The Dental Sleep Masters foundation based in New Jersey was founded by Dr. Avi Weisfogel. Avi Weisfogel has in-depth knowledge about sleeping disorders and a wide experience of over 15 years in helping individuals with dental problems get the right treatment. Since the establishment of his dental office called Old Bridge Dental Care in 1999, he has been practicing as a dentist and expanding his extensive skills in the field. He has also received numerous accolades as Best Dentist over the years. Dr. Weisfogel pursued a Bachelor’s in biology and psychology from Rutgers University and a DDS certification from New York University College of Dentistry.…
The recommendations for David to improve his sleeping patterns would be to help him develop a weight-loss program, as weight loss improves sleep. Teaching the patient to try elevating the head of his bed using extra pillows to prevent him from sleeping on his back, encouraging him to avoid or limit the consumption of alcohol, caffeine, and, nicotine before bedtime which can make the problem worse (Potter & Perry, 2013, p. 954). 3. Julie and David tell you that they are concerned about their 6-year-old daughter. She just started school and is having sleep problems.…
Sleeping is something we spend doing approximately one third of our human life cycle and can vary in quality from one night to another and have a tremendous impact on our daily performance when we awake the next morning by either having a lousy day or having a productive day. “Some 70 million people in the United States have a sleep problem. About 40 million adults suffer from a chronic sleep disorder; an additional 20 – 30 million have intermittent sleep-related…
During the study the patient had a very difficult time initializing and maintaining sleep due to her very restless legs. She…
An under appreciated driving hazard is the lack of sleep. In fact, many people are cavalier about driving while fatigued. Although driving under the influence of alcohol carries much social stigma, the same can't be said of driving when tired. Yet both forms of impairment are equally dangerous and cause too many fatalities on our roads and highways.…
You cannot underestimate the power of a goodnight’s sleep, and it is paramount you have plenty of it every other night. To make sure that this happens, for you and your partner, you must take it upon yourselves to make the ultimate choice of the ideal mattress to go for. It is a definite that there is no one “best” mattress, but you can surely narrow down your priorities in order to get the next best thing. Helix Sleep has chipped in to make your and your partner’s sleeping nights all the more worthwhile with its top standard mattress products. The Helix mattress is simply superb and high quality - best mattress for couples with different weights.…
Central sleep apnea is a disorder in which your breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep and contributes to heart failure which links your brain to your spinal cord and controls many functions such as heart rate. Nonetheless, there are certain factors which will more likely lead to increased risks among several individuals which are associated with central sleep apnea: especially among males who are more predispose to develop central sleep apnea than are females and Central sleep apnea is more common among older adults, especially adults older than age 65, possibly due to the fact that they may have other medical conditions or sleep patterns that are more likely to cause central sleep apnea. In addition people with atria fibrillation…
Sleep problems are very common and can affect people in different ways. It can occur for a…
Inadequate sleep occurs within 25 percent of U.S. adults, roughly 15 out of every 30 days adults report insufficient sleep or rest. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemiology Program Office 2009) The awareness of sleep health education and promotion strategies are desperately needed to address the importance of sleep health across age, race, education, and socioeconomic groups. (Healthy People 2020) In awareness of sleep health education programs implemented can increase awareness of common sleep disorders, such as insomnia, restless leg syndrome, and SDB. (Healthy People 2020) Sleep health education programs are much needed in workplaces, where they can educate and promote better work schedules and motivate their employees to reframe from working longer hours and therein reduce the risk to health and safety. (Healthy People…
Inability of the vulnerable person to sleep or tendency to spend long periods in bed…
The purpose of this paper is to examine the current evidence supporting the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in the management of insomnia in the older adult. Analysis of evidence derived from current studies will influence practice change recommendations and provider interventions at the primary care level. The change in practice at the primary care…
There are “roughly 64 million insomniacs in the United States” (Chamberlin, 2008). People who suffer with insomnia often have a hard time “falling asleep, staying asleep, and/or waking up too early” (Dowdell & Huffman, 2014, p. 162). There are, however, ways to treat this disorder so the people who suffer with it can rest a little bit better at night. Jack Edinger, psychologist at Duke University, uses cognitive behavioral therapy as his main way to help treat his patients and get them back to sleeping normally. Through this therapy, he helps patients understand how much sleep they need and how they can become calm before going to sleep.…
The diagnosis process begins with a patient making an appointment with either a family doctor or a sleep specialist. The sleep specialist will then, most-likely, recommend doing a sleep lab study or an at home study. There a pros and cons to both of these. The at home studies are becoming more common, and are cheaper to the patient. Also, with sleep studies done at home, the patient is likely more comfortable which can lead to different sleep habits/findings. With sleep lab studies the patient can be monitored more closely, and these studies are often split into half of a night of observation, and then half of a night of testing different treatments and the patient’s response to these…
Only two studies were retrospective studies out of twenty studies. All other studies reviewed for paper were prospective studies. There were nineteen studies conducted in older age population. Only one study was done to analyze youth stroke (Zhang et.al, 2014). All nineteen studies had enrolled both men and women for their research while only one study was piloted for men only. Ten studies were conducted in United States, two each in Japan, United Kingdom and Spain while one each in Sweden, Germany, Taiwan and China. The topic of ten studies was sleep apnea, seven studies were on sleep duration, two studies had insomnia and one covered all sleeping disorders. General population was used for fouteen studies whereas hospital patients…
Affecting an estimate of 250,000 Americans, narcolepsy is considered to be another type of common sleep disorders. People who suffer from this disorder have recurrent episodes of sleep attacks during the day even if they had plenty of sleep the night before. The sleep attacks that a person with narcolepsy has can last up to thirty minutes (Berger w.p.). It may be hard for people who suffer from narcolepsy to stay awake for a long period of time. Narcolepsy causes extreme disruptions in the regular routine of people’s life. People who suffer from this disorder, most commonly start to experience symptoms between the ages of ten to twenty-five. The symptoms of this disorder include: excessive daytime sleepiness, sudden loss of muscle tone, sleep…