Aging and sleep: Making changes for brain health
As a neuropsychologist, my research interests have focused on the link between sleep and cognitive health. As I have gotten older, I have personally come to appreciate the restorative power of a good night’s sleep for thinking, memory, and functioning at my best.
Sleep affects our overall health, including our hormones and immune system. Neurobiological processes that occur during sleep have a profound impact on brain health, and as a result, they influence mood, energy level, and cognitive fitness. Numerous studies have shown that structural and physiological changes that occur in the brain during sleep affect capacity ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Margaret O'Connor, PhD, ABPP Tags: Brain and cognitive health Healthy Aging Sleep Source Type: blogs
Thinking about rhinoplasty?
A rhinoplasty, or nose job, is surgery performed to alter the way your nose functions and looks. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, nearly 220,000 rhinoplasties are performed yearly, making this the most common facial plastic surgery procedure. Rhinoplasty can simultaneously help you improve breathing and achieve a more balanced appearance.
Is rhinoplasty right for me?
A common medical reason for rhinoplasty is difficulty breathing through the nose. Nasal obstruction can cause problems with exercise, disturb sleep, contribute to snoring and sleep apnea, or interfere with other activities. If medical tre...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 6, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David A. Shaye, MD, MPH Tags: Cosmetic surgery Ear, nose, and throat Source Type: blogs
Elevo Kit Snoring Intervention Device Cleared in United States
Cook Medical and Zelegent, a company out of La Jolla, California, announced that the FDA cleared the Elevo Kit Snoring Intervention Device. The Elevo is used to position special sutures so as to lift the soft palate, the rear roof of the mouth. Alexander K. Arrow, MD, the CEO of Zelegent, which developed the Elevo, likens the procedure to a facelift, but for the soft palate. Cook Medical will be leading the distribution efforts.
Zelegent has named the procedure “elevoplasty,” which can be performed under local anesthesia in the physician’s office. Three bi-directional resorbable barbed sutures are deliver...
Source: Medgadget - January 30, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: ENT Source Type: blogs
GO2SLEEP: AI-Powered Device for Restful Sleep
The Go2Sleep Home Sleep Test is a revolutionary device on monitoring and improving your sleep quality. It elevates comfort while maintaining almost the same detecting accuracy of a pulse oximeter, but with a lot more key information. The precise data gathered would then help generate a comprehensive sleep report, just for you.
Based on the data, the smart App would come up with personal tips and recommendations for you on how to improve your sleep quality. By synchronizing with our smart App, you can conveniently keep an eye of the sleep quality of yourself and your family.
The device is magnetically charged in its cradle...
Source: Medgadget - October 24, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: SleepOn Tags: Sponsored Content Source Type: blogs
The Top Sleep Sensors For Expert Level Tracking
Sleep sensors are accurate tools on the digital health technology market to offer insights into our snooze, and reliable companions to improve bedtime. If you want to go beyond sleep apps, we collected the top sleep sensors out there to make your choice easier.
Sleep like a boss
The amount of sleep was often a great concern for world leaders. Margaret Thatcher said that she only needed four hours of sleep at night. When Napoleon Bonaparte was asked how many hours of sleep people need, he is said to have replied: “Six for a man, seven for a woman, eight for a fool.”
However, research shows enough sleep is vital to brain...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 11, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Medical Professionals Patients Researchers digital health future health trackers Innovation personalized personalized health sleep sleep sensor sleep tracking technology wearables Source Type: blogs
The Top Sleep Apps To Start Your Bedtime Tracking Journey
Instead of angels, dragons or unicorns, trackers may guard your dreams in the 21st century – which at least gives you a chance to gain more insight into your sleep data and actually improve your bedtime. If you want to become the master of sleep tracking, start with an app. Here, we collected the top sleep apps to choose from!
With data for a better bedtime
Research shows that humans spend one-third of their lives with sleeping or at least attempting to do so. If you have trouble with the snooze, there have been many traditional and non-traditional, legal and illegal methods to help: sleeping pills, booze, marijuana, inh...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Medical Professionals Patients android app apps fitness future iphone Personalized medicine sleep sleep app sleep sensor sleep tracker smartphone technology wearables Source Type: blogs
HOW TO Measure Sleep?
Are you counting sheep, taking sleeping pills or do any other tricks to fall asleep at night? Do you wake up at random intervals? Are you stressed even if you have to think about going to bed? You have to try sleep tracking, the most comfortable and efficient part of the digital health movement. Here, we show you the ins and outs of how to sleep better.
How do you know whether you need sleep tracking?
Every single one of us needs sleep tracking – as everyone gets some sleep and every now and then has quality or quantity issues. Let us explain that. There is a lot of confusion about rest and the amount of necessary shutey...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 9, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Medical Professionals Patients apps fitness future Healthcare Innovation personalized health Personalized medicine sleep sleep app sleep sensor sleep tracker sleep tracking sleeping smartphone te Source Type: blogs
SleepScore Lab ’s Non-Contact, No Hardware Sleep Monitoring System: Product Review and Interview with CEO
It has been less than a year since Medgadget tried out SleepScore Lab’s SleepScore Max, the company’s second generation of sleep monitoring devices, following the S+ system. Today, we’re onto their third offering: the SleepScore App. While both S+ and SleepScore Max systems paired hardware and software in a combined offering, the latest release from SleepScore Labs is an app-only product that does not require the use of any hardware peripherals to monitor a user’s sleep.
Previously, the company’s hardware scanned the user while sleeping. Now, this functionality comes directly from smartphone s...
Source: Medgadget - October 5, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Cardiology Exclusive Medicine Source Type: blogs
EverSleep Wearable Sleep Tracker: Product Review and Interview with CEO
Readers might recall the 2017 Indiegogo campaign by SomnoHealth to create EverSleep, a wearable sleep tracker with built-in oxygenation monitoring. The campaign reached 224% of its original goal in addition to receiving a $50k Arrow Electronics Flash Funding Grant and recognition as a 2017 National Sleep Foundation SleepTech 2017 Semifinalist. Today, the EverSleep device is available for $199.99, while the accompanying mobile app can be downloaded from either the Apple or Google Play stores. In addition to monitoring blood oxygenation, the device captures data to provide insight into movement while sleeping, snoring, pulse...
Source: Medgadget - September 21, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Cardiology Exclusive Medicine Rehab Source Type: blogs
ZEEQ, World ’s “Smartest Pillow”: A Medgadget Review
Conclusion
Transforming a pillow into a smart one is not an easy feat. REM-Fit’s ZEEQ succeeded in offering several exciting smart features to improve one’s sleep quality. However, there is room for improvement when it comes to its snore monitor/alarm and app speed. So, does a smart pillow really make for a better pillow? I think it comes down to whether or not you feel like you would benefit from all of the smart features ZEEQ offers. ZEEQ is ideal for those with a history of snoring and who enjoy listening to audio while falling asleep. It is a comfortable pillow, but comfort alone may not justify its $200 price tag....
Source: Medgadget - September 19, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Kenan Raddawi Tags: Cardiology Exclusive Medicine Rehab Source Type: blogs
Managing sleep problems – a medication-free approach (iv)
The fourth step in learning to sleep well within an ACT framework, is build. My previous posts were: Discover and Accept and Welcome.
In build, we’re beginning to build new practices. This is about learning how much sleep you need, and when you need to head to bed and wake up again.
I know when I had trouble sleeping at night (I refused to call it insomnia, but it most definitely was!), I thought I’d tried everything to help. I had used all the sleep hygiene strategies like no devices in bed, no TV in bed, do some relaxation as I lay down, have a regular bed-time and wake-up time – and one of the things I...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Coping Skills Clinical reasoning ACT - Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Science in practice Health healthcare Resilience Therapeutic approaches biopsychosocial coping strategies Source Type: blogs
Assessing problems with sleep and pain – ii
Last week I wrote about my approach to assessing sleep problems in those with persistent pain. As an ex-insomniac I’ve spent a while learning about sleep so I can understand what’s going on, and why sleep can be such a problem. In this week’s post I want to dig a little deeper into what’s going on with poor sleep, as well as some of the unique features of sleep in people experiencing persistent pain.
Having reviewed the five main areas that are fundamental (and can/should be assessed by anyone working with people who experience persistent pain), the next area I want to look at with people is mood. T...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - June 17, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Assessment Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Health Pain conditions Research biopsychosocial coping disability function pain management treatment Source Type: blogs
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea – Cardiology MCQ
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea usually occurs:
a) After sleep deprivation
b) 10 – 15 minutes after the onset of sleep
c) 2 – 4 hours after onset of sleep
d) During an episode of snoring
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Source: Cardiophile MD - May 11, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
Does your child need a tonsillectomy?
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Tonsillectomies are one of the most common surgeries performed on children — but the decision to do one should not be taken lightly.
In 1965, there were about a million tonsillectomies (with or without adenoidectomy, a surgery often done at the same time) performed on children younger than 15 years old. By 2006 that number had dropped by half, and by 2010 it had dropped by half again.
Why the drop? Well, complications are common. In fact, one in five children who have a tonsillectomy has a complication. The most common is breathing difficulty, which can affect one in 10. Bleeding affects on...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Ear, nose, and throat Parenting Surgery Source Type: blogs
Dr. Google: The top 10 health searches in 2017
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Ever wonder what other people are wondering about? I know I do.
So, here are the top 10 health searches in Google for 2017. And just so you don’t have to look each one up, I’ve provided a brief answer. You’re welcome.
1. What causes hiccups?
I was surprised this one made it to the top 10 list of health searches. Maybe this search is common because hiccups are as mysterious as they are universal. I’ve written about hiccups before, but let’s just say the cause in any individual person is rarely known or knowable. Then again, the reason hiccups stop is also unknown.
Some triggers...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - February 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
