Sentences with phrase «breathing disorder affecting»

There is currently no drug treatment for sleep apnea, a sleep breathing disorder affecting about 30 million individuals in the United States.

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In addition to medication (Zoloft and very occasionally 1/2 of a Xanax), the laundry list of things that are helping me recover (in no particular order) includes: sleep, finding more time for myself, yoga, exercise, abdominal breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, meditation, educating myself by reading books and web sites about anxiety disorder — what causes it, who it often affects, how to deal with it, etc., seeing a therapist on a regular basis, reiki, taking vitamins and supplements, and reducing my commitments.

There are reasons to believe that sleep - disordered breathing would affect children's behavior, according to Beebe.

The disorder, which causes a person to briefly stop breathing when asleep, affects over 100 million people globally and is estimated to be undiagnosed 80 - 90 % of the time.

«Our study provides further evidence that sleep - disordered breathing negatively affects attention, processing speed and memory, which are robust predictors of cognitive decline,» said senior study author Susan Redline, MD, MPH, Peter C. Farrell Professor of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

The Division of Pulmonary Medicine deals with the breath of life in all its aspects: control of breathing; sleep disorders; obstruction to airflow in the common diseases of upper and lower airways such as croup, bronchiolitis, asthma, cystic fibrosis, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia; restriction to lung function from disorders affecting the chest wall, the musculature, the nervous system, or lung tissue itself; congenital anomalies; accidents such as inhalation of foreign bodies, hydrocarbons, or toxic gases; secondary effects of non-pulmonary system disorders such as gastrointestinal reflux, myopathy, or cardiac dysfunction; disease of the upper respiratory tract including rhinitis and sinusitis; and so on.

Your sleep disturbances may be caused by factors that affect many women beginning at midlife, such as sleep - disordered breathing (known as sleep apnea), restless legs syndrome, stress, anxiety, depression, painful chronic illnesses, and even some medications.

Yes, you may have «sleep - disordered breathing» due to some issue that affects your airway by making it narrow or occlude when your body attempts the deeper phases of sleep.