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What Can Cause Sleep Apnea?

What Can Cause Sleep Apnea?

Receiving quality sleep is a significant component of health and wellness. Sleep gives the body the time to rest and replenish the systems, muscles, and cells that sustain it. However, adults are recommended to receive 7-9 hours of sleep per night, over 35% sleep less...
What Causes Sleep Apnea?

What Causes Sleep Apnea?

Are you having a hard time sleeping through the night? Does your partner complain about loud snoring? Or perhaps you’ve been waking up in the middle of the night feeling like you can’t breathe. Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that makes it impossible for you to sleep...
When is Snoring Troublesome?

When is Snoring Troublesome?

Many of us are familiar with snoring. We have either been told that we snore or have been bothered (even woken up) by unpleasant sounds during the night. Snoring is caused when the muscles and tissue in the mouth, including the soft palate and the throat, relax,...
What is a Deviated Septum?

What is a Deviated Septum?

The nasal septum is a thin wall of bone and cartilage between the two nostrils, separating the left and right nasal airways. A deviated septum occurs when this wall is displaced to one side, making one nasal passage smaller. Though the nasal septum should ideally be...