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Why a Custom Oral Appliance Excels in Treating Sleep Apnea

You’re one of the millions of Americans who has sleep apnea, and you may want the path of least resistance when it comes to resolving the sleep disorder. A custom oral appliance can certainly fit the bill.

Nov 6th, 2023

How Does Home Sleep Testing Work?

You have daytime symptoms that point toward a nighttime problem, namely sleep apnea, and you want answers. The first step is to conduct an at-home sleep study, and here’s how this simple test works.

Oct 1st, 2023

How Can Sleep Apnea Affect Your Mental Well-being?

Sleep apnea, which affects millions of people in the United States, can lead to a host of serious problems, and some involve your mental health. From anxiety to depression, sleep apnea can take its toll on your mental well-being.

Sep 1st, 2023

Is Sleep Loss as Dangerous as Alcohol When Driving?

Whether you get behind the wheel after a few drinks or after being awake for 24 hours, you run a much greater risk of harming yourself or others. Here’s how alcohol and lack of sleep can have similar effects when you’re driving.

Aug 1st, 2023

5 Consequences of Poor Sleep

About one-third of adults in the United States aren’t getting the restorative sleep they need, which can lead to some serious, and surprising, health consequences. Here’s a look at five side effects of poor sleep.

May 1st, 2023

Nothing Is Helping My Sleep Apnea: What Should I Do?

Like one billion other people around the world, you have sleep apnea. What you don’t have is a satisfactory solution for the problem. Here, we review the many different ways we can approach sleep apnea.

Apr 1st, 2023

Now Is the Time: How Cultivating a Healthier Lifestyle Today Supports Lifelong Wellness

As we enter a new year, you want to make wellness a top priority, but you don’t know where to begin. Revamping an unhealthy lifestyle may seem daunting, but it’s achievable and well worth the effort.

Jan 2nd, 2023

Untreated Sleep Apnea and Depression: What's the Connection?

Both the prevalence of sleep apnea and depression have risen considerably over the past two decades, and the connection is far from coincidental. Here’s a look at the two-way relationship between the two health conditions.

Dec 15th, 2022

Can Dietary Changes Help Me Reverse Prediabetes?

A whopping 96 million adults in the United States have prediabetes, and there are steps they can take to prevent crossing over into the chronic condition of diabetes — starting with nutrition. Here’s a look.

Nov 1st, 2022

The Link Between Nutrition and Sleep

Separately, a healthy diet and restorative sleep are two of the most important pieces in your overall wellness puzzle. But are these two areas linked? The short answer is, “Yes,” and the connection is complex.

Sep 4th, 2022

The Health Risks That Come With Sleep Apnea

If you’ve just heard about sleep apnea —even if you suspect you have it — you may be tempted to minimize its importance and avoid treating it. After all, what’s so bad about snoring? But sleep apnea can be extremely dangerous and needs to be addressed.

Aug 2nd, 2022

Does My Dry Throat Mean I Have a Sleep Disorder?

A healthy throat is pink, shiny, moist, and pain-free. If your throat feels dry, a number of conditions and habits could cause it, including a cold or breathing through your mouth instead of your nose. Another common cause is a sleep disorder.

Jul 6th, 2022

Is Sleep Apnea a Permanent Condition?

You snore at night and feel tired when you wake up in the morning. Your doctor says you have sleep apnea. But what is sleep apnea? Is it something you have to live with and manage for the rest of your life? Or is it curable?

May 3rd, 2022

How Sugar Impacts Your Body

Sugar is oh so sweet, oh so delicious, and oh so everywhere … including in many unsweet processed foods. You may be tempted to ignore reports and articles that vilify your favorite sweetener. But sugar and your body just shouldn’t mix. Here’s why.

Apr 4th, 2022

Using Heat and Ice Therapy to Alleviate Your TMJ Pain

If you have TMJ pain, you may not want to take drugs or undergo surgery to get relief. Mild TMJ pain can be relieved with easy-to-adopt lifestyle adjustments and at-home treatments. One DIY way to treat TMJ is with heat and ice therapy. Here’s how.

Mar 7th, 2022

How to Help Your Family Get Healthy in 2022

You know that your family needs to eat well and exercise regularly to stay healthy. But did you know that they need to sleep well, too? Sleep disorders are growing in the United States, putting women, men, and children of all ages at risk of disease.

Feb 3rd, 2022

Understanding the Different Types of Sleep Apnea

If you feel tired during the day or doze off while driving or reading, you may have sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a significant breathing disorder that can endanger your life. The type of treatment you need depends on the type of sleep apnea you have.

Jan 6th, 2022

The Benefits of a Seeing a Healthy Lifestyle Specialist

Paleo. Keto. DASH. Exercise in the morning. Or maybe at night? If the glut of information about healthy lifestyles makes your head spin, you’d benefit from individualized guidance. A healthy lifestyle specialist helps you find what’s best for you.

Nov 16th, 2021

The Link Between Bruxism and TMJ

Your jaw hurts. Pops. Clicks. Gets stuck when you open or close it. If you have those symptoms, you probably have temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder. You also probably grind your teeth — a habit called bruxism — whether you know it or not.

Oct 1st, 2021

What Triggers Make Me More at Risk for Sleep Apnea?

Behind the epidemic of diseases like Alzheimer’s and obesity that plague our modern society lies another epidemic: It’s an epidemic of sleeplessness caused by everything from overwork to sleep apnea. Sleep apnea has lifestyle-related triggers.

Sep 8th, 2021

The Dangers of Having Sleep-Disordered Breathing

Sleep-disordered breathing sounds serious, and it is. But one of its hallmarks — snoring — doesn’t sound “serious” at all. Make no mistake: Snoring is serious, too. Here’s what happens when you don’t breathe well when you’re supposed to be asleep.

Aug 23rd, 2021

Five Health Benefits of Getting More Sleep

If you believe that sleep is a waste of eight hours a day, you might want to re-think that opinion and add restorative rest to your health tool kit. Sleep, in fact, is a simple hack that improves every aspect of your life.

Jul 14th, 2021

How Workplace Wellness Improves Productivity

When your brain’s fired up and your body’s energized, it’s easier to focus, solve problems, and get the job done in record time. Wouldn’t you like a whole staff that operates in that kind of optimized state? Welcome to Workplace Wellness Solutions.

Jul 1st, 2021

The Major Effects Untreated Sleep Apnea Can Have on Your Health

You just ignore your snoring. After all, it doesn’t wake you up. Or does it? If your snoring is related to a condition called sleep apnea, you might not be getting much sleep at all. And that takes a toll on your health.

Jun 22nd, 2021

How Regular Exercise Can Overhaul Your Health

If you’re looking for one of the simplest, most cost-effective, and powerful hacks to completely overhaul your health, look no further than exercise. Moving your body regularly is almost as important as getting enough sleep. Here’s why.

May 4th, 2021

Are You Groggy All Day? It Could Be Sleep Apnea

You get about 7-9 hours of sleep, as recommended. But you still feel like…. well, less than optimal. If you’re groggy and slow throughout your day, you might not be sleeping as well or as much as you think. You might have sleep apnea.

Apr 20th, 2021

Make These Simple Diet Choices and You'll Feel Much Healthier

If you feel sluggish and can’t lose those last pounds, you might not be eating too much. You might just be eating the wrong foods. Poor food choices load you with calories without supplying nutrients. Change your diet, and you change how you feel.

Mar 1st, 2021

Complications of Sleep Apnea

If you think snoring and sleep apnea are minor annoyances without serious repercussions, think again. Untreated sleep apnea can lead to life-threatening complications. Sleep apnea also compromises your ability to function optimally.

Feb 1st, 2021

Take Charge of Your Health This Year Through Nutrition

If you could make only one New Year’s resolution, it should be to optimize your health through good nutrition. Our cells need macronutrients and micronutrients to thrive. If you want to be fit and healthy for life, nutrition is where you start.

Jan 14th, 2021

The Connection Between Teeth Grinding and a TMJ Disorder

Your jaw hurts. Why? You don’t clench your jaw, talk up a storm, or chew wads of gum all day. While your daytime habits might not cause your TMJ disorder, your nighttime habits could. You might grind your teeth as you sleep.

Dec 15th, 2020

Diabetes and Your Dental Health

Each organ and system in your body affects how well your entire body functions and feels. If you have diabetes, you may think your condition is all about your blood sugar. It’s not. It’s about your teeth and overall health, too.

Oct 9th, 2020

Sleep Apnea Treatments That Work

You’re tired of being tired. You suspect that you have sleep apnea, but you dread the thought of using a CPAP machine or undergoing surgery. Good news: Easy, non-surgical treatments for sleep apnea work as well or better than both of those options.

Sep 23rd, 2020

How Do Integrative and Traditional Dental Medicine Differ?

Your teeth don’t exist in a vacuum. Your dental and oral health are influenced by the health of your entire body. If you choose an integrative dentist, you’ll improve your teeth … and every other aspect of your wellness.

Aug 19th, 2020

Did You Know Quality Sleep Improves Cognitive Health and Energy?

You eat plenty of vegetables and fruits. You drink lots of filtered water. You exercise regularly to feel strong and alert. But if you’re not sleeping well, you’re not doing all you can for your mental, physical, and emotional health.

Jul 24th, 2020

How We Can Help You Find Relief from that Aching Jaw, Face, and Teeth

Your jaw clicks when you open it. You don’t sleep well, and your ears ring. These three seemingly unrelated symptoms can all be caused by a disorder in your temporomandibular joints (TMJ). When you soothe your TMJ disorder, your symptoms resolve.

Jun 17th, 2020

It's Not Just Snoring: The Dangers of Sleep Apnea and How We Can Help

If you’ve been told you snore, don’t ignore it. Snoring is often a sign of obstructive sleep apnea, a serious disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts throughout the night. Read on to learn how Dana Rockey, DMD, screens and treats patients s

May 1st, 2020