Are you kids’ grades suffering due to lack of sleep?

With all the demands and luxuries of our culture, many school-aged children are often sleep deprived.

A recent study by Boston College reviewing sleep patterns of students from over 50 countries revealed that the United States has the highest number of sleep-deprived students.  In the study,  73% of 9 and 10 year olds and 80 % of 13 and 14 year olds were identified by their teachers as being adversely affected by lack of sleep.

In comparison, Japan ranked as one of the best in regards to getting enough sleep.

The study consisted of a huge data-gathering process involving the subjects of mathematics, science and reading literacy.

In general the studies revealed that students receiving on average more sleep do better in math, science and reading. In the study,  the Asian education systems dominated the top of the ranking.

What’s to blame for this in our communities?  More affluent countries are at higher risk with sleep experts citing the use of mobile phones and computers in bedrooms as a major problem.

Other factors such as home culture, nutrition, as well as levels of wealth and poverty are being reviewed as influencing factors of achievement.

So what can we do to help your children’s grades? Watch out for their quantity of sleep and remove cell phones and laptops from their bedrooms at night.

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, a premiere snoring and apnea treatment center in Naperville, has been providing the CPAP alternative treatment of oral appliance therapy for over 15 years successfully. We are extremely passionate in helping individuals that have been struggling with CPAP therapy in Naperville, Lisle, Aurora, Bolingbrook and surrounding Chicago suburbs. For more information on this physician recommended treatment option call us at (630)369-5508.

For quite some time, exercise has been shown to help improve people’s problems with being sleepy during the day. But why?

Some of the most common reasons for being fatigued and sleepy include the following:

• Depression
• Obesity
• Diabetes
• Smoking
• Inadequate sleep
• Obstructive sleep apnea

Physical exercise can help with the first 3 conditions above.

There have been studies showing how exercise can help with depression. Physical exercise has also very important to any weight loss program and can help expedite weight loss measures. In diabetes, exercise can help through helping with glucose control.

Many conditions associated with sleepiness are associated with increased levels of substances known as inflammatory markers. These substances, which include C-reactive protein, tissue necrosis factors and interleukins, circulate in the blood and may cause sleepiness. It has been shown that exercise can reduce the levels of these agents. This may be the reason why exercise can help reduce sleepiness.

Of major importance, is that the inflammatory markers are also associated with cardiovascular disease. With exercise reducing the inflammatory markers, it can in return reduce heart disease.

Although there is yet much to learn on all the benefits of exercise, consider adding exercise to your daily routine to help alleviate excessive sleepiness during the day.

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, a premiere snoring and apnea treatment center in Naperville, has been providing the CPAP alternative treatment of oral appliance therapy for over 15 years successfully. We are extremely passionate in helping individuals that have been struggling with CPAP therapy in Naperville, Lisle, Aurora, Bolingbrook and surrounding Chicago suburbs. For more information on this physician recommended treatment option visit www.TiredOfSnoring.com or call us at (630)369-5508.

Although scientists still are trying to find out why people need sleep, research on the sleep of animals show that sleep is necessary for survival.  Some experts believe sleep allows the body to repair itself: during sleep many cells show increased production of proteins, the essentials building blocks needed for cell growth and repair from stress and ultraviolet rays.  The fact that many biochemicals and physiological processes take place during sleep has led to consensus among researchers that adequate sleep is essential to health and wellness.

A look at the impact of sleep loss on physiological and cognitive functions can also help shed on the purpose of sleep.  Some of the functions include memory and attention, complex thoughts, motor response, and emotional control.  But sleep loss does far more than make us grumpy and groggy.  In the past few years, investigators have found that sleep loss may have harmful consequences for our immune system, as well as contribute to serious illness such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension.

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, a premiere snoring and apnea treatment center in Naperville, has been providing the CPAP alternative treatment of oral appliance therapy for over 15 years successfully. For more information on this physician recommended treatment option call us at (630) 369-5508.

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Did you know that most people are not given the option of oral appliance therapy for snoring and apnea after they have been diagnosed with such a sleep disorder? Many of these people are struggling with the drowsiness and fatigue often associated with living untreated snoring and apnea. For years now, oral appliances has been approved and recommended by top experts in the field, but public acceptance is still lagging!  For the majority of cases, professional oral appliances may be the best option, especially for mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), snorers, and those who cannot tolerate CPAP therapy.

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, a premiere snoring and apnea treatment center in Naperville, has been providing the CPAP alternative treatment of oral appliance therapy for over 15 years successfully. We are extremely passionate in helping individuals that have been struggling with CPAP therapy in Naperville, Lisle, Aurora, Bolingbrook and surrounding Chicago suburbs. For more information on this physician recommended treatment option, visit www.TiredOfSnoring.com or call us at (630) 369-5508.

One of the most exciting lectures I attended at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine included that of Combination Therapies for OSA.  Unfortunately, not every case of oral appliance therapy is a success.  It’s always  been difficult for me to tell a patient that their oral appliance therapy has not been successful, especially if that patient has already attempted CPAP therapy with poor results of tolerance. Relatively ‘new’ in the oral device arena attempts to bridge both oral device together with custom made CPAP masks. Although the appearance of these once in place are not much ‘more attractive’ than traditional CPAP masks, these can often result in better seals.  Together adjoining them are mouth pieces that are customized and attached to the CPAP mask.  This “combined” treatment may make it possible for those that are somewhat tolerant of CPAP but not fully successful with oral device therapy.  Although still in its early stage of development, this type of ‘combined treatment’ may give some future hope to apnea sufferers that have not had successful results with both types of treatment independently.

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, a premiere snoring and apnea treatment center in Naperville, has been providing the CPAP alternative treatment of oral appliance therapy for over 15 years successfully. We are extremely passionate in helping individuals that have been struggling with CPAP therapy in Naperville, Lisle, Aurora, Bolingbrook and surrounding Chicago suburbs. For more information on this physician recommended treatment option, visit www.TiredOfSnoring.com or call us at (630) 369-5508.