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You know how you feel after a bad night’s sleep. After sitting up in bed, your head swims. Concentrating, even on the simplest tasks, seems impossible. The fogginess in your temples gives way to a headache. Just thinking about it would make anyone want a nap

While we all love autumn, it has its downsides. It’s officially flu season. And you know what that means – migraines. So as we’re enjoying crunchy leaves and pumpkin spice lattes, we’re also massaging our temples. Fortunately, at the Center for Sin

“Sleep apnea is just snoring.” …IS FALSE. Snoring can be a symptom of the sleep disorder, but there’s a BIG difference between the two. Sleep apnea is no joke; it’s a health issue that has been linked to quality of life and heart health problems.

Have you noticed that your sinus symptoms – facial pain, congestion, difficulty breathing through the nose, headache – are worse this time of year? You’re not alone!  There are several factors that can aggravate allergies, sinusitis, and other s

Two terms you’ve heard paired with COVID-19 are respirator and ventilator. While we’ve heard the terms in similar context, they serve two very different, while important, purposes. So, what’s the difference between a respirator and a ventilator? The shor

As we live through a global pandemic, each morning we awake to remind ourselves this is not a science fiction movie, but rather a significant, and very real historical event. The scope of which will be recounted in history books for centuries and told to child

The virus that causes COVID-19, like all viruses, isn’t a living organism; it isn’t even a cell. It’s a nanoparticle composed of 3 building blocks: a genetic control center (in this case, RNA) wrapped in a fatty lipid membrane (the viral protective coat)

Over the last month, we’ve seen how quickly and seemingly easily COVID-19 is spread and the life-threatening – even detrimental – effects it’s had on our population. By limiting the spread today, we can all do our part to “flatten the cur

Since we do not have a vaccine for COVID-19 yet, and vaccines normally take a year or more to develop, the concept of Herd Immunity has gotten a lot of bad press lately. COVID-19 is a pandemic, meaning that we have failed to contain the spread of this virus fr