Sleep Apnoea and Heart Disease

  • Posted in Sleep Apnoea
  •  By Loran Simon

How does sleep apnoea worsen heart disease? Many researchers have searched for answers to this question. A new study by researchers at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, USA has found that although SA does raise daytime blood pressure, this cannot explain the increased heart disease risk on its own. They have found that people with SA show a reduction in the tone of the vagus nerve, which traverses most of the body and also serves the heart. Once the vagus nerve becomes less active which occurs with sleep apnoea, it may increase the risk for heart disease.

Read more here:  

http://www.newsfix.ca/2013/06/26/sleep-apnoea-and-heart-disease/

Somnowell Inventor - Visiting Professor Simon Ash FDS MSc MOrth BDS

Prof. Ash is the inventor of the highly successful SOMNOWELL Chrome device for snoring and sleep apnoea.

The Somnowell Chrome is made to exacting standards in the Somnowell laboratory under the supervision of Visiting Professor Simon Ash. Prof. Ash and his master technicians create each Somnowell Chrome device using their wealth of experience and expertise.

Prof. Ash works at the forefront of his profession. He is a Consultant and Specialist Orthodontist with over 30 years clinical experience, with a special interest in sleep related breathing disorders, TMJD, and bruxism. He currently works in Harley Street London and two private hospitals in London as part of a multi-disciplinary team managing snoring and sleep apnoea, and is Visiting Professor of Orthodontics at the BPP University.

The Somnowell mandibular advancement appliance is also recommended by:

  • Sleep Centres
  • ENT Surgeons, Sleep Physicians, Respiratory, Physicians
  • Orthodontists, Dentists
  • General Medical Practitioners
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