Post by thread:[OT] Sleep wizard

Snoring and airway obstruction are often associated and can have a significant impact on the 'sufferers' ability to function when awake. There are many aids which are meant to assist in this area. Here's one of them. While this anti-snoring aid looks very amusing it MAY be of great use to some. Making something similar for yourself may save you about $US60. (Or $40 (or $120) if you don't buy 2 and get 1 free). http://www.sleepwizard.com/ There are always positive testimonials, but these do sound generally encouraging http://www.sleepwizard.com/testimonial Almost EE !!!! RM

Apparently if one is getting restful sleep, men's love handles will disappear. Front page - conclusive clinical research. So despite 8 hours of sleep per night, I'm not getting restful sleep? Alternately, I can simply look at people and tell whether they are getting restful sleep or not? Hmmm! May work fine for snoring and airway obstruction, but seems to be grasping at straws at some points. Of course, I will likely care more about this the older I get: http://www.sleepfoundation.org/_content/hottopics/2005_summary_of_findings.pdf For the love handles, I recomend the Hacker's Diet, subtitled "How to lose weight and hair through stress and poor nutrition." www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/www/hackdiet.html Sort of a systems engineering perspective on weight control. -Adam On 12/13/05, Russell McMahon <spam_OUTapptechTakeThisOuTparadise.net.nz> wrote: {Quote hidden}> Snoring and airway obstruction are often associated and can have a > significant impact on the 'sufferers' ability to function when awake. > There are many aids which are meant to assist in this area. Here's one > of them. > > While this anti-snoring aid looks very amusing it MAY be of great use > to some. > Making something similar for yourself may save you about $US60. (Or > $40 (or $120) if you don't buy 2 and get 1 free). > > http://www.sleepwizard.com/ > > There are always positive testimonials, but these do sound generally > encouraging > > http://www.sleepwizard.com/testimonial > > Almost EE !!!! > > > RM > > -

M. Adam Davis wrote: > [...] the Hacker's Diet, subtitled "How to lose weight and hair through > stress and poor nutrition." www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/www/hackdiet.html > Sort of a systems engineering perspective on weight control. With the amount of errors that can be expected from systems engineering done without the proper experimenting :) Seriously, from a systems engineering standpoint that approach fails quite a bit. Gerhard

> There are always positive testimonials, but these do sound > generally encouraging > > http://www.sleepwizard.com/testimonial > Let us know how it works out for you Russell! <VBG> Or ask Val to let us know. On a more serious note, my wife has this problem (apnea) and it has been a real issue for her. She has this terrible machine that is supposed to help her breath, but she typically doesn't use it due to how uncomfortable and restrictive it is.... Also, waking up next to her when she has it on is good for a few seconds of "oh crap, I'm in a sci-fi horror show." Part of the machine is a head strap that has, I believe, the same effect as this fine product. I don't think it has made a significant difference for her even when she does use it, but I'm not 100% sure. --- James.

> On a more serious note, my wife has this problem (apnea) and it has been a > real issue for her. She has this terrible machine that is supposed to help > her breath, but she typically doesn't use it due to how uncomfortable and > restrictive it is.... Also, waking up next to her when she has it on is good > for a few seconds of "oh crap, I'm in a sci-fi horror show." I actually have to use a CPAP machine. I tend to think of that myself. If your wife has problems, I suggest that she try both new headgear (they make them more comfortable now) and a different pillow. I use a pillow from LL Bean that allows me to sleep fairly normally with my mask on. And yes, the machine makes a *huge* difference in how my wife sleeps (I'm allowed to sleep in the same room again) and how I sleep. My wife will probably get to feel how I feel when she gets fitted with her own machine (a BiPAP -- for Central Sleep Apnea). -- D. Jay Newman ! _Linux Robotics: Building Smarter Robots_ .....jayKILLspam@spam@sprucegrove.com ! To be released soon to unsuspecting bookstores http://enerd.ws/robots/ ! everywhere.