I would like to welcome both my patients and visitors to our new blog on sleep apnea and oral appliances.
Ira L Shapira
Obstructive sleep apnea affects around 20 million Americans and can lead to hypertension, heart attack, stroke, depression, muscle pain, fibromyalgia, morning headaches, and excessive daytime sleepiness.
-
Australian scientists have developed a new method for detecting sleep apnea. Traditionally, the diagnosis of sleep apnea required an overni...
-
Patient describes 5 years of sleep apnea treatment with oral appliance. He initially used the CPAP machine but found it made him uncomfortab...
-
Mike describes how he was diagnosed with sleep apnea. He was less than thrilled with diagnosis and definitely did not want CPAP. He travels...