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Nocturia and Sleep - National Sleep Foundation
Sleep Foundation — A frequent need to get up and go to the bathroom to urinate at night is called nocturia. It differs from enuresis, or bed-wetting, in which the person does not arouse from sleep, but the bladder empties anyway. Nocturia is a common cause of sleep ...More…
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Charles W. Atwood, Jr., MD
Sleep Foundation — The adjustment process for each patient starting CPAP therapy for sleep apnea is unique, just as each patient's experience with sleep apnea is a unique combination of symptoms and consequences of the disorder. The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) ...More…
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Children, Obesity, And Sleep - National Sleep Foundation
Sleep Foundation — Children, Obesity, And Sleep Some 13 percent of children aged 6 to 11 and 14 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 19 are overweight. The ever-increasing waistlines put children at risk for heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure. But ...More…
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Sleep Foundation — The statistics are alarming: About 65% of Americans are now overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of obese adults (those with a Body Mass Index of 30 or more) jumped from 15% in 1980 to 27% ...More…
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Sleep apnea: Can it cause heart disease?
Mayo Clinic — Evidence suggests sleep apnea may increase your risk of heart disease. Find out how. Sleep apnea and its most common symptom - loud snoring - have long been viewed as a nuisance. Just ask someone who has to share a room with a loud snorer if ...More…
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Obstructive sleep apnea and anesthesia: What are the risks?
Mayo Clinic — Obstructive sleep apnea can cause significant complications during recovery from anesthesia. Is it true that anesthesia isn't safe for people with obstructive sleep apnea? Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can cause significant complications during ...More…
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Obstructive sleep apnea
Mayo Clinic — Obstructive sleep apnea - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this common sleep, breathing disorder. More than 12 million people in the United States have obstructive sleep apnea - a potentially serious sleep disorder in which ...More…
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Central sleep apnea
Mayo Clinic — Central sleep apnea - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this uncommon sleep, breathing disorder. Central sleep apnea is a disorder in which your breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep due to lack of respiratory ...More…
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Charles W. Atwood, Jr., MD
Sleep Foundation — The adjustment process for each patient starting CPAP therapy for sleep apnea is unique, just as each patient's experience with sleep apnea is a unique combination of symptoms and consequences of the disorder. Most patients will require a period ...More…
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PRESS RELEASE:
Centers for Disease Control — New CDC Report Finds Motor Vehicles and Falls are Causes of Most Child and Teen Injuries and Deaths in the United States Sixteen percent of GeorgiaâEURs residents experience persistent problems staying awake during the day, according to a study ...More…
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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
Ear, Nose & Throat Care — Forty-five percent of normal adults snore at least occasionally, and 25 percent are habitual snorers. Problem snoring is more frequent in males and overweight persons and it usually grows worse with age. Snoring sounds are caused when there is ...More…
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YourLungHealth.org - Sleep Apnea Facts
People with sleep apnea can stop breathing as many as 30 times or more each night. Often a spouse or other family member is the first to notice signs of sleep apnea in someone with the condition. Officials estimate 10 million Americans have the ...More…