Snoring Leads to Poor Performance at Work and in the Bedroom

Main Category: Ear, Nose and Throat
Article Date: 02 May 2005 - 9:00 PDT

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On Sunday, May 1, metro area couples and those from as far away as Nassau, the Bahamas, who are desperate for a good night's sleep gathered to hear a special presentation from one of the USA's leading snoring and sleep apnea experts, Dr. Michael Gelb, in an effort to turn their lives -- and their marriage beds -- around.

A recent survey shows that people who snore have less active sex lives than those who don't. In a study of more than 1,000 men and women, 81 percent of the partners of snorers said they don't get a good night's sleep and are constantly tired, making them less likely to have the energy for intimacy. Of those snoring couples, researchers said 70 percent resort to sleeping in separate bedrooms to get some rest!

"Snoring and sleep apnea can dramatically affect the lives of both individuals and couples," said Dr. Gelb. "Fifty percent of all men over the age of 50 snore. That translates into one out of every two couples that struggles to get a good night's rest. After the age of 60, over 60 percent of men will snore."

Dr. Gelb also notes that it's not just men who suffer; after menopause, women's snoring catches up to men's.

Moreover, not getting a good night's rest often means poor overall heath, lower productivity on the job and more danger on the roads.

Snoring can also signal a more serious sleep-breathing problem, sleep apnea, which in some cases like former pro football great Reggie White, can lead to death. A new study carried out by Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology, shows that men aged 20 to 29 with severe sleep apnea have 10 times the risk of dying from heart related ailments than their peers, and are, in fact, at a much higher risk than older men with sleep apnea.

Dr. Gelb will address a group of 20 couples at Duxiana, home of the Swedish DUX bed on 921 Broadway (at 21st Street) beginning at 10:00 AM on Sunday, May 1.

Dr. Gelb, a New York based dentist is a specialist in sleep apnea and snoring and the inventor of NORAD, or Nocturnal Oral Airway Dilator, as well as co-inventor of "The Silencer", which is a simple oral appliance reduces or eliminates snoring by positioning the patient's tongue and jaw so that airways stay open. In fact, the Silencer cured the snoring and sleep apnea of Mark Hebbard, A Guinness Book of World Records holder for snoring when nothing else had worked. Dr. Gelb also recently invented the Gelb Appliance, which is revolutionary in that it can be fitted for a patient within 2 hours of their initial visit for instant snoring relief.

Dr. Gelb is the director of the renown Gelb Center in NYC and has studied breathing related sleep disorders (BRSD), specializing in how they relate to fatigue, focus, pain and the effects all of these can have on a person's overall performance and sex life. For more information, visit http://www.gelbcenter.com.

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