A recent small study suggests that people with sleep apnea — a condition where breathing briefly and repeatedly stops during sleep — may be at greater risk for low bone density. Published in The Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice, the study used cone beam – a type of X-ray – to measure bone density […]
The term “silent heart attack” refers to when a person has a heart attack, but didn’t know. Surprisingly, a study published recently in Circulation, the Journal of the American Heart Association, found that 45% of heart attacks happen without people being fully aware. The problem is that silent heart attacks cause just as much damage […]
