If you Google 'stop snoring' you are instantly presented with over a million results, with pages and pages of clever devices and treatments that claim to halt a common problem, affecting many men and women in the UK. These include mouthpieces, chin straps, nose strips and throat rinses – and for long-suffering partners of snorers, ear plugs.
The rise of the snoring room
One in six British couples sleep in separate rooms and snoring is largely to blame. In fact, leading estate agents Savills recently reported that there is a growing demand for a 'snoring room' separate to the master bedroom.
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Drug breakthrough for tinnitus sufferers?
Tinnitus is a hearing condition where you 'hear' sounds in your head that do not come from external sources. Sufferers list a range of different sounds, from buzzing, whistling, ringing, hissing to humming and it can range in severity in terms of sound and frequency. It can affect people of all ages, and also affects those that work in very noisy environments.
New study links childhood snoring with poor academic performance
Children that snore are more likely to do badly at school, a recent study finds. Researchers from Otago University have just released a report that highlights the link between snoring or other sleep disorders in children and the development of learning difficulties.