How to Use and Clean Your CPAP Equipment
Photo Credit: BigStockPhoto.com CPAP/Bi-level Overview What it is: A CPAP or Bi-level machine delivers air through a mask while a patient sleeps. CPAP is a pressure to help your airway stay inflated...
View Article4 Things Every Distressed Sleeper Should Know About Sleep Studies
4 Things Every Distressed Sleeper Should Know About Sleep Studies Sleep is a necessity to live a life filled with health, energy, and happiness. If you frequently feel like you are lacking in adequate...
View ArticleSymptoms of 3 Common Sleep Disorders You Should Not Ignore
Symptoms of 3 Common Sleep Disorders You Should Not Ignore Sleep disorders can morph your needed, relaxing sleep into a much dreaded activity. If you struggle to fall asleep, stay asleep, or frequently...
View ArticleWho Should Treat My Sleep Apnea: A Sleep Doctor or My PCP?
For people who suspect they have sleep apnea, as well as for those who are already struggling with this sleep disorder, the answer to this question isn’t always clear. Fortunately, a new study just...
View ArticleValley Sleep Center Now Providing Dental Sleep Medicine Oral Appliance Therapy
Dr. Barry Freydberg DDS (Phoenix, AZ) October 10, 2016 – Valley Sleep Center is now providing oral appliance therapy as a treatment for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. Oral appliance therapy will...
View ArticleWhen Allergies Threaten Your Sleep: 17 Tips for a Good Night’s Rest
Spring is here, and the desert is in full bloom! Though it makes for beautiful scenery, it can wreak havoc on one’s allergies. Allergies, or allergic rhinitis, strikes when allergens in the air are...
View ArticleWhy You Should Keep a Sleep Diary
Do you wake up earlier than you’d like or have trouble falling asleep at night and staying asleep? Are you excessively tired throughout the day and/or having difficulty concentrating at work or school?...
View ArticleSleep Paralysis – Know the Facts
Sleep paralysis is a sleep disorder that can be quite unsettling for the sufferer. It causes a person to pass between consciousness and sleep with the inability to speak or move. The sufferer may feel...
View ArticleValley Sleep Center Now Offering Oral Appliances for Sleep Apnea Treatment
Valley Sleep Center is now offering their patients oral appliance therapy, a new alternative to the traditional CPAP treatment for sleep apnea. Oral appliances for sleep apnea repositions the jaw, so...
View ArticleWhat’s the Most Effective Non-Drug Treatment for Insomnia?
Insomnia is a common sleep disorder associated with problems falling asleep, remaining asleep, and/or early morning awakenings. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine explains that the disorder is...
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