Sleep apnea and will include: not just for persons who are obese

Studies done on laboratory mice showed a link between the spread of cancer and sleep apnea. There is a persistent, dangerous myth that only fat people have outstanding sleep Obstructive apnea. OSA is a congenital structural problem which stops breathing during sleep.

This rumour is a practice, but illogical fallacy. Wouldn't be nice to think that sleep apnea would disappear if only lose a little weight and exercise more than sick? Alas, as all convenient delusions, this is what people say themselves when they do not want to face the facts. It is also dangerous for ridiculiseront OSA. The sleep apnea kills people.

Sleep apnea (from the Greek meaning "without breath") occurs when nasal collapse like straws when air is drawn in one of them. When this occurs, the Organization must manually restart breathing. He arrived with a strong snort or gasp associated with sleep apnea.

The sleep apnea is primarily an inherited problem. I have sleep apnea. My mother, that I always buzz strongly. My snores mother strongly as made both my grandparents. They would very probably be positive for the sleep apnea test if they had a sleep study. In our family, no one was obese or overweight.

Even as a baby, my family said that I buzzer and he was agitated. I also walked and talked about in my sleep and dreams is vivid. I've done all my life. Until the age of 12 years, I would gently bang my head against my pillow to sleep. One of my sons had as a child too. It is disconcerting for anyone who has no experience with it. For Jake and me, it was how we arrived at sleep. I can't speak definitively but I think that we have in response to the sleep apnea.

For people with extreme apnea sleep, the opposite may be true. With sleep apnea can cause weight gain. How? Sleep apnea is debilitating. During one night, I have several hundred apnea. All the jags sleep-wake are exhausting. A normal person spends 40 percent of their deep sleep, delta sleep. It is more relaxing sleep. My sleep have shown that only 1 to 2% of my sleep was delta sleep.

I have suffered continuing stress-induced depression. I began taking Paxil for anxiety in combat. I sleep all the time: talking to people, conduct, everywhere in the world. I could not go more than two hours without falling asleep, no matter how much time I spent in bed at night. I had no energy. I was in constant muscle and back pain. I myself am sick very easily.

All my life I have weighed between 110-135 pounds my life. A lifetime of no rest and constant pain step coupled with SSRI drugs made take me weight. Dieting has no problem, but the exercise has exhausted me. After a walk in downtown I would lull as soon as I got home.

With the study of sleep and CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine breathing has revolutionized my life. I left the Paxil. I can sleep five or six hours and feel refreshed. I have daily NAPs. I asleep at the wheel. My energy level is up. I am losing weight. I am not depressed anymore. The back pain is easier to manage.

I have heard people say that sleep studies will still show that a person has sleep apnea so that they can start people on will appear. A CPAP is not much fun to wear. It's heavy. The straps to my eczema thrust. It is sometimes uncomfortable. Although having a mask on my face, the air blowing on me, and a hose wrapped around my neck, plastic I sleep like a log. If I can sleep that well with all these drawbacks, the CPAP must do something good. It is without drugs, low maintenance and relatively painless. I see the problem.

Marilisa Kinney Sachteleben wrote 22 years, parents of four children, K - 8, special needs, adult education and home-school for 25 years. Marilisa has written extensively on parenting and health for the contributor to Yahoo! network.

Obese persons at higher risk of Infection after surgery of the colon (HealthDay)

 obese patients at significantly increased risk for surgical infections after suffering a partial ablation or full colon, a new study concludes.

It consisted of 7,020 patients, aged 18 to 64 years who had a partial or total colectomy for cancer of the colon, diverticulitis or a inflammatory bowel disease between 2002 and 2008. Of these patients, 1 243 were obese.

The overall rate of infection of surgical was 10.3%, but the rate was higher in obese patients (14.5%) than non-obese patients (9.5%). After adjustment for a certain number of factors, the researchers calculated that obese patients were more likely to develop infections of surgical and non-obese patients of 60 per cent.

The average cost of colectomy for all patients was $ 16,399, but the average price of obese patients was approximately $295 for non-obese patients.

The researchers also found that surgical infections significantly increased the cost of the procedure. The average total cost for patients who have developed surgical infections was $31,933, compared to $14,608 for patients without infection.

Patients with surgical infections were also more average hospitalizations (9.5 days against 8.1 days) and a higher rate of readmission (27.8% vs. 6.8%) of the hospital.

"We conclude that patients undergoing colorectal surgery who develop SSIs [surgical infections], many of whom are obese, taxing the health care system,", wrote Dr. Elizabeth c. Wick, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore and his colleagues.

Of the programmes of measures incentives Surgeons of reward for costs and improving outcomes for patients must take into account that obese people are more at risk of infection, according to the authors.

Obese teenagers lack vitamin D, study finds

low levels of vitamin d are frequent in obese adolescents, a new study finds.

Researchers projected 68 obese adolescents and found levels low vitamin d in all the girls (72% have found deficient and 28 per cent insufficient) and 91% of boys (69 per cent defective and inadequate of 22 per cent).

After treatment, 43 young people had their levels of vitamin d measured again and, although levels generally increased, normal levels were achieved in only 28% of the participants. In others, repeated episodes of treatment of vitamin d did not levels of vitamin d to adolescents, to normal that researchers have described as "about".

Lack of teenagers of the response to treatment may be due to the fact that vitamin d is trapped in the body fat, researchers said.

"The prevalence of the status of low vitamin d in obese adolescents in this study is higher than previously reported for this age group," Dr. Zeev Harel, a pediatrician specializing in medicine teenager from Providence Hasbro children's HospitalR.I. and lead author of the study, said in a press release from the hospital.

The study was published in May the issue of the Journal of adolescent health.

Vitamin d is produced by the skin in response to exposure to the Sun. It also found in certain foods, including eggs, fish and fortified foods, such as dairy products and cereals for breakfast.

"It is possible that the association between obesity and the low of vitamin d is indirect, arising from obese persons with activities outdoors less than lean individuals and, therefore, less exposure to the Sun," wrote the researchers. "In the same way, it is also possible that obese individuals do not sufficiently consume foods that contain vitamin d.".

They have called for closer monitoring of the levels of vitamin d in obese adolescents and for further research to determine if restore the normal rate of vitamin d may help to reduce the health risks associated with obesity.

Obesity - now estimated to affect 16.4% in children and adolescents between 10 and 17 - can increase the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer, the researchers noted.

Obese teenagers lack vitamin D, study finds

low levels of vitamin d are frequent in obese adolescents, a new study finds.

Researchers projected 68 obese adolescents and found levels low vitamin d in all the girls (72% have found deficient and 28 per cent insufficient) and 91% of boys (69 per cent defective and inadequate of 22 per cent).

After treatment, 43 young people had their levels of vitamin d measured again and, although levels generally increased, normal levels were achieved in only 28% of the participants. In others, repeated episodes of treatment of vitamin d did not levels of vitamin d to adolescents, to normal that researchers have described as "about".

Lack of teenagers of the response to treatment may be due to the fact that vitamin d is trapped in the body fat, researchers said.

"The prevalence of the status of low vitamin d in obese adolescents in this study is higher than previously reported for this age group," Dr. Zeev Harel, a pediatrician specializing in medicine teenager from Providence Hasbro children's HospitalR.I. and lead author of the study, said in a press release from the hospital.

The study was published in May the issue of the Journal of adolescent health.

Vitamin d is produced by the skin in response to exposure to the Sun. It also found in certain foods, including eggs, fish and fortified foods, such as dairy products and cereals for breakfast.

"It is possible that the association between obesity and the low of vitamin d is indirect, arising from obese persons with activities outdoors less than lean individuals and, therefore, less exposure to the Sun," wrote the researchers. "In the same way, it is also possible that obese individuals do not sufficiently consume foods that contain vitamin d.".

They have called for closer monitoring of the levels of vitamin d in obese adolescents and for further research to determine if restore the normal rate of vitamin d may help to reduce the health risks associated with obesity.

Obesity - now estimated to affect 16.4% in children and adolescents between 10 and 17 - can increase the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer, the researchers noted.

Obese teenagers lack vitamin D, study finds

low levels of vitamin d are frequent in obese adolescents, a new study finds.

Researchers projected 68 obese adolescents and found levels low vitamin d in all the girls (72% have found deficient and 28 per cent insufficient) and 91% of boys (69 per cent defective and inadequate of 22 per cent).

After treatment, 43 young people had their levels of vitamin d measured again and, although levels generally increased, normal levels were achieved in only 28% of the participants. In others, repeated episodes of treatment of vitamin d did not levels of vitamin d to adolescents, to normal that researchers have described as "about".

Lack of teenagers of the response to treatment may be due to the fact that vitamin d is trapped in the body fat, researchers said.

"The prevalence of the status of low vitamin d in obese adolescents in this study is higher than previously reported for this age group," Dr. Zeev Harel, a pediatrician specializing in medicine teenager from Providence Hasbro children's HospitalR.I. and lead author of the study, said in a press release from the hospital.

The study was published in May the issue of the Journal of adolescent health.

Vitamin d is produced by the skin in response to exposure to the Sun. It also found in certain foods, including eggs, fish and fortified foods, such as dairy products and cereals for breakfast.

"It is possible that the association between obesity and the low of vitamin d is indirect, arising from obese persons with activities outdoors less than lean individuals and, therefore, less exposure to the Sun," wrote the researchers. "In the same way, it is also possible that obese individuals do not sufficiently consume foods that contain vitamin d.".

They have called for closer monitoring of the levels of vitamin d in obese adolescents and for further research to determine if restore the normal rate of vitamin d may help to reduce the health risks associated with obesity.

Obesity - now estimated to affect 16.4% in children and adolescents between 10 and 17 - can increase the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer, the researchers noted.

Having obese people less satisfying sexual life: study (HealthDay)

 obesity can reduce levels of sexual satisfaction, especially for women, a new study shows.

Duke University researchers studied 91 obese men and studying 134 obese women who have completed a sexual function questionnaire before enrolling in weight loss. The questionnaire covered nine areas: interest, desire, arousal, orgasm, satisfaction, behavior, relationship, masturbation and sexual problems.

"We discovered that there was a sexual satisfaction less than and less sexual quality of life for women that men, and overall sexual quality of life was small between the two groups," Dr. Truls Ostbye, a professor in the Department of community and family medicinesaid in a press release from Duke.

The researchers also scores of obese patients compared to the results of a group of cancer survivors and a group of general population. Scores of obese women have been less than scores of these two groups, while scores of obese men were among the scores of the survivors of cancer and the Group of the general population.

"Our results contribute to a growing number of research that indicates obesity is associated with a reduced sexual function and sexual quality of life in men and women", said Ostbye.

Physicians must be aware of this issue and invite obese patients to talk about, the researchers said.

"Obese patients welcome opportunity to discuss the effects of weight on the quality of life, including sex, quality of life,", said co-author of the study and clinical psychologist Ronette l. Kolotkin. "Because so many people obese experience discrimination and prejudice, they appreciate the providers that create a warm, supportive environment discuss these sensitive issues."

The study appears in the May / June issue of the Journal of sex and marital therapy.

Having obese people less satisfying sexual life: study (HealthDay)

obesity can reduce levels of sexual satisfaction, especially for women, a new study shows.

Duke University researchers studied 91 obese men and studying 134 obese women who have completed a sexual function questionnaire before enrolling in weight loss. The questionnaire covered nine areas: interest, desire, arousal, orgasm, satisfaction, behavior, relationship, masturbation and sexual problems.

"We discovered that there was a sexual satisfaction less than and less sexual quality of life for women that men, and overall sexual quality of life was small between the two groups," Dr. Truls Ostbye, a professor in the Department of community and family medicinesaid in a press release from Duke.

The researchers also scores of obese patients compared to the results of a group of cancer survivors and a group of general population. Scores of obese women have been less than scores of these two groups, while scores of obese men were among the scores of the survivors of cancer and the Group of the general population.

"Our results contribute to a growing number of research that indicates obesity is associated with a reduced sexual function and sexual quality of life in men and women", said Ostbye.

Physicians must be aware of this issue and invite obese patients to talk about, the researchers said.

"Obese patients welcome opportunity to discuss the effects of weight on the quality of life, including sex, quality of life,", said co-author of the study and clinical psychologist Ronette l. Kolotkin. "Because so many people obese experience discrimination and prejudice, they appreciate the providers that create a warm, supportive environment discuss these sensitive issues."

The study appears in the May / June issue of the Journal of sex and marital therapy.

Obese pregnant women may have a tougher time fight Infections (HealthDay)

(Monday, may 2, HealthDay News) - obese pregnant women can have a more difficult time repel infection that leaner women, new research suggests.

Researchers have tested the blood of 30 women who were pregnant approximately six months. Half were obese and had a body weight (BMI) of over 30 index before becoming pregnant, while half were a normal BMI of 20 to 25.

Obese women had fewer cells of the immune system against infections - including lymphocytes and natural killer, researchers cells were found. Obese women also had an impaired ability to produce these cells.

The difference could threaten the health of babies born to obese women, study author Dr. Sarbattama Sen, researcher at the Research Institute of infant mother at Tufts Medical Center and floating hospital for children in Boston, said in the American Academy of Pediatrics release.

"Women who are obese before pregnancy present essential differences in immune function during pregnancy to women of normal weight, which has negative consequences for the mother and baby," Sen said.

The issue is taking on additional urgency due to the increase in the number of obese women in childbearing years, Sen added. "Maternal obesity has consequences for the mother and the baby, which we are beginning to understand."

The study was to be presented Sunday at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Denver. The data and conclusions should be considered preliminary until published in a refereed journal.

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Severely obese adolescents not more depressed than thinner peers (HealthDay)

 severely obese adolescents are more likely to be depressed that their normal weight peers, suggests new research.

"People assume that all obese adolescents are unhappy and depressed;" that the more obese a teen may be, like the impact on his mental health, "study author Dr. Elizabeth Goodman, Director of the Centre for the child and the Adolescent Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, said in a press release from the hospital." "Our results suggest that this hypothesis is false."

White teens, however, can with a little higher risk, according to the study of.

The researchers followed by obese adolescents severely 51 grades 7 - 12 and a similar group of non-obese adolescents compared. Obese adolescents had an index of BMI of 40 or greater, which is considered as severely obese and in the top 1 per cent of their age group.

Adolescents were evaluated for depression at the beginning of the study and again two and three years later.

Researchers have not found any link between obesity and depression, although there were signs of a connection to the white teenager in the third year.

"As clinicians, we treat the whole person, body and spirit, and we cannot assume that weight loss will improve the mental health of our patients or that negative feelings run hand in hand with obesity", "says Goodman." "" The size of the body seems to have a greater impact on the feelings of non-Hispanic white adolescents than non-Hispanic black teenagers. We should be particularly vigilant on the assessment of depression during regular visits among this group. ?

The study was recently published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health.