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Credit:  Biswarup Ganguly. In a clinic in Jaipur, a low, resonant note from a conch shell echoed through the room—and it’s all for an unlikely therapy. Researchers in India say shankh blowing—an ancient yogic practice of exhaling forcefully into a spiral-shaped conch—may help people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a disorder that causes repeated pauses in breathing during sleep. In …

11 best pillows to help with snoring, according to sleep experts  CNN Source link

Letting your hair down at the weekend might be a well-known recipe for a hangover, but researchers say it might also increase the severity of a common sleep disorder. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) involves complete pauses in breathing or partial reductions in airflow that arise because muscles in the back of the throat relax, causing the airways to narrow or …

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Illustration– Blowing a Conch Shell via Wikihow (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license) Blowing through a conch shell could help treat a potentially deadly snoring condition, according to new research from India. Patients who took part in the ancient practice regularly for six months experienced a significant reduction in their symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a common sleep disorder where breathing …

Inflammation levels may shape how cannabis affects anxiety and sleep  PsyPost Source link

Blowing into a conch shell could help tackle the symptoms of a sleep disorder that affects millions of people across the UK, according to a study. Conch blowing, also known as shankh blowing, is an ancient ritual that involves breathing in deeply and exhaling into the spiral-shaped shell. The practice could improve sleep for patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), …

When it comes to bedtime routines, people fall into two camps: those who can’t stand even a thin sheet in warm weather, and those who can’t drift off without being fully cocooned, no matter how sweltering it gets. How blankets make some people feel Experts say this isn’t just about personal comfort. The urge to sleep under a blanket, even …

Both Salvador Dalí and Thomas Edison are said to have used dreams to stoke their creative process. To spark new ideas, the men would let themselves drift off to sleep for just a few moments, and then wake up and note the dreamlike visions they had on the brink of unconsciousness. But you may have heard that dreams happen only …