A recently published article in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that effective treatment of patient’s sleep apnea significantly reduced their cardiac risk factors. Patients with moderate to severe sleep apnea who wore their CPAP masks for at least 5 hours per night derived the most benefit, highlighting the role that sleep apnea plays [...]
By SUE MAYFIELD GEIGER Correspondent If you live with a snorer, a silent night this holiday season may be hard to come by. Although often joked about, snoring is serious business, sometimes disrupting the sleep of entire families and forcing some couples to retire to separate rooms. And sawing logs also comes with some serious [...]
During the holiday season, we may indulge in the spirit of giving by sacrificing a lot of our time and energy, but there is definitely one gift we must reserve for ourselves–the gift of sleep. Staying up late, performing holiday errands, or attending parties, and sleeping in the next day may be a part of [...]
Snoring is a very common problem within the general population, but especially for patients who have obstructive sleep apnea. For years doctors have been concerned about “sleep apnea” (stopping breathing at night) and not necessarily about just the loud noise caused by snoring. However, a recent study looking at a large group of people showed [...]
Now get out of the snoratorium and back in your own bed. We’ve focused a lot lately on the effect snoring has on relationships. At best, it can be a hindrance. At worst, a deal breaker. Many of us are familiar with the feelings associated with a snoring partner – resentment, sadness, anger, frustration. Turns [...]
A brief (but informative) article appears in the Los Angeles Times. It advises all patients to talk about their sleep (and specifically their snoring) with their doctors. We all know that couples talk about snoring (a lot!) But discussing your snoring problem with your doctor is really a good idea. Because good sleep is essential to [...]
February is American Heart Health Month, and on February 4th, in celebration of Wear Red for Heart Day, The Snoring Center was decked out in style in support of the Go Red for Women initiative. You may not know this, but heart disease affects one in three women and is the #1 cause of death [...]
As the nation’s leading provider of the Pillar Procedure, The Snoring Center has become a trusted resource for patients around the world. With offices in Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston, it’s never been easier to get help for your snoring or sleep apnea. Check out the story on Good Morning America talking about one couple’s [...]
The Snoring Center, the nation’s leading provider of minimally invasive, office-based treatment of snoring and sleep apnea, has opened an office in Houston! Commensurate with our five year anniversary, we recently began seeing patients in our new facility in the Highland Village neighborhood. This office joins existing locations in Dallas (Snider Plaza) and Fort Worth [...]
Sleep impacts every aspect of our lives, and our sex lives are not immune to this relationship. Sleep problems, particularly sleep disordered breathing (snoring and sleep apnea), directly affect our sex lives – from our desire to our ability to perform sexually to our likelihood of having a willing partner in bed with us. Several [...]
