Obstructive sleep apnea

Dr Avi Weisfogel is the founder and owner of Dental Sleep Masters. He founded this company in 2014. The aim of the company is to diagnose and treat sleep apnea by use of oral appliances. Recent studies have indicated a correlation between sleep apnea and lifestyle conditions such as diabetes and CVS disorders. This has necessitated renewed vigour in diagnosis, treatment and research over the same. Dental Sleep Masters has joined the bandwagon. It has an integrative model that works to provide a…

Nightmare Disorder is a chronic sleep disorder. This disorder causes frequent nightmares and can lead to a fear of sleeping. Bad dreams are considered nightmares when they cause the person to wake up. About five percent of the population is affected by Nightmare Disorder. Either gender can be affected; neither is more prone to the disorder. Since this disorder is very broad, there are many different causes and symptoms. The DSM, Diagnostic and Statistic Manual for Mental Disorders, is used to…

I’ve never really had friends. I had people that I would occasionally talk to, and maybe eat lunch with every couple of weeks at school but most of the time, I was alone. School and home weren 't that different from each other; I wasn’t close to anyone at school and I wasn’t close to anyone at home either. Not having anyone that I could really talk to forced me to constantly suppress my feelings and deal with them by myself. That led to years and years of depression and obsession with death and…

Solitary infant sleep in cots devoid of parental contact is actually claimed as more safer than any other type of co sleeping. Mother’s bodies, breastfeeding the baby or not, are considered lethal in infant sleep due to suffocation if the baby rolls under. Some forms of co sleeping reduce the risk of SIDS in some cultural groups. Where a baby sleeps is regarded more as a social issue not a medical issue. It relates to economics. This study aims to explain how relations between infant sleep…

Patients with sleep apnea, a sleep disorder characterized by intermittent episodes of hypoxia (CIH), are at an increased risk for cardiovascular problems. CIH leads to a long lasting augmentation of respiratory and sympathetic motor output after the cessation of CIH, a phenomena termed long-term facilitation (LTF). LTF is a serotonin dependent mechanism. Additionally, serotonergic neurons in the raphe nuclei receive dense projections from orexin (OX) neurons; thus OX may contribute to the…

1. The role that dental sleep medicine plays in the overall treatment of some patients with sleep disorders can be very beneficial, especially using combination therapy. Although, dental sleep medicine alone is being used but not recommended for patients with significant sleep apnea (AHI > 25/hr.). Preferably dental sleep medicine is at its best if patients with OSA can’t tolerate PAP therapy, or the oral appliance therapy alone is not adequately effective. There are several reasons that…

care industry; however, sleep health is becoming a very interesting topic because individuals need to appreciate the importance of their sleep health. Professionals, teachers, and other leaders in the world constantly encourage people on a daily basis to get a good night’s sleep, especially when there is something very important that is about to take place. Information, particularly something just learned, is retained more efficiently when people get a good night’s rest. Sleep, well proper rest,…

The Stressors on Law Enforcement When Change Is Possible So much stress and fatigue can be put on law enforcement officers in day-to-day operations. For Stacey, a typical day consists of waking up around 2:30 am to immediately brew a cup of coffee in order to wake up. In between enjoying sips of coffee, she gets dressed and mentally prepares herself for the dreadful day ahead. She heads out the door around 3:00 am and arrive at the station around 3:45 am to get her gear and conduct guard mount.…

set foot on earth, sleep is a natural thing. We slide under the covers, fluff up our pillows, and close our eyes. We fall asleep, wake up in the morning unable to remember the past few hours, and feel refreshed; it’s just that simple (Healthy Sleep). Or is it that simple? “Until the 1950s, most people thought of sleep as a passive, dormant part of our daily lives” and to the average human mind sleep is just that, but sleep is much more complex than we may think (American Sleep Association). …

“maybe you shouldn’t stay up so late and go to sleep earlier” but that’s the thing we can’t because we have homework, work and sports etc. I understand that if we started school later we would have to be in school later also but I think that wouldn’t be as bad as waking up before our bodies are even ready to wake up. My hypothesis is that majority of the students that take the survey would like later school start times and will feel that the amount of sleep you get at night affects your focus…