Fighting Snoring, and Its Dangers, Together
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A couple has turned to a sleep disorder clinic in a last-ditch bid for bedtime bliss.
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A breathing mixture commonly used by deep-sea divers shows promise for treating asthma attacks.
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NEW YORK  - Exercise can reduce snoring among overweight children, even if it doesn't result in weight loss, a new study shows.
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Researchers say both too much and too little sleep is linked to a doubled risk of fatal cardiovascular disease.
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Children with sleep disordered  breathing who undergo adenotonsillectomy - surgical removal of  the tonsils and adenoids -- may not only start sleeping better,  but may also show improvements in behavior, the results of a  new study suggests.
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WI-FI Julia Stephenson in The Independent discusses the dangers of Wi-Fi radiation. "My naturopath insisted that my exhaustion was caused by electromagnetic 'smog' in my flat. I now use a headset that delivers sound through an air-filled wireless tube similar to a doctor's stethoscope.
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NEW YORK  - Snoring in children may be a manifestation of allergic disease, Australian researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Children with obstructive sleep  apnea (OSA) are at increased risk for behavioral and emotional  difficulties, but tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy can improve both  these problems as well as quality of life, new research shows.
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More than a third of Britons are losing two years of sleep in a lifetime because of their partner's snoring, work suggests.
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A daily doze?  Scientists say we need to wake up to the benefits of naps.  According to a recent study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, people who napped 30 minutes a day, three times per week, were 37 percent less likely to die of heart disease.
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Sometimes the march of technology can lull us to sleep.
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NEW YORK  - People with obstructive sleep  apnea syndrome -- in which airways become blocked periodically  during sleep and breathing stops for brief periods --  experience a relatively high number episodes of irregular heart  rhythm, Spanish investigators report.
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Severe sleep apnea appears to  be an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke in elderly  patients, according to a report in the September issue of  Stroke.
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The December Journal of Environmental Health Perspectives reports that children who spend a lot of time around indoor pools may breathe excessive amounts of compounds that contribute to asthma.
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NEW YORK  - Obstructive sleep apnea in   middle-aged adults may increase the risk of coronary artery   disease by up to five-fold, research in Sweden suggests.   However, successful treatment of the sleep apnea significantly   cuts that risk.
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Treatment with melatonin significantly improved subjective sleep quality in 12 women with mild to moderate asthma, as compared with 10 asthmatic women who took placebo, according to a study in the first issue for November 2004 of the American Thoracic
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Children who snore are about  four times more likely than those who don't to wet the bed, a  new study from Greece shows.