People often ask me why, as a dentist, I am concerned with issues like sleep, breathing problems, acid reflux, back pain and chronic illness. The answer is that all the systems in the body are inter-related. Breaking the body down […]
There is nothing more important than breathing. Sleep apnea is the repeated interruption of breathing during sleep. As you might imagine, it causes loud snoring, fatigue, irritability, sore throat, attention deficit and headaches. It can lead to death if left […]
The temporomandibular joint and the diseases that affect it, are complex and can lead to chronic craniofacial pain, sleep disorders, neck, back and shoulder pain, trouble chewing, and a locked jaw. The American Academy of Craniofacial Pain estimates that nearly […]
A painful and incapacitating migraine headache can wreck a day. When considering how best to treat a migraine, we must start with this: prevention is the best medicine. Just as the best way to handle a forest fire is to […]
Poor sleep affects nearly everyone, at least occasionally. Forty-five percent of Americans say that poor or insufficient sleep affected their daily activities at least once in the past seven days, according to a study by the National Sleep Foundation. About […]
Temporomandibular Disorder—or TMD (commonly called TMJ, which is simply the name of the joint)—is complex and varied, and often misdiagnosed. Because TMD is really a group of maladies affecting the joint and rippling out to other areas of the […]
“Clean eating” is a fancy term for eating real food. It means eating lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, and plant or animal proteins that were raised or grown as close to nature as possible. It eschews packaged, […]
Let’s face it: all headaches stink. Whether it’s a dull ache in the back of the head, a stabbing sensation in the forehead or throbbing on one side, no one wants pain in their head. There are different kinds of […]
Is your child inattentive and hyperactive? Do he or she have a quick temper? Those are sure signs of ADHD, right? One in 9 children was diagnosed with ADHD in the U.S. in 2011, a 42% increase from 2003. […]