How much do you know about the way you sleep? Advanced Sleep Medicine Services is here to serve as your resource so you can better understand the importance sleep plays in our lives, how sleep disorders impact your sleep, and what you can do to get more sleep every night. Read through these posts in The Sleep Blog to learn more about sleep.
The California Sleep Society will hold its 9th annual educational symposium September 30 to October 1, 2016 in Anaheim, CA. As corporate members of this organization, we will be attending the symposium next week to learn about the latest advances in patient care and technology related to sleep medicine. We will meet with key opinion … Seguir leyendo "
Why does coffee help us start the day? Caffeine is a tricky substance. To our brains, caffeine looks like adenosine, a compound consisting of adenine (one of the four building blocks of DNA) and ribose. As it is created in the brain, adenosine binds to the adenosine receptors, causing drowsiness by slowing down nerve cell activity. Caffeine is … Seguir leyendo "
Los profesionales ocupados experimentan muchas presiones que impiden su capacidad para obtener cantidades óptimas de sueño. Trabajar por turnos, en distintos husos horarios simultáneamente y en viajes internacionales¹ son causas habituales de pérdida de sueño. Además, el uso de iluminación artificial y tecnologías portátiles por la noche², la presión cada vez mayor para rendir (y ... Seguir leyendo "
We’ve covered the effects of using electronics before bed in several blog posts (check out the most recent one here). According to some doctors, drinking alcohol before bed may be even more disruptive to your sleep. Learn about the effects of alcohol on sleep.
I have good news for you. Musicians aren’t the only people who can look cool wearing tinted glasses … inside … at night. According to research, exposure to artificial light at night can disrupt our sleep. Blue wavelength light, the kind that comes from TVs, iPads, and smartphones, is especially harmful to circadian rhythm function. So, … Seguir leyendo "
It’s well known that there’s a correlation between sleeping patterns and marijuana usage. Research shows that there are some strains that work better at inducing sleepiness or lowering pain and stress symptoms. This alone makes marijuana an appealing alternative or last resort when nothing else works. Those who are turning towards marijuana to cure insomnia, … Seguir leyendo "
We’ve covered the benefits of exercise for improving the quality of your sleep and how to balance sleep and exercise (click here). In this post we’ll cover the importance of sleep for athletes at all levels, including recent scientific studies that look at the benefits of sleep for recovery after exercise.
Telemedicine was a hot topic at this year’s Sleep conference, a joint meeting of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society, in Denver, Colorado. Telemedicine has been embraced by primary care physicians in rural areas who struggle to arrange for specialist consultations for their patients who have limited access due to the cost … Seguir leyendo "
I talk to many people I encounter in my day-to-day activities about sleep apnea. Recently, I went for my routine eye check and my opthamolgist told me that he can diagnose sleep apnea too! Most often, he has discovered sleep apnea when one of his patients is sedated for surgery, but less often he sees an … Seguir leyendo "
En un nuevo estudio publicado en el Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, los investigadores descubrieron que la duración del sueño está relacionada con la sensibilidad a la insulina y la función de las células beta (tolerancia a la glucosa) en hombres sanos. Aunque los investigadores afirman que las pruebas son circunstanciales y que este estudio no demostró causa y efecto, estudios recientes han mostrado disminuciones similares. Más ... Seguir leyendo "
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