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Can a Septoplasty Keep You Thin?
Longtime readers may recall the ever-growing litany of adverse health effects associated with sleep deprivation: high blood pressure, stroke, depression, anxiety, arthritis, even decreased IQ. Scientific American recently added a new one to the pile, noting that, “Accumulating evidence also suggests that even short-term, partial sleep deprivation could pave the way for weight gain and … Continue reading Can a Septoplasty Keep You Thin?
View More >>Do You Want to See What Doctors Are Writing About You?
Researchers at Boston’s Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center recently conducted an interesting study: they gave patients full, unfettered online access to the medical notes that doctors were writing about them. The platform, called OpenNotes, let patients log in and see all information recorded about them to date, including “miscellaneous” comments about … Continue reading Do You Want to See What Doctors Are Writing About You?
View More >>The Apnea – Blood Pressure Connection
Here we go again: further data has emerged that strongly suggests that obstructive sleep apnea can affect your health in new ways. This week’s study, published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, found that opening an airway during sleep via positive pressure, such as a CPAP machine, can reduce blood pressure significantly in men … Continue reading The Apnea – Blood Pressure Connection
View More >>Super Tasters Super Immune to Sinusitis
A fascinating study out of the University of Pennsylvania this week revealed something unusual: super tasters, or people whose sense of taste and smell are enhanced to an extraordinary degree, may also be less prone than the rest of us to sinus infections. The reason may surprise you: super tasters can actually “taste” invading bacteria … Continue reading Super Tasters Super Immune to Sinusitis
View More >>Patients Make the Best Decisions
I have written before about how our healthcare system tends to reward bad choices: too much medicine, too many procedures, not enough benefit. Now there is some indication that a simple solution might help solve this problem: giving patients better information to let them decide themselves. An Atlantic article recently covered the hot topic of … Continue reading Patients Make the Best Decisions
View More >>Another Vitamin Bites the Dust
As a Los Angeles ENT and sinus surgeon, I get a lot of questions about vitamin supplements. Maybe it goes with the territory: LA is an urbane, educated and affluent city, and Angelenos (like most people) just want to know the best way to stay healthy. I have covered Vitamin C in this space before, … Continue reading Another Vitamin Bites the Dust
View More >>Balloon Sinuplasty Meets the Moving Image
I field a great many questions about balloon sinuplasty, the revolutionary procedure that offers quick and lasting relief for sinus infections and sinusitis. I do my level best to explain this procedure using words and gestures, but there is nothing quite as effective as a video for elucidating 3D surgical concepts. My latest site hosts … Continue reading Balloon Sinuplasty Meets the Moving Image
View More >>New Look, Same Site
Hello all: a quick update this week on some changes here at LASinus.com. Look around the site and you will notice that I have streamlined much of the design and colors. I made these changes to help my patients more easily find what they need, read what they’re interested in, and distinguish this site from … Continue reading New Look, Same Site
View More >>Is Race a Risk Factor for Sleep Apnea?
Some of you may have seen this recent New York Times article about sleep issues and race. Its conclusions echo a number of widely cited studies that found that the quality and duration of sleep for blacks, Asians and Latinos lags far behind those of whites in the same cities. Although the author gamely tries … Continue reading Is Race a Risk Factor for Sleep Apnea?
View More >>Sneezing Study Unlocks a New Avenue for Sinusitis Treatment
Why do we sneeze? Various explanations have found their way into public consciousness over the years, but the most popular remains the most plausible: we sneeze to clear our noses. Something gets in there, be it a pollutant or a particulate, and the sneeze is our body’s resounding retort. But now researchers have discovered a … Continue reading Sneezing Study Unlocks a New Avenue for Sinusitis Treatment
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