As you drift into sleep, your body lets go. Large muscle groups relax first, then smaller ones. That tension you’ve been carrying in your shoulders releases. As sleep deepens, the tension in your face and neck release, too. So do the muscles that hold your lower jaw...
A while back, we blogged about how GLP-1 drugs were starting to be considered for treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) - as well as the limitations of going that route. We’re not the only ones asking these kinds of questions. A recent paper in Sleep Review picks up...
Picture someone with sleep apnea. Did you see a big guy with a thick neck and a soft, heavy face? A guy who carries quite a lot of extra weight? At night, his bedroom fills with the rumble and roar of snoring, punctuated every so often by a choke or gasp that makes...
Some things just seem to go together naturally. Peanut butter and jelly. Baseball and hot dogs. Sleep problems and jaw pain. Okay, maybe that last pairing doesn’t hit quite the same note as the others, but as a new study out of South Korea shows, insomnia appears to...
A lot of people think that sleep apnea is something that happens later in life - maybe during middle age and after some weight gain. But a new national survey from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center tells a different story. Doctors across the country are...
When you’re being kept awake by a bed partner’s snoring, it can be hard to think of anything but how annoying it is or how great it would be to have separate beds in separate bedrooms so at least you could get a good night’s sleep. You’re probably not worrying that...
Your brain is a glutton for oxygen. Although it makes up only about 2% of your body weight, your brain uses about 20% of your oxygen supply. And while other organs can cope with low oxygen for a short time, your brain can’t. It has virtually no backup plan when oxygen...
Sleep apnea can be mild. It can be severe. What makes the difference is something called the Apnea-Hypopnea Index, or AHI. Basically, it’s a count of the average number of times you stop breathing each hour as you sleep. If your AHI is between 5 and 15, you have mild...
Most people don’t usually think of exercise as something that can improve their oral health, yet research has shown that it can. According to new research in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, it may lower your risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), too. Yes,...
Although drugs like Ozempic have been around for a while now, the hype has only recently reached fever pitch thanks to celebrity endorsements and a whole lot of social media buzz. Originally, GLP-1 receptor agonists like this were used mainly for glucose control in...
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