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Sleep apnea is a common disorder in which you have one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you sleep.

Breathing pauses can last from a few seconds to minutes. They often occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour. Typically, normal breathing then starts again, sometimes with a loud snort or choking sound.

Sleep apnea usually is a chronic (ongoing) condition that disrupts your sleep 3 or more nights each week. You often move out of deep sleep and into light sleep when your breathing pauses or becomes shallow.

This results in poor sleep quality that makes you tired during the day. Sleep apnea is one of the leading causes of excessive daytime sleepiness.

OverviewSleep apnea often goes undiagnosed. Doctors usually can’t detect the condition during routine office visits. Also, there are no blood tests for the condition.

Most people who have sleep apnea don’t know they have it because it only occurs during sleep. A family member and/or bed partner may first notice the signs of sleep apnea. Read more »

How big is the problem?

* More than one third of adults 65 and older fall each year in the United States (Hornbrook et al. 1994; Hausdorff et al. 2001).
* Among older adults, falls are the leading cause of injury deaths. They are also the most common cause of nonfatal injuries and hospital admissions for trauma (DC 2006).
* In 2005, 15,800 people 65 and older died from injuries related to unintentional falls; about 1.8 million people 65 and older were treated in emergency departments for nonfatal injuries from falls, and more than 433,000 of these patients were hospitalized (CDC 2008).
* The rates of fall-related deaths among older adults rose significantly over the past decade (Stevens 2006). Read more »

Although metal beds had some popularity during the Renaissance, they were not as popular as wood bedroom sets. It was during this period when beds and chests began to gain in popularity with the rope bed being one of the most popular. It was also during this time that other furniture started to become popular and thus the use of wooden furniture extended to other areas of the house including the living room, dining room and outdoors. The popular rope bed was used both as a place for sleeping similar to the hammock as well as for holding a mattress.

Bedroom sets—or suites as they were often called—gained in popularity during the Renaissance. Other types of furniture also became more popularity thus making the Renaissance a period that bespoke of a variety of wood furniture including that of the bed and chest. You may also find this was a period of buffets, hutches and even free standing closets instead of the built in styles that are in modern homes. However, it is worthwhile to note that the furniture from the Renaissance and other early periods in history were sturdier and better made that what we know today because it was made by hand rather than machine. Read more »

Interior beautifying is not an activity that necessitates a sizeable budget in order to attain. This is also something that need not be consummated in one fell swoop. The best means to decorate a home is step by step, finishing one room at a time. Not only does this make the process less expensive, but it also makes everything less nerve-wracking and more pleasant. The purpose is to start small and then work your way up.

Paint is the most frugal way to spruce up a room and will give an instant and immediate impression on the decor of the whole household. Select the colors and paint the walls first, and everything could be done to correspond and coordinate with the colors. To a sizeable degree, any person are able to paint and doesn’t require paid help to do the same job. You can do this yourself and will probably save more money than you can imagine along the way.

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When designing a bedroom for a child you must remember who the room belongs to. Be sure your child has some input in the selections you make.

Sometimes kids seem to want everything they see, or not, depending on the child’s personality and age. They do not understand how to design their rooms. You will need lots of patience, sometimes you will have to be firm with them and say “no” we’re not going to do that. The theme is important. Will it be animals, space ships, fire trucks, cowboys, bugs, flowers, ships, trains, or something else?

Here are some questions you will have to answer.

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