Sleep apnoea and pro sports – the surprising link

Published on: 9th February 2018
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The benefits of exercise on your body and mind are huge. Not only does it reduce the risk of major illness, it also leaves you with a warm, endorphin-fuelled after-glow. And best of all, it can even reduce the severity of sleep apnoea. But there is a flip side: Take exercise to the extreme and you can actually cause sleep apnoea, especially if you build up your chest and neck muscles. You might be surprised to learn that Sleep apnoea is rife among elite basketball and American football players.

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How to survive your first CPAP machine

Published on: 1st February 2018
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Most people who use CPAP find the first few weeks really tough. You may be experiencing problems such as air leaking from the sides of your mask, claustrophobia or dry airways. There’s a good chance you’ve considered throwing in the towel. But before you give up, it’s important to understand that most problems can be easily solved with some minor adjustments to your therapy.

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5 things you need to know before choosing a mandibular advancement device

Published on: 21st January 2018
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Mandibular advancement devices can be more comfortable and less invasive than CPAP — but before you hastily abandon your CPAP machine and dash out to buy one, it’s important to understand they aren’t suitable for everyone. Here is my list of the 5 most important things you need to consider before swapping your CPAP machine for a mouthful of MAD.

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Why Sleep apnoea is ruining your waistline

Published on: 14th January 2018
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Are you desperate to lose weight and wonder why you can’t? Do you find the weight is piling on despite having committed every fad diet to memory? What you may not realise is that your attempts at weight loss are being sabotaged by sleep apnoea — a condition notorious for ruining not only sleep but waistlines too!

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Send us your stories

Published on: 14th January 2018
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Have you or a loved one been diagnosed with sleep apnoea? If so we’d love to hear your stories about living with the condition. We’ll feature the best ones we receive in our blog and monthly newsletter. Better yet, if we publish your story we’ll send you a free copy of our new eBook: Sleep Apnoea & CPAP – From diagnosis to treatment!

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Video: Getting smart with your bed

Published on: 7th January 2018

Watch this awesome video on the new Sleep Number 360 smart bed which was exhibited at the 2017 CES tradeshow in Las Vegas, USA. It’s pretty impressive — so much so that it won a prestigious innovation award in the home appliances category.

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Striking rise in sleep studies in UK and US

Published on: 7th January 2018
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The number of sleep studies being completed in both the UK and US has seen a massive increase. In the UK alone the number has doubled in just 10 years! A better awareness of the importance of good quality sleep has played a large part in this unexpected rise.

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Launch of our eBook

Published on: 31st December 2017
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I’m excited – really, really excited. Having spent every weekend for the last 3 years researching, scheming and frantically scribbling, I’m finally able to announce the launch of my new eBook – ‘Sleep apnoea and CPAP: From diagnosis to treatment’.

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Video: Sherry battles exhaustion

Published on: 31st December 2017

This video is part of a series by Harvard Medical School focussing on Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. In this episode we meet a sleep apnoea patient called Sherry who talks to Dr Malhotra from the US based Division of Sleep Medicine.

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