Working the night shift can have a negative effect on your overall health. The importance of getting enough sleep on a regular basis – 7 to 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep – seems common sense, but how do you insure you can accomplish that when you work a night shift or swing shift job? The
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Insomnia, in its simplest terms is difficulty falling asleep or difficulty staying asleep. People with insomnia often feel fatigued, have low energy levels, experience a lack of concentration or trouble performing functional tasks and are prone to depression. It Is estimated that nearly 55 million Americans suffer from some degree of insomnia. Now, there is
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Nearly 2 million people suffer traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), ranging from mild to severe. A concussion is a type of mild TBI. A concussion happens whenever you suffer a blow to the head. This can happen in contact sports like football and soccer (and in basketball, as we saw in the NBA finals recently), during
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Sleep is important. If you’ve been following our sleep apnea blog, you know very well how important sleep is to your health. This post is perfect for sharing with someone who might need to prioritize their sleep a little more. You might also learn an interesting fact about sleep – like this one: Before the
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Has this ever happened to you? When we are asleep, the brain shuts down part of our nervous system so that we do not act out our dreams. We are essentially in a state of paralysis while sleeping, but unaware that we can’t move. The ability to move is restored before we completely wake up,
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An alarming rate of workplace injuries happen top people who have problems with sleep, including undiagnosed sleep apnea. The largest study of its kind was recently published in a medical journal, Thorax, documenting the incidence of workplace injuries among people with sleep apnea and those without. Everyone can relate to being tired on a Monday
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May is mental health awareness month, and today we are focusing on the links between sleep and mental health conditions. If you have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), there is a good chance that you also have depression. A recent study reported that 19% of people with OSA were also depressed. People who have depression, anxiety,
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Sleep apnea symptoms often go undiagnosed or dismissed. For example, you might complain to your doctor about having heartburn at night, so he prescribes you something for the heartburn without investigating WHY you are getting heartburn. Likewise, someone who has trouble sleeping all night long might get a prescription for sleeping pills, but that does
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Many aspects of your health are affected by the quality of your sleep. Apparently, eye health is one of those. We do not know if sleep apnea causes keratoconus or if it is the other way around, but the researchers found a strong association between the two health conditions. In other words, if you have
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A common complaint that comes with having a sleep disorder is poor sleep quality. You feel tired when you wake up, even after sleeping the recommended 7-9 hours. You may feel like taking a nap several times a day. You may never feel like you are fully rested. The thing about sleep disorders is that
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