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Sleep Talk: Episode 22 – How to treat sleep apnea
Sleep apnea is common and can cause significant symptoms. But how can it be treated and how do you decide what treatment to use?
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Sleep Talk: Episode 21 – Why treat sleep apnea?
Many people are seen to have snoring and periods of stopping breathing during sleep. But does everyone who has sleep apnea need treatment?
Having a Home Sleep Study
How are home sleep studies different from laboratory-based studies? Is one better than the other? Why are different types of sleep studies used? There are a range of different types of sleep [...]
What oral appliances are used to treat snoring & sleep apnea?
What’s the difference between oral appliances? Are some better than others? In many cases of snoring or sleep apnea, oral appliances can be used as effective treatments, particularly when [...]
Treating sleep apnea doesn’t reduce cardiovascular events
Sleep apnea is associated with cardiovascular risk. Does CPAP treatment reduce that risk? Treating sleep apnea reduces the risk of future cardiovascular events right? It seems not. An [...]
Does positional therapy help sleep apnea?
What is positional therapy? Can it help reduce snoring and sleep apnea? Around 50% of people with snoring and sleep apnea have it more prominently when they are sleeping on their back, or supine, [...]
What CPAP masks are available?
Need to start on CPAP and wondering what type of masks are available? One of the keys to getting CPAP working well to treat snoring and sleep apnea is getting the mask right. If the mask is [...]
SomnoMed Oral Appliance Therapy for Snoring & Sleep Apnea
Have you got sleep apnea or snoring? Looking for an alternative treatment? Think about oral appliance therapy. For many people, treatment for snoring or obstructive sleep apnea using a device [...]
What is CPAP?
Got sleep apnea and been told you need CPAP? What is CPAP? Many people have heard about CPAP, or even been told they need to use CPAP to treat their sleep apnea, but what is CPAP and how does it [...]
Is snoring bad for you?
Snoring can be annoying, but is snoring bad for you? Snoring is incredibly common and often one of the reasons people come to see me for advice, to reduce the noise of snoring and the impact [...]
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