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Sleep Apnoea: A disorder you need to read up on
Sleep apnea symptoms may include poor sleep, choking noises, snoring, feelings of fatigue and anxiety.
Sleep apnea symptoms may include poor sleep, choking noises, snoring, feelings of fatigue and anxiety.
It is a chronic neurological disorder that affects the brain's ability to control sleep.
This 46-year-old can shop, clean and cook in his sleep. All of this, owing to his sleep disorder- Narcolepsy.
The findings may enable physicians to diagnose the disease earlier and start the treatment.
Yoga is our answer to many health issues starting from something as trivial as a cough and cold to serious conditions like lung disorder, diabetes, depression and even sleep troubles.
With a little knowledge and planning, you can fall asleep faster. Thought, creating a sleep-friendly environment is important.
Sleep scientists and medical researchers often stress on the importance of having at least 1.5-2 hours of gap between having dinner and hitting the bed.
Short sleep or long sleep on both weekdays and weekends showed increased mortality when compared with consistently sleeping 6-7 hours per day.
These lifestyle changes can help one deal with the problem of snoring before you look for medical intervention.
We spoke to Dr Dillon Dsouza, a Mumbai based Consultant ENT and Head and Neck surgeon to clear the doubts about the two conditions
Confusional arousals or sleep drunkenness or sleep inertia is a rare sleep disorder where a person finds it difficult to come to terms with life right after waking up.
Lack of sleep can lead to a wide range of health problems such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, anxiety, depression, early ageing, alcoholism and other substance abuse.
80% of depressed individuals have at least one insomnia condition compared to 36% without depression.
Childhood obesity very often leads to adult obesity. This puts them at greater risk of developing obesity-related cancers in adulthood.
Unsafe sleep positioning means placing the baby on his or her side or stomach to sleep.
Did you know lack of sleep can cause weight gain and hypertension?
Stop popping painkillers as it might do more harm than good!
According to this research, RBD affects more men than women.
Sleep scientists and medical researchers often stress on the importance of having at least 1.5-2 hours of gap between having dinner and hitting the bed.
Short sleep or long sleep on both weekdays and weekends showed increased mortality when compared with consistently sleeping 6-7 hours per day.
These lifestyle changes can help one deal with the problem of snoring before you look for medical intervention.
We spoke to Dr Dillon Dsouza, a Mumbai based Consultant ENT and Head and Neck surgeon to clear the doubts about the two conditions
Confusional arousals or sleep drunkenness or sleep inertia is a rare sleep disorder where a person finds it difficult to come to terms with life right after waking up.
Lack of sleep can lead to a wide range of health problems such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, anxiety, depression, early ageing, alcoholism and other substance abuse.
80% of depressed individuals have at least one insomnia condition compared to 36% without depression.
Childhood obesity very often leads to adult obesity. This puts them at greater risk of developing obesity-related cancers in adulthood.
Unsafe sleep positioning means placing the baby on his or her side or stomach to sleep.
Did you know lack of sleep can cause weight gain and hypertension?
Stop popping painkillers as it might do more harm than good!
According to this research, RBD affects more men than women.
Or is it just a placebo effect?
Early diagnosis of sleep disorder is important to control the risk of heart disease, stroke, depression and death.
Excessive sleep can be harmful to your health.
Partial sleep deprivation (sleep for three to four hours followed by forced wakefulness for 20-21 hours) was equally as effective as total sleep deprivation.
ECT is a powerful antidepressant with a global effect that hits many of the different symptoms of depression.
