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A new study shows that objectively measured heavy snoring is an independent risk factor for early carotid atherosclerosis, which may progress to be associated with stroke.

In a study of 110 adults, the prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis was 20 percent with mild snoring, 32 percent with moderate snoring and 64 percent with heavy snoring.

After adjustment for age, gender, smoking history and hypertension, heavy snoring was significantly associated with carotid atherosclerosis.

“Heavy snorers may be at risk for the development of carotid atherosclerosis, which is the leading cause of stroke,” said lead author and study coordinator Sharon Lee. “Heavy snorers…should have a review of all their risk factors for vascular disease.”

The study is the first to objectively measure and quantify snoring, rather than using a questionnaire, to explore the association between sleep-disordered breathing and carotid atherosclerosis.

According to Lee, the high prevalence of snoring in the community means that these findings have substantial public health implications for the management of carotid atherosclerosis and the prevention of stroke.

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With more than half of all U.S. households affected by snoring, there is new hope for the enormous number of sleep-deprived snorers and their loved ones.

Coming from Australia in the unexpected form of a sterling silver ring called the “Therapeutic Snore Ring.”

As an alternative to surgery and other invasive, uncomfortable or burdensome treatments, the Snore Ring has been proven to work for the vast majority who try it in Australia - and is making its long-awaited formal US launch this month.

The human body requires about 7-8 hours of undisturbed sleep each night to allow optimal alertness and the physical and mental regeneration required for general good health.

Those awakened continually by snoring can suffer from unnatural drowsiness, irritability, lack of focus or attentiveness, low libido, dry or sore throat, and a number of other maladies.

The Snore Ring requires no medicines or sprays, no surgery, and no large uncomfortable devices placed into the mouth.

It’s a sterling silver ring carefully designed to apply firm but gentle pressure to a specific area of the little finger which, through principles of acupressure, create a relaxed, calming effect to areas of the nose and throat.

—Here are few lifestyle changes that can help to reduce your sleep apnea problem!

When you are suffering with sleep apnea, it is possible that you snore during sleep at night.

So, if you reduce your snoring, probably, it can help you better in the treatment of your sleep apnea.

As you already know, sleep apnea is quite dangerous condition that can possibly turn fatal for you.

If you have sleep apnea, it is very important for you to be under the guidance of experienced physician to get right treatment at right time.

This is because of the reason that sleep apnea can become a major contributing factor for strokes and heart problems.

However, along with your sleep apnea treatment, if you control your snoring, it can become an added advantage for you.

There are many ways and lifestyle changes that you can consider to reduce snoring associated with your sleep apnea. Here are a couple of those lifestyle changes that you can employ to deal with your sleep apnea problem.

Quit smoking!

If you smoke a lot, just try to quit as soon as possible. It is quite easy to say, but implementing this in your routine life can become tough task for you.

If your sleep is being interrupted by the annoying habit of snoring, learning different ways to get better snoring relief is the best solution for your problem.

However, certain extreme circumstances or loud snoring, gasping breaths imply more serious health condition and need immediate and effective medical treatment.

Fortunately, getting better snoring relief is not as tough as you think. You can make these simple and necessary lifestyle changes to get better snoring relief.

Change your sleep position!

Usually snoring mainly takes place when the soft palate, tongue, tonsils, uvula and other muscles in your back throat rub each other and as a result generates a vibrating sound during sleep. Snoring occurs only when you lie on back and your tongue falls back.

So, if you are among those snorers who lie on their back, sleep on your sides that will help you to get better snoring relief.

Avoid alcohol and other sedatives!

Anything that causes sedation such as low dose alcohol or sleeping pills also causes snoring, as they tend to suppress your breathing process. So, avoid drinking alcohol or using other sedatives to get better sleep, in turn to stop snoring during your sleep.

The pill, known only by the codename BGC20-0166, is a combination of two existing drugs that affect areas of the brain associated with muscles in the airway and airflow.

The apnoea-hypopnea index - a measure of the frequency and severity of breathing pauses through the night - was recorded in overnight studies after 14 days and again after 28 days.

Those who were taking the new pill showed a 40 per cent reduction in symptoms - with patients suffering no side-effects.

Three out of ten people on the new drug had a 50 per cent reduction in symptoms [Remedies to stop snoring].

The drug is being developed by BTG, a life sciences company based in London and Philadelphia.

Thomas Roth, director of the Sleep Disorders and Research Centre at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, claims that taking a daily pill can curb a common snoring disorder affecting thousands of people.

Researchers have begun trialling a drug which helps manage obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSA).

However Marianne Davey, director of the British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea Association, issued a warning. She said: “At the moment, the consensus is that there is no drug therapy that would be completely successful in treating OSA.”

The new study made by the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center says that the surgery which is made to remove the adenoids and tonsils of the children will be successful for short-term only.

Mostly, children who are obese will have very few chances of success in surgery of chronic snoring as several complications will be involved in surgery and those things will not make it successful [Remedies to stop snoring].

Other than the obese children, the African-American children will also have the less success rate in the chronic snoring surgery to remove adenoids and tonsils. In some cases, it tend to relapse and even worsen. The clear reason for this situation will not be able to find easily as there are several factors involved in it.

Adenotonsillectomy is the surgery which will be performed on children to remove their tonsils and adenoids. This is not a rare surgery; most children are undergoing this surgery.

According to the latest research on the children who undergone this surgery found some facts i.e. out of 10,000 children in Canada, 19 members have undergone this surgery, similarly in US, out of 10000 children, 50 members and in Netherlands, out of 10000 children, 115 members have received this surgery.

According to the latest research, it has been found that children who are suffering with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) are more likely to face several respiratory problems when compared to the normal children of the same age without OSA.

Experts say that this situation arises in children who are suffering with Obstructive Sleep Apnea because they do not contain the same airway closing as the normal children without OSA.

The study performed by jingtao huang, PhD of children’s hospital of Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania has proved some facts.

In their study, they considered 9 children who are suffering with Obstructive Sleep Apnea syndrome and 12 normal children. They conducted upper airway perception tests for both groups of children i.e. with OSAs and without OSAs.

In their tests, they found that the children who are suffering with OSA have developed several respiratory problems because they are not getting support from the protective neurologic responses where as the normal children are getting them.

Due to this problem, children who are suffering with obstructive sleep apnea had increase in their airway muscle tone as a response for the negative pressure. It also increased the breathing load or high carbon dioxide levels are taken in due to this change. Breathing high carbon dioxide levels certainly had negative effects and several lung or respiratory problems results due to this problem.

Snoring is thought to be disturbing the partner or other family members or it can cause lack of sleep. But, according to the new Research by Hungarian scientists, snoring can damage your arteries, which can result in stroke.

When you suffer from snoring, your tongue falls back into the throat. If your throat is completely blocked, you cannot be able to breathe for few seconds. Your blood pressure rises when you struggle to breathe. Elevated blood pressure can damage your carotid arteries that line the sides of the neck.

Calcium and cholesterol are attracted by injured areas, which stick to them and gather into calcified plaques. These plaques block flow of blood to the brain, resulting in stroke.