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5 Reasons Why It's Important to Own a Humidifier
healthy living

5 Reasons to Get Yourself a Humidifier — Stat!

Spring may be right around the corner, but don't let your guard down just yet — cold season is still in full effect!
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Spring may be right around the corner, but don't let your guard down just yet — cold season is still in full effect! The combination of dry Winter's air, a turned up thermostat, and closed windows can wreak havoc on your respiratory system.

The best way to combat dry air and reduce your susceptibility to infection is to invest in a humidifier. Aside from babies and my parents, I didn't know why someone like me would benefit from using one. But, after a few too many colds throughout the past few months, I knew it was time to see what this said "miracle gizmo" was about. Here's what's great about humidifiers:

  • Yummy moist air: Thanks to the nice hydrated air a humidifier creates, the insides of your nose and lungs will stay moist, allowing the tiny hairs inside to block the dust and bacteria.
  • Aids in the healing process: Whether it be a cold, asthma, or allergies, a humidifier keeps your lungs more elastic and your nasal passages lubricated — both necessary in speeding up the healing process. For allergy sufferers, there are humidifiers that are specially designed to purify the air as well.

Here are more reasons why I love humidifiers.

Why Do Dogs Snore?
Sleeping

Wake Up! 5 Reasons Sleeping Furry Beauties Snore

I know I'm not the only one whose home includes a four-legged snorer — North makes noises in his sleep that friends can hear in the next room or even over the phone.
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Why Do Dogs Snore?

I know I'm not the only one whose home includes a four-legged snorer — North makes noises in his sleep that friends can hear in the next room or even over the phone. There are several possible reasons for the odd sounds coming out of those wriggly noses and I've gathered a bunch for an informative slideshow. Check it out!



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New Snoring Surgery Promises Relief
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Sleep Soundly Tonight: New Surgery May Cure Snoring

Sharing a bedroom with a snoring partner can be unbearable.
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Sharing a bedroom with a snoring partner can be unbearable. I know a couple that keeps separate bedrooms simply because the husband snores so loudly his wife can't make it through a night without waking up. A new study looking at the long-term effects of the snoring surgery says that radiofrequency ablation (RFA) may be the hope that this couple and so many others have been looking for.

The study shows that after two treatments snoring became less severe in patients, and that 76 percent of the study's participants were still satisfied three years later. The surgery uses heat to shrink soft palate tissue that may be obstructing a snorer's airway.

Do any of you sleep next to a snorer — how do you deal with it?

 

 

I Don't Buy It: PureSleep Helps You Stop Snoring
healthy living

I Don't Buy It: PureSleep Helps You Stop Snoring

If you have a snoring problem, it may not bother you, but I bet whoever shares a bed with you isn't too pleased.
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If you have a snoring problem, it may not bother you, but I bet whoever shares a bed with you isn't too pleased. I just came across a device called PureSleep ($60) that claims to eliminate snoring. Basically you wear a mouth guard at night that holds your lower jaw slightly forward while you snooze. Moving the jaw forward supposedly helps widen your airway so when you breathe, air isn't being forced down a narrow tube, making that deep snoring sound. I am a bit skeptical. Even if it does work, I bet you end up drooling all over your pillow. It reminds me all too much of my 8th grade retainer (shudder), and I think I'd rather deal with snoring than have to wear a piece of plastic in my mouth for the rest of my life.

Apparently some people are super-excited about this self-molding mouthpiece. To see the commercial for PureSleep and meet some happy users read more

Dear Poll: Sleeping in Separate Beds
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Dear Poll: Sleeping in Separate Beds

All relationships are different and things that work for some couples don't for others.
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All relationships are different and things that work for some couples don't for others. Sleeping in separate beds is one of those things. Growing up, I never realized that my grandparents having separate bedrooms was out of the norm, but as an adult, I realize that they clearly just weren't compatible bedmates. Maybe one of them snored or hogged the bed. Whatever the reason, it worked for them; they were married for over 50 years!

I personally think one of the best parts about a relationship is sleeping together. You have an instant bed warmer, someone to cuddle with throughout the night, and someone to wake up next to in the mornings. That's just me, so what about you? Would you ever consider sleeping in separate beds from your significant other?

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Do Tell: Do Your Pets Snore?
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Do Tell: Do Your Pets Snore?

Although those kitty eyes are open wide now, the biggest problems come when Hazel's taking her catnaps!
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Although those kitty eyes are open wide now, the biggest problems come when Hazel's taking her catnaps! TeamSugar is petsitting for a friend and has been sharing tales about this delightful feline . . . turns out the furball snores up a storm and keeps waking poor Team up during her sleepytime. My pooch definitely has his "old-man-who-smoked-too-many-cigs-for-too-many-years" snoring sound, as many smooshies do, how about your pets?

Snoring While Pregnant
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Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me: Snoring

After I woke myself up from a slumber one night, I did some research to find out just why my nose was starting to make its own music.
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After I woke myself up from a slumber one night, I did some research to find out just why my nose was starting to make its own music. Many expectant ladies take to snoring in the second and third trimesters. Nearly 25 to 30 percent of all bumpalicious women pick up the often annoying sleeping habit.

It turns out that a few factors may be responsible for the pesky nasal noise. A woman experiences higher estrogen levels during pregnancy, increasing the mucous membranes lining the nose and causing her to make more mucus. Similar to the increase in estrogen, an expecting lady also produces more blood, which causes blood vessels to expand and can lead to swollen nasal membranes. Both of these can obstruct a nasal passage, making it more difficult to breathe clearly. Weight gain can also lead to snoring. A woman's throat and neck may be the culprit, as they get heftier during her pregnancy. Aside from watching her weight, one of the only remedies for pregnancy induced snoring is to sleep on one's side.
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Snoring Pit Bull
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Pit Bull Has a Snoring Issue

This pit bull has no trouble getting a good night's rest.
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This pit bull has no trouble getting a good night's rest. His owner wishes she could say the same for herself. How could something so painfully cute be so painfully annoying all at once?! Cuz torture knows no bounds . . .

Sleeping Duckling Snores!
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Cute Alert: Now I Lay Me Down to Snore . . .

I never thought I'd consider any kind of snoring "cute," but here it is.
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I never thought I'd consider any kind of snoring "cute," but here it is. Who would've thunk that something so tiny could make this kind of noise while sleeping? Or maybe he's not sleeping at all. Maybe this is a conniving ploy to have our attention on him at all times. Who could turn away from the sight and sound of this? His thoughts exactly.

Snoring Bulldog Wakes to Eat
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Snoring Bulldog Gets a Wake-Up Call

If you're on the verge of insanity at all times — like me!
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If you're on the verge of insanity at all times — like me! — this bulldog's snoring is downright intolerable. The camouflage tank top and the too big tongue can stay, but the rest of the household needs some shut eye for the night, so how can we make the snoring cease? You know what they say: The way to a dog's anything (heart, soul, happiness, obedience, undying devotion, and general awareness) is through his . . .