Sleep apnea? A simple exercise may help
May 7, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Sleep apnea is more than an inconvenience that makes us feel tired the next day – it can make us dangerously sleepy, affecting judgment and causing accidents because of our fatigue.
Before trying treatments that could be expensive (like a machine called a CPAP that helps you breathe at night), researchers have found that a simple tongue exercise may help reduce the incidence of mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea.
According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute:
“Breathing pauses can last from a few seconds to minutes. They often occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour. …read more
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The cold hard truth about postpartum depression is there are just as many men who suffer through this as there are women. Though women are the ones who get all the attention, men sit in silence and in pure agony not just seeing their loved ones go through this, but they actually take on the same exact symptoms.
Symptoms of postpartum depression are the same as clinical depression such as sadness, fatigue, hopelessness, and drastic changes in mood and appetite. It can be as excessive as preoccupation with a child’s health or as serious as inward thoughts of harming the …read more




