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The information on this website is from a patient's perspective and is intended to help create awareness and enable fellow patients to have better success with treatment. Use at your own risk. Always ask a doctor.
Thanks,
Dave

Did you know Adam from Mythbusters has sleep apnea?

I was surprised to learn last night during Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel that Adam Savage has sleep apnea.

As defined by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is “a sleep-related breathing disorder that involves a decrease or complete halt in airflow despite an ongoing effort to breathe.”

During a portion of the [...]

How to get your spouse to see a doctor about snoring and maybe even save your spouse's life

It took years of nagging and my wife sleeping in a different room to get me to ask my doctor about ways to control snoring.

When I finally went, my savvy primary care physician asked me a series of questions that helped to simply identify the likely cause for the snoring.  My doctor had me go [...]