Breathe Better, Sleep Better, Live Better Podcast

This month, I’ve invited Stanford University’s sleep surgeon, Dr. Robson Capasso to talk to us about his institution’s philosophy on sleep apnea surgery. Here’s a short list of questions that are answered on the program:

1. What’s the success rate for sleep apnea surgery?

2. Can you wait until someone is asleep to image the site of obstruction? 

3. What is the progress in getting UARS recognized as a real condition?  How is it diagnosed and managed at Stanford?

4. How do you decide whether to recommend surgery or an oral appliance in a CPAP intolerant patient?  

5. Can you explain the different techniques for performing the MMA, and how successful these are for reversing OSA?  Is it possible to achieve an AHI of zero after an MMA?

6. Do you recommend adult jaw development as an alternative to surgery?

7. Is sleep apnea surgery covered by insurance?

….and many more.

Direct download: Capasso_OSA_Surgery.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 6:01am EDT

In this month’s program, I’ve invited Buteyko breathing instructor Patrick Mckeown to talk to us about how this breathing technique can improve symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea.

Direct download: Buteyko.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 5:58am EDT

In this Expert Interview program, Ms. Lisa Brateman will talk to us about the psychology of obstructive sleep apnea. This is an important topic that affects not only those of you with sleep apnea, but also your loved ones, your friends, and family members.

Direct download: Expert_Interview__Psychology_of_OSA.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 5:56am EDT

In this Expert Interview, I talk with Mr. Eric Cohen and Mr. Jake McCabe of National Sleep Therapy on how their company achieves an 89% CPAP adherence rate. 

Besides revealing their secret to getting very high adherence rates, here are some other questions we covered:

 - Define compliance or adherence, and medicare criteria
- What’s the national CPAP adherence rate average?
- Being compliant or adherent doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re sleeping better, right?
- How does the patient, doctor, and DME work together to raise adherence rates?
- How long do you stay with the patient?
- Do you have any special tools to help the patient?
- What would you say are some of the top things patients can do?

Direct download: Cohen.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 5:53am EDT

Dr. Christian Guilleminault on UARS

This month, I interview Dr. Christian Guilleminault of Stanford University, who is one of the pioneers in sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment. We’re going to focus on Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS), which he discovered.

Here are some of the questions we covered:

- Describe to us what UARS is and how it’s different from OSA?

- Why is the AHI limited when it comes to picking up UARS.

- How to diagnose UARS: Esophageal manometry vs. nasal cannula.

- How UARS patients have intact nervous systems, whereas sleep apnea (OSA) patients have diminished nervous systems, and what may cause progression from UARS to OSA?

- How do you treat patients with UARS? How is it different from treating sleep apnea?

- What are the dental options for UARS?

- How common is UARS in children and how can they be treated?

And much more…

Direct download: Guilleminault_7_26_11.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 5:48am EDT

In this program, I interview Dr. Robert Corruccini, anthroplologist and author of How Anthropology Informs the Orthodontic Diagnosis of Malocclusion’s Causes (Edwin Mellen Press). We’re going to talk about why modern humans have crooked teeth, and how this relates to smaller  jaw sizes and smaller upper airways. In particular, you’ll learn:

- When did humans begin to experience a lot of occlusal problems?

- What kind of genetic and environmental factors can cause malocclusion?

- How does Dr. Corruccini’s work compare and contrast to Dr. Weston Price’s work?

- Is it true that even a few hundred years ago, humans didn’t have as many impacted wisdom teeth?

- What are some of the health consequences of crooked teeth?

- Has modern dentistry helped or hurt our teeth and our health?

- For those of use with dental crowding already, what can we do? What can we do for our children?

Direct download: Corruccini_6_28_11.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 5:46am EDT

In this program, I interview Ms. Joy Moeller, an orofacial myologist, on how the way you use your mouth and tongue can profoundly affect the way  you speak, swallow, and breathe. Here’s what we discuss:

1. What is orofacial myology (also called myofunctional therapy)?

2. How is this related to snoring and obstructive sleep apnea?

3. What can you do to help TMD/TMJ patients?

4. How does myofunctional therapy help forward head and neck posture?

5. Why is this treatment not taught in medical or dental schools yet?

6. Can young children benefit from orofacial myology?

7. And much more…

Direct download: Joy_Moeller_-_Orofacial_Myology.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 5:42am EDT

Expert Interview with Dr. Dave Singh, who is the author of Epigenetic Orthodontics and inventor of the DNA appliance. We discuss:

– What is Epigenetic Orthodontics?

– How is Epigenetic Orthodontics different from conventional orthodontics?

– Sleep apnea as a craniofacial problem

– How the DNA appliance can help obstructive sleep apnea

– How is the DNA appliance different from conventional oral appliances.

Direct download: Epigenetic_Orthodontics.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 5:39am EDT

In this month’s Expert Interview, I interview Dr. Avram Gold, a pioneer in researching the link between upper airway resistance syndrome, chronic fatigue, and the functional somatic syndromes. Some of the topics will include:

- What are the functional somatic syndromes and how are they related to sleep-breathing disorders?

- What’s the relationship between central sensitivity syndrome and stress?

- How is sleep-disordered breathing related to stress?

- How is anxiety or depression related to functional somatic syndromes?

- How is chronic fatigue syndrome connected to the this condition?

Direct download: Dr._Avram_Gold_1.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 6:08am EDT

Dr. Raymond Silkman on Holistic Dentistry (Part II)

This month, we welcome back Dr. Raymond Silkman, who will finish his fascinating discussion on holistic dentistry.

We continue with the following topics:

- How modern orthodontics can ruin your sleep quality

- How dental crowding can lead to nasal congestion

- The real cause of TMJ (it’s not from grinding or clenching)

- Why modern humans have more facial wrinkles

- Describe the Advanced Lightwire Functional (ALF) appliance

- and much, much more…

Direct download: Dr._Raymond_Silkman_2_1.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 5:49am EDT

In this month’s Expert Interview, I talk with Dr. Mack Jones, neurologist, sleep physician, and author of the book, Deadly Sleep: Is Your Sleep Killing You? about some of the major neurologic complications of obstructive sleep apnea. In this fascinating and provocative discussion, Dr. Jones and I talk about:

- How sleep apnea can cause Alzheimer’s disease

- The link between multiple sclerosis and sleep apnea

- How ADHD and autism can be caused by sleep-breathing problems

- Seizures and sleep apnea

- And much more….

Direct download: Mack_Jones.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 5:32am EDT

In this Expert Interview, dietician Maria Alexandra Bella will talk to us about Good Nutrition for Sleep Apnea. We’ll discuss:

1.Ways to avoid becoming hungry if you stop eating  within 3-4 hours of bedtime.

2. Why is it important to eat a good breakfast?

3. Some common myths and misconceptions about food choices and nutrition

4. Practical tips on choosing healthy ingredients without paying too much?

5. Nutritional pitfalls to avoid during the holiday season.

Direct download: Bella-Nutrition.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 12:14pm EDT

For this Expert Interview, I’m honored to have Dr. Barry Krakow as my guest. Dr. Krakow is a world-renown sleep researcher, and author of numerous books, including Sound Sleep, Sound Mind, andInsomnia Cures. We’re going to have a fascinating discussion about:

- complex insomnia (insomnia and sleep apnea)

- upper airway resistance syndrome

- post-traumatic stress disorder

- and much, much more…

If you or your loved one has either insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea or upper airway resistance syndrome, you don’t want to miss this.

Direct download: Krakow_1.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 12:04pm EDT

Please join me for this month’s Expert Interview as I invite Dr. Richard Quinttus to speak to us about Oral Systemic Biology (OSB) therapy. There are a number of different dental/orthodontic techniques to not only align our teeth, but also to improve our breathing passageways by widening our upper and lower jaws. After hearing about OSB, it sounded almost too good to be true.

In this teleseminar, Dr. Quinttus reveals:

- How poor breathing due to narrowed upper airway breathing can lead to or aggravate anxiety, fatigue, muscle aches, headaches, snoring, sleep apnea, forward head posture, and constant throat clearing.

- How to optimize breathing by allowing the relationship between the tongue, jaw, throat and spone to balance.

- How this device aids the tongue in moving forward

- How you can find an Oral Systemic Balance practitioner near you

- And much, much more…

Direct download: Quinttus_10_26_10.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 10:57am EDT

In this Expert Interview, I talk with Dr. Raymond Silkman, a holistic dentist, who will reveal his unique perspective on how our diets have ruined our health, mainly by causing our jaws to shrink. Dr. Silkman reveals:

- How modern orthodontics can ruin your sleep quality

- How dental crowding can lead to nasal congestion

- The real cause of TMJ (it’s not from grinding or clenching)

- Why modern humans have more facial wrinkles

- and much, much more…

Direct download: Dr._Raymond_Silkman_1.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 10:03am EDT

In this Expert Interview, I talk with Michael Goldman, Sleep Health Evangelist and creator of SleepGuide.com. He and I discuss important and surely controversial topics related to obstructive sleep apnea, including:

- Should patients read their own data or make pressure change adjustments on their own?

- How much say should patients have in choosing their own machine types or masks?

- Do patients really need a doctor’s prescription before undergoing a sleep apnea test?

- And much, much more..

Direct download: Goldman_8_30_10.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 6:09am EDT

Learn the Insider Secrets of Highly Successful CPAP Users…

 

Get your FREE access to the audio replay and mp3 download of this interview with Aurelio Henriquez who has extensive experience helping patients with sleep apnea succeed in using their CPAP machine.

Since 2002, Aurelio has helped hundreds of CPAP users overcome their struggles while he was with the NY Methodist Sleep Disordered Center as a Polysomnographic technologist and then later as the technical lab director for theColumbia University Sleep Disorder Center.

Learn:

• What to expect when you first try CPAP in the lab

• How to avoid the #1 mistake every new CPAP user makes

• Where to get the best CPAP equipment for the best price

• What one thing you MUST do BEFORE using CPAP to dramatically increase your chance of success

• What makes some people fail and some to succeed on CPAP and how you can be successful

Direct download: Enriquez_CPAP.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 4:55am EDT

Discover What You Can Do For Your Hormonal Imbalance…
Register below to get your FREE mp3 download to this in-depth interview with Dr. Richard Shames about his best selling book, Feeling Fat, Fuzzy, or Frazzled?A 3-Step Program to: Restore Thyroid, Adrenal, and Reproductive Balance, Beat Hormone Havoc, and Feel Better Fast!
This interview will open your eyes to the true dangers of hormonal imbalance what it can do to your health especially for those who have sleep apnea.
Learn:
  • How your hormone imbalance AND your sleep apnea combine to create a runaway appetite and how you can still lose weight without dieting
  •  Which hormonal problems both men and women experience but must treat differently
  • Why checking your potassium levels is key to your health-especially if you suffer from constant fatigue
  •  What is the #1 hormone deficiency that affects millions of sleep apnea sufferers yet is often ignored by even the most experienced doctors
Direct download: Shames_6.23.10.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 6:14pm EDT

Tongue Exercises For Sleep Apnea   

Tongue exercises can be a noninvasive way of promoting muscle tone in the throat, which can be helpful for some people with snoring or obstructive sleep apnea.

Register below for a FREE replay of this interview with Ms. Janet Bennett, speech pathologist and creator of the I Just Want To Sleep website, about her unique tongue exercise program.

Learn:

  •  What tongue exercises can and can't do
  •  How tongue exercises can help your snoring
  •  What recent studies say about the effectiveness of  tongue exercises
  •  Which exercises if done just 5 minutes a day can help you  breathe better and sleep better 
  •  and much, much more…
Direct download: Bennett_Tongue_Exercises.mp3
Category:Expert Interview -- posted at: 5:26pm EDT

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