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Quiet the snore if you want to get a little more...
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- How many people have vowed to get a
better sex life this New Year? Or perhaps just get more sleep in the New Year?
According to Dr. Michael Gelb, one of the nations leading specialists in
sleep apnea and snoring:
-- People who snore have less active sex lives than those who dont
-- Out of more than 1,000 men and women surveyed, 81 percent of the
partners of snorers said they dont get a good nights 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
-- Holiday alcohol consumption can make the problem worse
Dr. Gelb says patients routinely come to him in an effort to turn their
lives -- and their marriage beds -- around.
"Snoring and sleep apnea dramatically affect the lives of individuals and
couples," said Dr. Gelb. "Fifty percent of all men over the age of 50 snore.
That means one out of every two couples struggles to get a good nights rest."
Moreover, not getting a good nights 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 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 persons
overall performance and sex life. For more information, visit
http://www.gelbcenter.com.
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