Waking up to go to the bathroom is a familiar routine for many people. They wake up because they have to urinate. Or maybe not. Not if researchers from New Mexico are right. Their study, published in the most recent online issue of  Sleep and Breathing isn’t the first to make this connection.
Nocturia (the need to urinate at night) has been linked to sleep apnea (brief periods of not breathing) before, identifying that about one-quarter of men in the United States have this problem, as do 10% of women.  This study, however, was looking to see if the could identify …read more

Can Snoring Kill? – glared the headline of a recent science article.
Followed by a cheeky lead-in sentence which mocked the partner of the afflicted — hinting that he or she could be the assassin of the buzz-saw beside them.
Referred to as Obstructive sleep apnea, (or OSA) the condition is often defined as:

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is caused by a blockage of the airway, usually when the soft tissue in the rear of the throat collapses and closes during sleep. In central sleep apnea, the airway is not blocked but the brain fails to signal the muscles to breathe. Mixed …read more