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Craniofacial pain: What are your treatment options?

Craniofacial pain: What are your treatment options?

Are you experiencing chronic facial, neck or head pain? If you are, then you might be suffering from craniofacial pain. And the most common condition associated with craniofacial pain is temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction (TMD). To help you gain a better understanding of your craniofacial pain, here is some background information to consider. What are […]

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Gauging the success of sleep apnea treatment

Gauging the success of sleep apnea treatment

If you suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, are older in age and have reduced body mass index (BMI), it might limit your success of sleep apnea treatment. These are all predictors of upper airway stimulation treatment response. Researchers have found that for each one year increase in age, there is a 9 percent increase in […]

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Less than 6 hours of sleep can hurt blood vessels

Less than 6 hours of sleep can hurt blood vessels

When you don’t get enough sleep, it may lead to health problems. In fact, a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found a potential link between sleeping less than six hours a night and atherosclerotic lesions–the buildup of cholesterol in the wall of your blood vessel–in different blood vessels […]