Sleep Saver

The science behind sleepwalking. Sleepwalkers should keep a regular bedtime to avoid unwanted evening strolls, said Antonio Zadra of the Université de Montréal, who led a team that recently investigated the link between sleep loss and sleepwalking.

lugger Prince Fielder returned to the Rangers’ spring training on Friday and was inserted into the lineup as Texas’ designated hitter against Milwaukee after being tested earlier this week for a sleep disorder.

What causes snoring? The noisy sounds of snoring occur when there is an obstruction to the free flow of air through the passages at the back of the mouth and nose. This area is the collapsible part of the airway where the tongue and upper throat meet the soft palate and uvula. Snoring occurs when these structures strike each other and vibrate during breathing.

The most common medical cause for daytime sleepiness is sleep apnea, which occurs when someone occasionally stops breathing while sleeping. It is dangerous not only to truckers but to many who have the disorder. http://kwbe.com//your-body-the-dangers-of-sleep-apnea-abc/

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says conductors and engineers with two commuter railroads will need to undergo testing for sleep apnea (AP'-nee-uh) after a deadly 2013 derailment caused by a sleeping engineer.

The connection between obesity and obstructive sleep apnea and snoring was made by medical researchers many years ago. In fact there are many hundreds of articles in the medical literature that support high body mass index (BMI) as diagnostic of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). http://www.sleeptreatmentspecialists.com//weight-loss-sno/

Anywhere between 40 and 80 percent of people with OSA are not even aware they have it. Or if they are, they choose not to be diagnosed or to be proactive about treating it.

Sleep apnea patients die at 3x the rate of normal sleepers.

How sleep apnea may impact safety.

Another sleepless night, another miserable day. Your spouse complains about your snoring, but the real problem is that you gasp for air in your sleep several times throughout the night.

Were you recently diagnosed with sleep apnea or have a family member who just started using a CPAP device? You're not alone. In addition to an estimated 20 million Americans who have sleep apnea, there are lots of celebrities (both men and women) who have also publicly shared their struggles with the disease. Who do you know on this list of 20 celebrities?

If we look at 1,000 truck drivers each working for a year, the drivers with obstructive sleep apnea who refuse mandated treatment would have 70 preventable serious truck crashes, compared to 14 crashes experienced by both a control group and by drivers with sleep apnea who adhered to treatment, said Stephen Burks, lead author of the study, and professor of economics and management at Morris.

As research on shut-eye continues to expand, two things remain clear: Sleep is really good for you and sleep deprivation is really bad for you. But there have been some other interesting findings along the way as well.