Although not addressing apnea specifically, here is another study on the importance of getting those Zs...
http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavi ... rainwasher
Sleep: The Ultimate Brainwasher?
Sleep: The Ultimate Brainwasher?
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Re: Sleep: The Ultimate Brainwasher?
Maybe our sleep phases are a manifestation of "lather, rinse, repeat".
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Re: Sleep: The Ultimate Brainwasher?
Here is another article on this issue.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare ... ders/42365
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http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pulmonology/SleepDisorders/
http://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare ... ders/42365
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http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pulmonology/SleepDisorders/
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Re: Sleep: The Ultimate Brainwasher?
My question, not answered here, is whether apnea is more than a blockage of the airway? Is it also a blockage of the brain drain that cleans out all the garbage overnight? Does that accumulated stuff account for why we have brain fog? Science is fascinating!wolewyck wrote:Although not addressing apnea specifically, here is another study on the importance of getting those Zs...
http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavi ... rainwasher
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Re: Sleep: The Ultimate Brainwasher?
Is Sleep Apnea, the same as Spin Dry on the brain or is XPAP treatment just Blow Dry! Jim
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