CPAP makes me fart and belch … help!

August 13, 2011

Question: Help me, please! My CPAP is making me fart and belch. I’ve been using CPAP for 18 months and this is just starting for no other conceivable answer. Any ideas what I can do because this is really embarassing, though as a teen, I probably would have loved it.

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Zebrafish may help fix human sleep-wake cycle, depression, weight control, and more

July 22, 2011

Image via Wikipedia Circadian rhythms – the natural cycle that dictates our biological processes over a 24-hour day — does more than tell us when to sleep or wake. Disruptions in the cycle are also associated with depression, problems with weight control, jet lag, and more. Prof. Yoav Gothilf of Tel Aviv University‘s Department of [...]

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Insufficient sleep isn’t a ‘badge of honor’

June 28, 2011

For thousands of years before humans harnessed electricity and created light bulbs, people rose and slept based the sun. This seems to be the natural rhythm humans were designed to follow.

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Disaster relief program being readied for Americans who lost CPAP equipment in Japan quake and tsunami

March 15, 2011

Because of international business and tourism, thousands of Americans were in Japan during the time of the Friday, March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Awake In America is launching a disaster relief program for those Americans who were in Japan at the time of the earthquake and tsunami, who have been diagnosed with sleep apnea, [...]

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ResMed releases Quattro FX full face mask

March 8, 2011

ResMed has released the Quattro FX, a unique new full face mask for sleep apnea patients using xPAP therapy. The mask that offers a clear field of vision with no need for forehead support.

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Technology is creating sleepy Americans

March 7, 2011

A poll released today finds pervasive use of communications technology in the hour before bed. It also finds a large number of Americans aren’t getting the sleep they need and search for ways to cope.

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Study shows xPAP therapy reduces fatigue and increases energy in apneics

February 9, 2011

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea often report that they feel like “a new person” after beginning treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. Study findings published on the Jan. 1, 2011 support these anecdotal reports, showing that three weeks of CPAP therapy significantly reduced fatigue and increased energy.

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Sex is better when snoring stops, says dentist

December 23, 2010

New York City dentist Farhad Hakimi says his 12 years of research of more than 3,500 patients suffering from sleep apnea and snoring shows they lower sex drive, inhibit orgasm, and contribute to erectile dysfunction in some men.

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Socio-economic impact of sleep disorders

December 23, 2010

Hypersomnia has far-reaching consequences for both the individual and society as a whole, according to Danish sleep researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the Danish Institute for Health Services Research. The researchers studied the socio-economic consequences of the sleep disorder hypersomnia in one of the largest studies of its kind.

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