What if playing a musical instrument could help your sleep apnea? A 2005 study from the University of Zurich, which was published in The British Medical Journal, found that playing the didgeridoo may actually be an effective sleep apnea treatment. What is a Didgeridoo? Before we talk about the study and its results, let’s talk…
Sleeping well at night is important. Everyone wants to wake up feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the day ahead. Rest is important to your overall health because it allows your body to repair and restore your energy levels. Lack of sleep is bad for you. It’s easy to be irritable or grumpy when you…
Stress is a part of everyday life – even for seniors. In your retirement years, you trade the stresses of working a job and raising a family for the stresses of finding a new purpose and coping with loss. Finding the source of the stress can be a challenge, but one thing is for sure:…
Sleep apnea is common, and there are more than 200,000 people per year that are diagnosed with this condition. Even sleepers as young as 0 – 2 can be impacted by sleep apnea, but the largest group of suffers is in the 41+ bracket. Age and obesity are the largest factors and men have a…
If it seems like your partner is snoring louder than ever, you’re not imagining things. While snoring can start at any age, it occurs more often as we age, and it tends to get worse over time. Snoring may seem like nothing more than annoyance to your partner, but it can be a sign of…