Show ¥y "' ' r jirir 'tyrt’rf'v ww vvc1 'u1 r11 rvi it" yri'wrrnirrn i— —t r—y-- t— I The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday July 7 1998 — Pag 13 t Seek medical help for snoring By Am London” Creator Svndteato Inc ANN LANDERS: I just iced Ihe letter in column from the woman who etarted niing your sedatives earplugs and final- bedrooms 'separate because her husband snored I feel you missed a good opportunity to educate your raiders Jokes are frequently made about snoring but thu is no laughing matter: Dm percent of those who snore suffer from obstructive sleep apnea These individuals may stop breathing of times during the nigbL The result of such sleep apnea is sleep with daytime sleepiness and fatigue This condition is often essodricd with high blood pressure heart attack stroke and even sudden death Also it is not uncommon for a person to doze off while behind the wheel or a car or to have an accident if he (or she) is working with machin- hurt-fee- ds sleep-depriv-ed Cfbe good news is that this condition is treatable often without surgery People who are at risk should seek Qualified medical help for this problem through a board-certifisleep specialist a neurolo-o- r an ear nose and throat specialist — Paul B ed Ifc seMcawuee YB£J1ANICAt-fiAflDEN- AT S ANDiteitesf’nbNr lie MASONIC HALL MUSIC fwpossNY Sound lke A memorial Santee wr 8OJN08 A MOAE-UK- e CEUEBAfOIONl ANDFUftJmftORE' FRESmENTS KE'RNeN ycnmcfi GILBERT AS YOU KNOW EMPLOYEES MUST SHME HOTEL ROOMS AT THE CONFERENCE DALLY I SO DAS WONDERING IF YOU'D LIKE YOU MY KNOW TO DELL HAVE TO agree) ON SOME RULES BE ROOMIE I CAN ONLY SPOON ON my right ARLO AND JANIS One lady was complaining bitterly about her husband who snored like a moose and kept her up half the night When the suggested separate bedrooms he wouldn't hear of even though the poor dear and a nervous wreck Her friend was asked "Have you thought of divorce?" The victim replied "Divorce? Never! Murder? Yes" — Your Friend in Ohio St John's Medical Plaza Sleep MJX noraaitoruonson i TRoeewHOAneNTBLCOHNS Ifr AUNT LtfifeDwrtHFAMsyAm rwrtt'Sffneue&euV SfyNeATTlerafeR'j Af DEAR ANN LANDERS: What is all this complaining about snoring? A simple remedy is in most medicine cabinets — a small piece of adhesive tape across the bridge of the nose My wife sounded like a sawmill until a friend told her to try it She experimented and it worked We then learned feat "snore strips" are available in most drugstores — One Who Nose in Bakersfield Calif DEAR CALIF: Thanks for the input Your suggestion is inexpensive simple and unobtrusive Keep reading for another approach: DEAR ANN LANDERS: I just finished reading your column about husbands who snore and their wives who suffer It really hit home because I had a husband who snored and oh how I hated heming iL After many years I decided that the snoring was never going to get better so I had better change my attitude I psyched myself into believing the sounds were lovely ocean waves caressing the shore My fantasy didn’t stop his snoring but 1 never heard it again — HP Meriou Pa DEAR MERION: Yours is an excellent example of fee power of positive thinking I hope it works in other aspects of your life as well Please keep reading for fee final word on this subject: DEAR ANN LANDERS: When I read those letters from readers who were tortured by fee snoring of a bed partner it reminded me of fee story of two women disoming feat same scourge in fee beauty D&R ly FOR BETTER OR WORSE Disorders Center Santa Monica Calif DEAR DR HABERMAN: I appreciate your input and I'm sure a great many others do too Thanks on behalf of au the norm their spouses it sleep-depriv- and even some neighbors 1 have hard from readers who complained about the snarer in the apartment next door" Keep reading for more: ed Homocysteine linked with genes ByPrtrHGottMD kfeuiaAutaa What most people don't realize however is that binge drinking late in pregnancy can also hum fee fetus Researchers at Ifcxas ARM University dis-covered that — in animal models — high doses of alcohol during fee last trimester of pregnancy es changes in fee brain feat mimic those brought on by old age such as fragmented sleep They hypothesized that excessive and brief alcohol exposure late in pregnancy speeds op the biological dock feat controls circadian rhythms The clinical implica- A NBmBTCnlBfPfMMOMnon DEAR DR GOTT Is there any new information about how homocysteine causes heart attacks and stroke? 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