What is Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

What is Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea? A common, go-to sleeping position is on the back. Although seemingly comfortable, this routine position can cause a sleep disorder called positional obstructive sleep apnea. Depending on the sleeping position, breathing...

Sleep and Weight Loss

How Sleep Can Help You Lose Weight Does sleep affect weight loss? Quite simply, the answer is yes. Since sleep affects weight loss, it stands to reason it also plays a role in weight gain. Learn why sleep is important for weight loss, but also for maintaining a...

Lack of Sleep Effects on the Brain, Health, & Work Performance

Work, home, financial concerns, and parenting responsibilities are already tough enough to juggle. Working from home or as an essential worker while under social distancing and stay at home orders simply add to your existing stress levels. For working parents, school...

What is Microsleep?

What is microsleep? You may not have heard the term, but most people experience microsleep episodes. People usually call it zoning out or being on autopilot. The dangerous reality is that when this happens, parts of our brains are asleep! Microsleep can happen at any...

Managing Coronavirus Related Stress

Stress and Sleep Apnea When the world suddenly turns upside down, it’s no surprise that people feel stressed out and begin losing sleep. Change is stressful. So is worrying about the ‘what ifs’ that come along with the coronavirus situation. Uncertainty is even more...

Don’t Let the Current Stock Market Results Impact Your Sleep

Financial Stress and Your Health  When the world suddenly turns upside down, the stress of uncertainty affects us all. Current stock market results have Americans – and the world – on high alert anticipating future financial stress, and sleep could be one...

COVID-19 UPDATE – March 16th,2020

Important Information for Valley Sleep Center Patients Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update We are pleased to announce that we are now offering virtual visits. See our sleep specialists virtually from the comfort of your own home! Here’s how it works: Sleep...

3 Things You Should Know About REM Sleep

3 Things You Should Know About REM Sleep Sleep is a vital part of good health and optimal function during your waking hours. As you get your much needed, revitalizing rest at night, your body actually goes through various sleep cycles. Each phase of sleep is important...

March Inspire Therapy Community Health Talks

Important Information for People with Sleep Apnea! Does CPAP not work for you? Valley Sleep Center is hosting free community information events for Inspire Therapy; a new FDA-approved treatment for people with sleep apnea who have been unable to consistently use their...

National Sleep Awareness Week- March 8-14, 2020

Phoenix, Arizona – Insomnia affects between 30-45 percent of adults and the affects can be deadly. It’s been shown that lack of sleep or poor-quality sleep also leaves us more vulnerable to accidents. In addition, people with insomnia are seven times more likely...