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There’s no doubt that getting enough sleep is crucial for children’s well-being. Disrupted sleep in children may lead to health, behavioral, and development issues. When children don’t get a good night’s sleep (quality and quantity), they become irritable and fatigued and usually face attention, learning, and behavior issues. Moreover, poor sleep in children can negatively…

Did you know that insomnia can lead to heart health complications? Unfortunately, the truth is that this sleep disorder can increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and heart failure, although it remains unclear whether insomnia causes these cardiovascular health issues or is merely linked with them. To learn more, continue reading below.   The…

During the last couple of decades, sleep science has developed remarkably, providing significant findings about the importance of sleep, how it is disrupted, and the biological mechanisms controlling sleep. However, although scientific knowledge and evidence have increased, many people still have some misconceptions about sleep mainly read online or heard by word-of-mouth. Unfortunately, many of…

There’s no doubt that sleep is crucial for optimal health. During sleep, the body gets the chance to repair muscles, manage hormones, grow bones, and arrange memories. But sleep duration isn’t the only factor to consider, as many mistakenly believe. Indeed, sleep quality is just as important. So, you have to focus on how many…

In general, people are aware of the fact that certain foods increase their risk of heart disease and still don’t follow a heart-healthy diet because they find changing their eating habits quite challenging.   However, if you want to keep your heart in optimal health and protect against heart disease you certainly have to make…

We are all aware of the fact that sleep is of great importance for our overall health and well-being. But, did you know that sleep and heart disease are closely connected? Probably not. Hence, if you want to learn more about the effects of sleep deprivation and how sleep duration plays a huge role in…

The heart is the key element of the circulatory system which makes sure that all the organs and tissues get the oxygen needed. So, being responsible for pumping blood throughout the body, we should never underestimate the importance of heart health. We are already aware that factors like smoking, poor diet, and lack of physical…

If you feel like your heart is fluttering, pounding, or skipping a beat, it means that you are having heart palpitations. Unfortunately, they might be quite serious if caused by another health condition like heart disease, sleep apnea or a thyroid disorder. However, looking on the bright side, heart palpitations at night aren’t usually harmful.…

Sleep is either your best friend or an eternal curse. You either get enough sleep or you go around sleep-deprived. In the hustle-oriented world of today, it’s di cult to get enough sleep as many people forget to sleep in favor of working hard and being productive. ‘Hustling’ and making every second of every day…

Clinical Review Poul Jørgen Jennum, Giuseppe Plazzi, , Alessandro Silvani, Lee A.Surkin, YvesDauvilliers, Summary Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) is a lifelong disorder of sleep-wake dysregulation defined by clinical symptoms, neurophysiological findings, and low hypocretin levels. Besides a role in sleep, hypocretins are also involved in regulation of heart rate and blood pressure. This literature review…

Symptoms Snoring is not the only tell-tale sign of a child who has OSA. It is not always present, particularly if the airway turbulence happens in the lower section of the upper airway behind or below the tongue. Children with OSA have noisy breathing, restlessness during sleep, and pauses in breathing, which results in fragmented…

We are all aware of the impact COVID-19 is having on our world today. This pandemic has brought our world society to a more complete understanding of infection control practices.

So on-line distance learning is decidedly the next the next best step in helping to ensure students, staff, and faculty have safe and healthy environments in which to learn and work. And, most importantly, to earn approved continuing education hours.

When an infant or child is unable to sleep, the parents’ sleep cycles are likely affected as well , as they’re either comforting the child, caring for their needs until the child is soothed back to sleep, but then the parents may often find it difficult to return to a deep sleep themselves.

While vacations are meant to unwind and relax, often we return from our trip more exhausted than when we started. Granted we may be physically and mentally drained depending how rigorous the schedule of activities we partook in during our trip, but many of us struggle to find a restful night’s sleep in new surroundings, especially our children.

Respiratory Therapists (RTs) are considered an expensive luxury, rather than a necessity for many DMEs who can no longer afford to provide uncompensated overhead for the care component in order to stay in business

The current COVID-19 pandemic has presented unusual and extraordinary challenges to our health care system. As this virus continues to spread and hospitals reach capacity, we will see an increased need for home treatment for a number of health issues, including those directly and/or indirectly related to COVID-19.

In this podcast, Dr. Shirin Shafazand chats with Dr. Douglas Bradley, a respirologist, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Respirology, and of the Centre for Sleep Medicine and Circadian Biology at the University of Toronto.

For the study, the researchers tracked just over 1,300 patients from Brazil, China, India, Myanmar and Singapore who had undergone angioplasty with stents. In these procedures, surgeons thread catheters through vessels and clear blockages by implanting stents designed to keep arteries open.

Our 2018 Conference “Sleep to Live” will be primary care focused – offering Physicians, Dentists, and Physician Extenders a unique collaborative educational experience – all aimed at early detection of Sleep Apnea and its comorbidities.

The following is a link to the SAVE trial recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. It is a negative results trial indicating that CPAP offers no statistically significant benefit to the group