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How to Fight Afternoon Tiredness
If you are like many other people, you go to work in the morning, eat lunch and then around 3 p.m. you find yourself falling into a slump. Being tired can be the result of unhealthy habits, stress or...
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What Are the Causes of Grogginess in the Afternoon?
Around 3 p.m., the afternoon slump hits, and you are feeling like you cannot make it through the rest of your day without a nap. You try to drink some caffeine or snack on something with sugar, but...
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Principles of Polysomnography
A polysomnography is a diagnostic test used to evaluate sleep disorders. It includes a series of multiple examinations, given to sleeping patients, that analyzes various physiological changes...
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The Effects of Insufficient Sleep
Sleep deprivation has affected everyone at one time or another. Work, school, family and society in general are all contributing factors of how well you sleep at night. Insufficient sleep, however, can...
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How to Prevent Being Tired
Sometimes, no matter what you seem to do, you may just find yourself feeling exhausted and like you cannot do anything effectively. You may dread everything from going to work every day to socializing...
View ArticleHow to Apply a Nose Strip
Nose strips are used by those who snore or suffer from nasal congestion. After you affix one to the outside of the nose, the spring-like nasal strip band opens up the air passages through the nostrils...
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Can Sleeping With a Light on Affect Your Rest?
Restful sleep eludes many people. Caffeine, large meals and anxiety are often to blame. Another common reason why you may not be receiving adequate sleep at night is light. Light affects your brain's...
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How to Reprogram a BiPAP
Everything truly is better with a good night's sleep. Each year brings new medical revelations as to how a restorative sleep is essential in maintaining good health. But for millions of people, finding...
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What Are Night Tremors?
The scientific name for night tremors is "sleep myoclonus." Myoclonus refers to muscle spasms and jerks that can happen at any time. Hiccups are considered a form of myoclonus. When these spasms occur...
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What Is Slow-Wave Sleep?
The health benefits of sleep are sometimes ignored. As you get busy, you go to bed later or get up earlier, thinking you can make up the deficit on the weekend. When compared with other stages of...
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How Does Lack of Sleep Affect You?
Withholding sleep has been used as a torture or interrogation technique in the past, so you know that sleep serves some essential purpose, especially when you don't get your eight hours a night. The...
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How to Adjust the Pressure Settings on the REMstar Pro With C-Flex Plus
Sleep apnea is one of the most common forms of sleep disorders, affecting over 18 million Americans. During sleep, breathing patterns are disturbed by the relaxation of the airway muscles. This causes...
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How to Repair CPAP Machines
CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machines have helped millions of people to successfully treat sleep apnea. The machines are small and deliver pressurized air via a tube and face mask to the...
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The Effects of Morning Sleep on the Pulse Rate
Sleep is often viewed as a period of inactivity, however, the brain is active during sleep. There are five different stages of sleep, and each stage affects other body functions, such as pulse rate....
View ArticleHow to Adjust the REMstar Auto DS550HS
If you are using a REMstar Auto DS550HS to treat sleep apnea, or if you are helping someone use the device, you might need to adjust its settings. Sleep apnea is a condition where the soft tissue of a...
View ArticleRemotely Installed CPAP Machines
Patients diagnosed with sleep apnea know the relief that remotely installed continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machines can offer. Doctors prescribe this medical device for in-home treatment...
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Why Do We Drool During Sleep?
Of all the conditions that afflict people, drooling while asleep is probably among the least alarming. Still, the condition can be annoying if it disrupts your sleep and embarrassing if you share a...
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How to Keep Yourself Awake Even Though You're Tired
Lack of sleep at night will cause you to feel tired the next day. Fatigue makes it difficult to get through the day and to accomplish tasks with optimal efficiency. While you may be able to take a nap,...
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How to Get Through the Day After an All-Nighter
Most people have at some point experienced an all-nighter. Whether you're cramming for a big college exam or staying up all night for a movie marathon, getting through the day after an all-nighter can...
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How to Get Nose Strips to Stick
Snoring can wake up the individual suffering from it or his spouse, who can miss many a solid night's sleep from the loud sounds of her loved one battling for breath. Various companies make sinus...
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