You may be sleeping through the night, but your partner might be losing sleep because of your snoring. While snoring is often treated as a harmless annoyance or the subject of a few jokes, it can sometimes be a warning sign of something more serious. If your partner...
If you’ve been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea, you may have been prescribed a CPAP machine to help keep your airway open while you sleep. For many people, CPAP therapy works very well. But what happens when you simply can’t tolerate it? Maybe the mask feels...
You’re checking on your child before heading to bed when you hear it—a scraping or grinding sound coming from their mouth. They’re grinding their teeth in their sleep. Teeth grinding, also called bruxism, is relatively common in children. Sometimes it is temporary and...
When a child has trouble sitting still, struggles to focus, acts impulsively, or has difficulty at school, ADHD may be one of the first explanations that comes to mind. But there is another important question worth asking: How well is your child sleeping? In children,...
Mouth breathing in children is often dismissed as a harmless habit. A child may sleep with their mouth open, breathe through their mouth while watching TV, or seem to constantly have parted lips. But when mouth breathing becomes a child’s normal breathing pattern, it...
Sleep is supposed to be restorative. But for millions of Americans, getting enough hours in bed does not necessarily mean getting healthy, restorative sleep. An estimated 50 to 70 million Americans live with chronic sleep disorders, according to the National Heart,...
If you hear your child grinding or clenching their teeth while they sleep, it can be an unsettling sound. Some parents notice it while checking on their child at night, while others first learn about it when a dentist sees signs of wear on the teeth. Teeth grinding...
It’s easy to dismiss mouth breathing as a harmless habit—especially when a child is sleeping. But when a child regularly breathes through their mouth instead of their nose, it may be a sign that something is interfering with healthy breathing. Chronic mouth breathing...
A headache that begins at your temples can be frustrating—especially when it keeps coming back. You may blame stress, dehydration, lack of sleep, or too much screen time. But if temple headaches are a regular part of your day, there may be another source worth...
As children head back to school, parents are focused on new schedules, school supplies, homework, and getting everyone back into a routine. But there is another important part of back-to-school preparation that is easy to overlook: your child’s sleep. Healthy sleep...
