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With so many new wearable technologies, it is easy to get access to your day-to-day health statistics – and now, fitness trackers are starting to measure your blood oxygen saturation, or SpO2, which could help detect sleep apnoea.

Australia’s notoriously strict hotel quarantine rules may be relaxed in the upcoming months. Changes to both the length, and hotel stay have been flagged. The Department of Health Secretary Brendan Murphy announced, “We might think about reducing the length of quarantine or more home quarantine particularly for vaccinated people. Our risk tolerance will change over the second half of this year.”

The better you are at resting, the more energy and creativity you’ll bring into your work – but few of us actually know how to relax at the end of the day.

Rest is a requirement, not a luxury. All it takes are a few changes to your routines and habits, which can help protect you from sleep disorders like insomnia, mood disorders and even high blood pressure. Try practicing one of these after work today!

The CPAP Clinic has a network of 40 clinics nationwide, and works in partnership with Centurion Healthcare, a Respiratory & Sleep Specialist clinic group to provide comprehensive sleep care including: 1. Respiratory & Sleep Specialist consultation – face-to-face and telehealth available 2. Sleep studies – in-lab, home and contactless sleep studies available. Bulk billing available for specialist telehealth consultations as well as sleep studies. Medicare criteria apply.

Call 1300 76 29 39 or email info@thecpapclinic.com.au for more information.

Falling asleep can be especially difficult for insomniacs and those with physical irritation, such as restless leg syndrome. Although many will try their best to ignore it, restless leg syndrome (RLS) should be taken seriously as experts say it may be a red flag for heart disease.

A new study from Sweden has found a surprising link between taking Viagra and improved life expectancy amongst heart attack survivors. Impotence can be a warning sign of cardiovascular disease, but is generally treated with alprostadil instead of Viagra amongst heart disease patients. Since Viagra (and other PDE5 inhibitors) decreases blood pressure, it previously has not been recommended for heart disease patients due to the risk of heart attack.

Australia’s management of COVID-19 has become the envy of many countries around the world. But what key factors have helped us to keep case numbers down even without vaccines?

Papua New Guinea had no confirmed COVID-19 cases in June last year, and continued to have extremely low numbers of cases throughout 2020. However, the island nation has now been overwhelmed by cases as the virus runs rampant. More than 3,000 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in PNG; two-thirds of those occurred in the last month alone.

Our brain health has a significant impact on the quality of our lives. Did you know that one in seven adults are diagnosed with dementia?

Sleep studies diagnose sleep disorders such as insomnia or sleep apnea. They are one of the best ways to identify any issues with your sleep.

Dancing, singing, home visitors – restrictions have now been lifted on all of these as NSW takes another step towards pre-COVID normal. NSW has recorded two local cases in the past two months, both linked to the quarantine system. Epidemiologist Dr Heather Gidding of the University of Sydney has said NSW deserved an ‘A’ grade for its pandemic response.

Shift workers often experience diminished sleep quality which comes with several health consequences – and research has revealed that COVID-19 is one of them.

After 4 new cases were added to the Brisbane cluster yesterday, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced a snap three-day lockdown. Residents of Brisbane, Logan, Moreton Bay, Ipswich and the Redlands can only leave their homes for grocery shopping, exercise, essential work, and caring for vulnerable people. The lockdown will until at least Thursday afternoon.