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  • Is Your Sleep Tracker Ruining Your Rest?

    Sleep has become a hot topic in recent years, in part due to the rising popularity of tracking technologies. Ten percent of American adults now use devices to ensure a quality night’s sleep, according to the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. However, using these monitoring devices can trigger or worsen sleeplessness, and has even given rise to a new term, orthosomnia, an obsession with attaining the “perfect sleep.” In these cases, patients report feelings of failure, anxiety and insomnia if tracking benchmarks are not met. 

  • Bariatric Surgery Can Help You Sleep Better

    If you’re severely overweight or obese, you’re likely jolted out of sleep several times every night -- without even knowing it. Or, you may already spend your slumber hours hooked up to a CPAP machine to keep your breathing steady.

  • Feeling “Spaced Out?” You May Need More Sleep

             

  • Do You Have Sleep Apnea?

    By Abid Malik, MD, Director for Orlando Health Sleep Medicine

  • Why Deep Sleep Helps Your Brain

    Anyone who’s spent a long night tossing and turning understands the value of a good night’s sleep. It’s not just the number of hours you spend in that bed, it’s the quality of sleep you get while you’re there that matters. 

  • Sleep Apnea May Be Damaging Your Brain

    Sleep apnea is a serious sleeping disorder that, if left untreated, can significantly increase your risk for heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure and irregular heart rhythms such as atrial fibrillation. And research is increasingly pointing to the disorder’s impact on your brain and cognitive abilities.

  • Are You Waking Up in Pain? Change Your Sleep Position

    Feeling stiff and sore in the morning? The way you sleep may be to blame.

  • Are You at Risk for Sleep Apnea?

    Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder that occurs when a person’s breathing is interrupted repeatedly, sometimes hundreds of times, during sleep. There are two types of sleep apnea: obstructive and central.

  • Signs You Might Have Sleep Apnea

    It’s hard to function when you aren’t getting good sleep. As many as one in three Americans struggles with sleeping because of a sleep disorder – and many don’t know they have it.

  • Binge-Watching Could be Bad for Your Sleep

    If you love watching TV shows for hours on end, it may affect your sleep, according to one recent survey.