common sleep disorders

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common chronic disorder characterized by repeated episodes of upper airway obstruction during sleep.

We live in a 24/7 society and many of us burn the candle at both ends, utilizing that time for work, watching television, spending time on the internet…basically anything other than sleeping. However, according to research from the National Institutes of Health, at least 40 million Americans struggle with a chronic sleep disorder annually. To highlight the […]

Approximately 70 million Americans suffer from one sleep disorder or another. Sleep disorders are characterized by any conditions that prevent a person from getting restful sleep. The dangerous part isn’t the actual sleep loss, but the dysfunction it causes during the waking hour when we are operating motor vehicles, work-associated machinery, and so forth. Here […]