Getting a good night’s sleep is important for your overall health but it can seem like an insurmountable goal. A recent study published by the Journal of the American Heart Association found a link between increased cardiovascular risk and poor sleep. (newsroom.heart.org) In fact,...
Do you wake up with a heachache? Do you snore or have recently started to snore? These might be symptoms of untreated obstructive sleep apnea. Dr. Erika Mason and her staff are part of your healthcare team to help you sleep better, breathe better and...
Hi I’m Dr. Erika Mason. I want to go over today some things I review with patients about their sleep study, what sleep apnea is, what we are counting and how it affects you. I wanted to start first with Mr. AirHead. Mr. AirHead will demonstrate...
Hosted by the World Sleep Society March 18th has been designated as World Sleep Day. World Sleep Day strives to raise awareness of sleep health worldwide. The theme of this year's World Sleep Day is Quality Sleep, Sound Mind, Happy Future. How does quality sleep help...
Did you know that untreated sleep apnea can lead to many heart issues like high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, heart attack, stroke and A-Fib? For Heart Awareness Month, here are some warning signs for heart attacks and strokes. If you or a loved one...
Hi, I'm Dr. Erika Mason, and we're going to talk about the four different stages of sleep. I guess sometimes people think that we just sleep, but no, we have four different stages that we cycle through, and we cycle through them every two hours,...
We all breathe through our mouth part of the time. This is because mouth breathing may be necessary when we are exercising., working strenuously, or have a cold or sinus infection. These brief periods of mouth breathing help us adjust oxygen flow to our body...
Source: News Release from the American Heart Association "Recently, the American Heart Association (AHA) published a scientific statement on OSA and cardiovascular disease.1 OSA is very prevalent in the U.S., with prevalence being possibly as high as 80% among patients with cardiovascular disease (e.g. stroke, atrial...
On June 14, Philips Respironics issued a recall notification for an estimated 3-4 million bi-level PAP, CPAP and mechanical ventilator devices in response to potential health risks related to the sound abatement foam component in these devices. Philips is advising patients using affected BiLevel PAP...