Oral Appliance Therapy versus Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

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For all you science nerds. You know who you are! Oral Appliance Therapy versus Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Abstract Background: Previous randomized controlled trials have ad- dressed the efficacy of mandibular advancement devices (MADs) in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Their common control condition, […]

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SNORING ISN’T JUST ANNOYING…

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Snoring isn’t Just Annoying… Snoring is a sign of restricted airflow. What Causes Snoring? When we lay down to sleep the muscles along our airway relax just as the rest of our body. For some people, however, these muscles relax too much, disrupting the airway. The muscles of tongue also become overly relaxed during sleep

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What are the effects of sleep apnea?

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Sleep apnea has been linked to a number of serious life-threatening conditions including diabetes, obesity, heart disease and stroke. Consider these statistics: More than 80% of people with high blood pressure also have sleep apnea1 Almost 70% of people who have had a stroke have sleep apnea2 People with sleep apnea are 15 times more

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Undiagnosed sleep apnea among women on rise

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Many women currently have undiagnosed sleep apnea, leading to potentially serious health effects, a Vanderbilt sleep expert says. “Part of it is that the general public, and even physicians, think of sleep apnea as a disease of middle aged men and not a disease of women, particularly women of average weight,” said Kelly Brown, M.D.,

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Sleep Apnea Might Raise Pneumonia Risk: Study

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MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) — People with sleep apnea may be at greater risk for developing pneumonia, according to a new study. And the more severe the sleep apnea, the greater the risk, the research suggests. “This study showed that sleep apnea is an independent risk factor for incident pneumonia,” wrote Dr. Vincent Yi-Fong Su and

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Connecting TMJ and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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Connecting TMJ and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Approximately 34 million Americans suffer from some variation of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) which is about 12% of the total population. It is a set of conditions that take place at the joint where the lower jaw meets the skull and causes pain and inflammation around the joint for the

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Oral Appliance Therapy versus Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

SNORING ISN’T JUST ANNOYING…

What are the effects of sleep apnea?

Undiagnosed sleep apnea among women on rise

Sleep Apnea Might Raise Pneumonia Risk: Study

Connecting TMJ and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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