reprograms your brain and body to feel that CPAP isn’t that bad, in fact, if done right, the CPAP experience can become a very positive one. So much so that simply looking at your CPAP brings up images of a peaceful, restorative sleep.
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Is Your Brain Shrinking?
Researchers found that the brains of people with insomnia shrink in areas that control problem solving and decision making.
Continue reading →What happens when your shift schedule stinks?
I recently talked about the counter-clockwise fast rotating shift schedule; I said it had to be the worst shift schedule possible. This schedule’s only rival is no schedule at all. But to really stink, these “no schedule” schedules have to … Continue reading →
Help a Friend Get Better Sleep
A friend recently asked me how he could get his older father some help for his sleep. He was waking up a lot. I wrote him an e-mail explaining what he could do
Continue reading →Insomnia – Do You Have Insomnia?
Poor sleep plagues many North Americans. Unfortunately, troublesome nights are a chronic condition for a large portion of sleepers. Fifteen percent of poor sleepers have psychophysiological insomnia. According to the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD) psychophysiological insomnia is a … Continue reading →
Sleep in Space – Astronauts Lose Sleep
A Canadian researcher has led a team of scientists in a study of sleep in space. Dr. Harvey Moldofsky conducted the research for the Canadian Space Agency. The longer people stay in space, the more deep sleep they lose. … Continue reading →
Lurking Sleep Problems
Many people feel tired all day long. When asked “Why?” they normally say that they sleep very lightly or that they don’t sleep well. But that is as much as they know. In reality, there could be one of almost … Continue reading →
Nocturnal Eating Syndrome – The Dagwood Syndrome
Nocturnal eating syndrome is also called Dagwood Syndrome. It’s named after the famous Blondie comic strip character, Dagwood Bumstead, who loved to make and eat multilayered sandwiches topped with an olive on a toothpick. People suffering from Dagwood Syndrome wake … Continue reading →
Children and Bedwetting – Enuresis
As every parent quickly learns, bedwetting is common. It occurs in as many as 30% of all 4 year-olds. At the first appearance of bedwetting, some parents become disappointed because it seems like their child is taking a backwards … Continue reading →
Central Sleep Apnea
“I feel like I have insomnia because I wake up a lot.” Central sleep apnea (CSA) is less common than obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). With central sleep apnea, not only are you not getting any air in or out, but … Continue reading →
A Hard Day’s Night – One Insomniac’s Story
This article was written by: M. Maran, Carleton University Journalism Student, 2001. The first long night I can remember was when I was fourteen, sitting at the kitchen table at four in the morning, glass of milk in hand, listening … Continue reading →
Senior’s Sleep – Do they need less sleep?
As we enter adulthood there is a shift in our biological clock that makes us sleep less. Often times noise disruptions become more bothersome and our sleep becomes fragmented. Seniors rarely get the recommend dose of sleep. Many of … Continue reading →