Waking Up for the Bathroom & Sleep Apnea
Waking up to go to the bathroom is a familiar routine for many people. They wake up because they have to urinate. Or maybe not. Not if researchers from New Mexico are right. Their study, published in the most recent online issue of  Sleep and Breathing isn’t the first to make this connection. Nocturia (the need to urinate at night) has been linked to sleep apnea (brief periods of not breathing) before, identifying that about one-quarter of men in the United States have this problem, as do 10% of women.  This study, however, was

Itchy, Runny Nose May Be the Pesticides
People who work professionally with pesticides know they’re working with a product that has a bad reputation for possibly causing cancer, birth defects, and other health problems. Use of pesticides is still quite common as people are hired to protect crops. And, what the workers may not know, is if they have chronically stuffy, runny or itchy noses, this could be due to the pesticides. Rhinitis, the medical term for a runny nose, is a common problem. Sometimes the cause can be traced to an allergy o

Some Herbs May Raise Blood Lead Levels
Herbal supplements seem like a safe bet to many people because they’re natural. While this may have some merit, many poisons are natural too – just think of what can happen if you eat the wrong type of mushroom. So, it’s important to know not only what herbal supplement you are taking, but what its effects are overall. You don’t want something that is supposed to help you end up causing more harm. To show you how this can be, a study out of Massachusetts, published in the Journal of

Eye Floaters Should Be Checked
Do you ever have floaters? Little spots or lines that appear in your line of vision, although there’s nothing there? Most of the time, these floaters are harmless. I have quite a few of them and they’re most obvious when I’m looking at something monochromatic (one color), such as the snow outside or when I’m reading a book. I had the floaters checked because, although floaters are often nothing serious, they could be a sign of retinal detachment. A retinal detachment is an op

Insomnia Common with Chemotherapy
With the stress of cancer and its treatments, it’s not surprising to hear that people with cancer may experience insomnia, difficulty sleeping. But, there’s more to it than just the cancer. It could be the treatment itself for many. It’s well known that insomnia is a troubling problem. Not being able to sleep can cause a host of other health problems, such as depression, anxiety, accidents due to fatigue, inability to fight off infections, and even a decrease in ability to regain health if already ill. Therefore, study