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Lisa Feierstein, RN
Active Healthcare is an award-winning industry leader in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, helping North Carolinians breathe easier for over 20 years. Our state-of-the-art IntegraSleep centers in Raleigh, Clayton, and Smithfield provide all-inclusive sleep management programs to diagnose and treat this disruptive, dangerous condition. With a 98% customer satisfaction rate, Active Healthcare is passionately dedicated to patient care and quality of life through our six customer service centers throughout the Triangle and Johnston County. For more information, visit ActiveHealthcare.com.
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
Do you wake up with air blowing into your eyes? Does your mask slide off during the night? You don’t have to live with these problems! If you have sleep apnea and are on PAP therapy it’s high time to stop dreading going to sleep every night. Just because you have to manage your sleep [...]
Posted in CPAP, Sleep Apnea | Tagged cpap, CPAP accessories, cpap pillows, cpap tips, OSA, sleep, sleep apnea, SleePAP pillow |
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
We all know that police officers have tough jobs—we often take it for granted that they get enough sleep to patrol neighborhoods, stop crime, and write up long reports after a 12-hour shift. Recent findings from Brigham and Women’s Hospital discovered that 40 percent of police officers screened positive for sleep disorders, the most common [...]
Posted in News, Sleep Apnea | Tagged OSA, police, public safety workers, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep disorders, sleep in america poll |
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
Who hasn’t heard of the song, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin? Turns out this sentiment originally coined by Indian mystic and spiritual master, Meher Baba, is the best advice out there for your health. That’s easy, right? Enter two Israeli doctors, Dr. Dina Eisen and Dr. Lilach Meltski who have developed a [...]
Posted in Sleep Tips | Tagged happiness, health, sleep, sleep tips |
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
I’ve posted many times on this blog ways to help you get to sleep faster and better, such as not exercising too late at night, restricting your caffeine intact or shutting off the laptop before bedtime. But I’ve found a few sneaky sleep stealers that you may not have thought of before. All of these [...]
Posted in Sleep Tips | Tagged obesity, sleep disorders, sleep hygiene |
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
Today is an important day for all of us at Active Healthcare. April 18, 2012 has been designated as Sleep Apnea Awareness Day. Thirty years ago Dr. Colin Sullivan, an Australian physician, published an article about his “CPAP Machine” in The Lancet. Sleep diagnosis and treatment has come a long way, but the problem remains [...]
Posted in CPAP, News, Sleep Apnea |
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
It’s very common with new PAP and veteran users to experience mask irritation to the point of wanting to quit the PAP therapy (NO!), but now it’s easier than ever to get comfortable with your PAP device and mask without spending a lot of money. If your nasal or your full face mask rubs your [...]
Posted in CPAP, Sleep Apnea | Tagged cpap, CPAP accessories, cpap tips, OSA, RemZzzz mask liners, ResMed Gecko, sleep, sleep apnea |
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
We all want to be happy and healthy, but what does happiness look like? And how do we get there? Lack of sleep and extreme fatigue due to sleep apnea can lead to depression and weight gain. Treating your sleep apnea can lead to a new and refreshed you. Getting your seven to eight [...]
Posted in CPAP, Sleep Apnea | Tagged benefits of CPAP therapy, cpap, depression, happiness, health, motivation, sleep, sleep apnea, weight control, weight gain |
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
It should come to no surprise that if you have allergic rhinitis you also suffer from poor sleep. Sneezing, watery eyes, and a runny nose will cause you to perpetually wake up dozens of times a night and then have trouble getting back to sleep. You may also have trouble concentrating, remembering important facts and [...]
Posted in News, Sleep Tips | Tagged allergic rhinitis, allergies, allergies and sleep, allergy triggers, sleep, sleep tips, treating allergies |
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
It is a powerful statement when the Center for Disease Control (CDC) says that, “Sleep, like food and water, is essential for life” on every single one of their recently released sleep individual state fact sheets. Now the public has easy access to sleep facts for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, [...]
Posted in News, Sleep Tips | Tagged CDC Sleep Facts, sleep, sleep disorders, sleep hygiene, sleep tips |
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
Is it taking you hours and hours to get to sleep? Even when you’re dead tired? If this sounds like you, then look no further than your iPad. Sleep researchers at UCLA have noticed that the blue light from the iPad’s screen may contribute to insomnia. This is because evolution has forced our brains to [...]
Posted in News, Sleep Tips | Tagged insomnia, iPad, sleep, sleep hygiene, sleep tips, trouble falling asleep |
