If your partner's snoring drives you mad, get them MAD (mandibular advancement devices)

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Mandibular advancement devices (MAD), which look a lot like sports mouthguards, are more effective at preventing snoring than the old 'tennis balls in a bra worn backwards' approach, or 'positional therapy' as it's known in science-speak, even when positional therapy was combined with nasal dilators, salty nose washes, and taping up the offending partner's mouth. US scientists compared MAD with combined airway and positional therapy (CAPT) in 42 couples plagued by snoring that was not related to sleep apnea and found that while both methods helped, MADs were more effective. The findings support the Australasian Sleep Association's recommendation of MADs as first-line treatment for snoring, the study authors say.

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conference: JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery

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Organisation/s: Washington University, USA

Funder: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Center For Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (TL11TR00234; Dr Ioerger) and the National Institutes of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (T32DC000022; Drs Hentati and Strober).

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