Recent research from the different Institutes (such as Blood, Lung, Heart, and Health) gives more credence to raising public awareness on the ravages of untreated Sleep Apnea and its relationship to various ailments.

Sleep Apnea has been linked to Hypertension, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Cardiac disease, Depression, Heart attacks, and a host of ( Read more... )

Here are some of the different sleeping positions and what effect they may have on you whether you suffer from a sleep disorder or not. We recommend either sleeping on a Fowler’s position, or sleeping on your side to be the best positions for those concerned with unobstructed airway flow when they sleep, therefore, minimizing any effects from ( Read more... )


Considered to be the “Gold Standard” in treating Sleep apnea, CPAP stands for “Continuous positive airway pressure”. It’s main function is to keep your airways open by the positive pressure that is applied to your nostrils or mouth. By keeping your airways open, your body does not “stop breathing” at any point during your sleep - a typical symptom ( Read more... )

Sometimes, when we reach a certain age, we are struck by events in our lifetimes that compel us to change our lifestyles. It is akin to someone stopping smoking to avoid strokes, or COPD. Well, there is one constant in life that we cannot do anything to stop: Aging. And, as we age, we see changes to our body: our resistance to diseases drops, we ( Read more... )

The best things in life are free, that’s what the cliché says. We take many different things for granted in our everyday lives and not realize their value until we are ill. One of these things is sleep. Sleep allows your body to rest and recuperate. During this recuperation, sleep allows our bodies to repair cells, make our muscle tissues grow ( Read more... )