Recent studies conducted by the The National Institutes of Health estimates that 1 in 10 adults over the age of 65, or about 18 million Americans, suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Those who have OSA experience plenty of trouble while sleeping, most notably breathing that is interrupted due to obstruction caused by a soft palate collapse which includes the tongue, uvula, adenoids, and other soft tissues within the throat.
Patients with OSA can have obstructed breathing for upwards of a minute, and this phenomena occurs hundreds of times at night. Since normal breathing is interrupted, the body is starved of needed oxygen, which can lead to future health problems such as stroke, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. On a daily basis, most patients with OSA suffer from daytime sleepiness, fatigue, and a lack of energy.
When does the day come when your youngster can buckle up with an adult seat belt? The law in most states requires kids to be in a car seat until they reach a height of at least 4 feet 9 inches.
In times of financial hardship many people start to seriously reconsider the way they handle their income. While the philosophy stays pretty much the same – spend less to have more – the methods that people use to achieve their financial goals often vary greatly. And, as is the case with things like fashion and dieting, new money-saving “fads” pop up from time to time that present people with new options of ways to keep their wallets as full as possible.
In today’s financial markets, many people who are new to investing wonder, what are financial futures? A quick definition would be to say that financial futures are actually futures contracts which are based on financial instruments such as Treasury bonds, CDs, currencies or indexes. Mostly though, a financial future is simply defined as a future contract on a short term interest rate. All future contracts are different and can vary, but are often referred to as the index interest rate, the pound in three months, or U.S. dollars.
Windows 7 is Microsoft’s latest operating system, and it’s a good one. But there is nothing worse than getting your installation setup just the way you want it and then running into problems. The real beauty of Windows 7 is that unlike its predecessors, Microsoft has incorporated a function which makes it very easy for you to recover your Windows installation (when it goes wrong) using just a USB thumb drive.