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Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Is mouth taping dangerous? An expert says the trend 'is not an appropriate therapy' for people with sleep apnea
Mouth taping has become a viral wellness trend among influencers and celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashley Graham and Emma Roberts. However, Canadian researchers are warning that putting tape or an adhesive patch over your mouth while sleeping could be "extremely unsafe" if you have breathing issues. A study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One indicated mouth taping could be harmful when trying to treat problems like mouth breathing and sleep disordered breathing. It could also be dangerous for someone with sleep apnea, a disorder where a person's breathing stops repeatedly while they're sleeping. Dr. Brian Rotenberg, a senior author on the study, told Yahoo Canada there are two main reasons why people should likely avoid this home remedy. "If the patient is having nasal obstruction, there's usually a reason for that," the otolaryngologist at London Health Sciences Centre, St. Joseph's Health Care London and Western University in Ontario explained. This article is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Contact a qualified medical professional before engaging in any physical activity, or making any changes to your diet, medication or lifestyle. "It is better to have that reason investigated by a qualified health-care practitioner — for example a primary-care physician, an ENT (ear, nose and throat) person like myself or a nurse practitioner — to actually make a diagnosis than doing a Band-Aid and treating it without knowing the cause," he added. The sleep surgeon further explained there are numerous people who are unaware they have sleep apnea. About nine per cent of men and three to four per cent of women have the disorder and remain unaware, he indicated. "We're talking millions of Canadians and way more Americans and way more globally." Mouth taping is a home remedy method that involves a person placing a tape or adhesive patch over their mouth when going to sleep. This is meant to reduce their mouth breathing at night, pushing them to use their nose to breath. In turn, nose breathing should warm and humidify the air entering the body, reducing snoring and improving sleep quality. In November 2022, Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow shared on Instagram she was using a product called MyoTape, touting it was "probably the single best wellness tool" she'd recently found: "Breathing through your nose at night apparently creates alkalinity in the body and promotes the best quality sleep." The following May, supermodel Ashley Graham posted similar reviews to the practice, saying she had "never slept better." Actress Emma Roberts also recently called it "life changing" and that she wakes up feeling "more refreshed." Influencers online have lately been echoing similar sentiments, claiming that sleeping this way has improved their asthma symptoms, increased their oral hygiene and even sharpened their jawline. But according to Rotenberg's research in collaboration with Halifax-based paediatric otolaryngologist Dr. Elise Graham and Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry resident Jess Rhee, there wasn't any strong evidence of mouth taping health benefits. The team looked at 86 existing studies on the topic, and gave an in-depth review of 10 worth looking over. Out of those studies, eight showed no benefits and two suggested minimal benefits. Rotenberg used an analogy of a patient who is seeing their vision worsen. In some cases, that might simply be a case of needing new glasses. "But what if you have glaucoma? What if you have cataracts? What if you have retinal disease? All those things can present as decreases in vision that are otherwise non-specified," Rotenberg noted. "But you would never not go to your eye doctor. You wouldn't just order glasses off the internet and say, 'Let's give them a go.' You would actually do something about it and investigate it." He said the same analogy works with the nose, which is a part of the body that can have "lots of issues" that cause breathing problems. Those might include a deviated septum, nasal polyps or even a tumour. "Those things are not going to get fixed with mouth taping," he shared. When it comes to having sleep apnea, he said mouth taping can become "extremely unsafe" and can potentially make the disorder even worse: "When you have sleep apnea, the throat's collapsing in. So your throat's collapsing, now your nose is blocked and you're treating your nose blockage by covering your mouth. At that point, what's left to breathe through?" A few years ago, Rotenberg said he initially thought mouth taping was just another viral trend that wasn't worth spending time worrying about. But over time, he and his collaborators noted how it became a real thing that people were continuously doing. That pushed him to begin research on the topic about a year and a half ago. If a patient was asking about potentially using mouth taping as a remedy, Rotenberg said he'd do an assessment and then conduct an examination to see what might be happening: "More often than not, I would likely see something happening to cause the obstruction, in which case I would not offer mouth taping but I would offer them other therapies that are evidence based and science based." Still, he noted there may be the odd occasion where a patient won't have any reason why they're not breathing through their nose. "Something like that, I think [mouth taping] would be OK." However, he urged people to use more critical thinking when it comes to following viral trends they come across on social media. "Just to be clear, I don't want to portray mouth taping as the root of all evil on planet Earth — it's not like that. There for sure some people out there who would probably benefit from this," he shared. "My thesis is to have people apply a little more thought before they just initiate something because of an influencer suggesting this is a good idea. Actually look into it and think, 'What's the problem here in the first place?'"
Perth Now
24-05-2025
- Health
- Perth Now
Dangers of this celebrity-endorsed wellness trend exposed
Parents are being warned about the dangers of mouth taping their children in an attempt to improve sleep or stop mouth breathing, as new research finds the celebrity-endorsed practice could pose serious health risks. Growing awareness about the health impacts of mouth breathing, which is linked to sleep disorders, has spawned an industry promoting mouth tape which claims to improve sleep, reduce snoring and enhance overall health by encouraging nasal breathing. The mouth taping trend has also become popular on TikTok, with videos from influencers and celebrities including actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and Emma Roberts and model Ashley Graham receiving millions of views. Many of the advertised products are designed for children, but experts warn that resorting to mouth taping can be extremely dangerous for kids, who are usually mouth breathing due to an underlying health condition such as allergies or enlarged adenoids. Perth orofacial myofunctional therapist and Whole Child Co founder Tash Duffin, who specialises in paediatric sleep and conditions related to the face and mouth, said the majority of young patients in her clinic were mouth breathers. 'The causes are so varied and it can be so multi-factorial, it might be allergies, it might be the way the palate is formed, it might be related to tongue function and rest position, or adenoids or tonsils,' she said. She urged parents against trying to find a 'quick fix' by using mouth tape to encourage nasal breathing. Gwyneth Paltrow's promotion of mouth taping on social media. Credit: Unknown / Supplied 'Mouth breathing is an adaptation, if you're doing it, you're doing it for a reason,' she said. 'Putting tape over your mouth closes the mouth but it doesn't change or treat why you're doing it in the first place. 'If kids have an inflammation in their airway and you put a tape over their mouth it's really dangerous because how are they going to get air in? 'It's a band-aid solution, you're not understanding why it's happening in the first place.' It comes as new research found the practice failed to improve sleep and posed health risks. Emma Roberts is an advocate of mouth taping. Credit: Unknown / Supplied An evaluation of 10 studies published in PLOS ONE on Thursday found that only two saw evidence of slight improvements for people with sleep apnea. The remainder found no evidence that mouth taping helped to treat sleep related conditions, while four studies warned that for some, the practice posed 'a potentially serious risk of asphyxiation.' 'Mouth taping is a contemporary practice that is often celebrity-endorsed, but is not necessarily scientifically accurate,' researcher Dr Brian Rotenberg of Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, said. 'Many people are not appropriate for mouth taping, and in some cases it can lead to risk of serious health harm.' Oscar winner turned wellness entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow has promoted mouth taping on social media, describing it as 'the single best wellness tool she has found recently.' She told Glamour magazine: 'I'm a big proponent . . . my heart-rate variability and sleep scores are so much better when I do the mouth tape, because we're actually designed to breathe through our nose for a number of reasons. 'You filter your air better that way. You produce more nitric oxide when you breathe through your nose, so that helps dilate all of the blood vessels.' Ms Duffin said Ms Paltrow's comments were correct around the benefits of nose breathing, but she disagreed with her approach when it came to mouth taping as a way to achieve it. She said taping could potentially form part of therapy for adults, but they first needed to establish their airway was clear, and attempt it during the day first. 'As an adult, you could play around with it during the day, and if you feel like you can't breathe then it's not a good idea as it can make your breathing way worse.' The analysis included 10 studies which evaluated the potential benefits of mouth taping for 213 patients. Two studies suggested that amongst a subset of people with mild obstructive sleep apnea, mouth taping may be associated with a slight improvement. But others found no benefit, with four finding a potentially serious risk of asphyxiation for people whose mouth breathing was caused by a serious restriction or blockage of nasal airways. 'On the basis of these findings, the authors conclude that existing evidence does not support night-time mouth taping as a treatment for sleep-disordered breathing, including obstructive sleep apnea,' the report read. The authors also called for further research into the practice.
Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Shocking moment jilted husband crashes into his wife's car when she started seeing a new man after their 24-year marriage ended
A jilted husband crashed furiously into his estranged wife's car when it emerged she was seeing a new man just three weeks after their 24-year-marriage ended. Shocking footage shows Kevin Roberts, 40, unable to contain his anger as he hurtles down a road in Anglesey, North Wales, clipping the vehicle before driving off. Caernarforn Crown Court heard the raging husband felt 'betrayed' by his school sweetheart Emma Roberts who he had five children with before their separation last year. He later returned to the scene with one of his adult children to check on Ms Roberts' well-being. The court heard her car was damaged with Ms Roberts uninjured - though badly shaken. In a statement she said the event had left her feeling 'on edge' and scared to drive. Roberts, now of Enfield, London, admitted dangerous driving. Dafydd Roberts, defending, said the breakdown of the couple's long-term relationship was the 'root cause' of his behaviour. The jilted husband crashed furiously into his estranged wife's car when it emerged she was seeing a new man just three weeks after their 24-year-marriage ended 'He accepts his driving was very much out of order', he said. The court heard Roberts had since left the area and was caring for his terminally ill father. Judge Nicola Jones handed Roberts a 10-month suspended sentence and restraining order banning him from contacting his wife for one year. He was also handed a 12-month driving ban and ordered him to take an extended re-test. Judge Jones told him: 'This was a deliberate decision to ignore the rules of the road.' But she said she would suspend Roberts' sentence due to him showing 'genuine remorse'.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Tell Me Lies' is returning for Season 3: New cast members, returning faces and plenty of toxic relationship drama
Tell Me Lies is returning to Hulu for Season 3, and with it, the most toxic situationship known to mankind. I am, of course, talking about the dynamic between Lucy (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen (Jackson White), who meet at the fictional Baird College and then proceed to hook up, break up and attempt to destroy one another … before repeating the cycle all over again. All the drama then bleeds over into adulthood, when the gang meets up again for the wedding of their college besties Bree (Catherine Missal) and Evan (Branden Cook) eight years after Lucy's freshman year — a flash-forward that we'll see more of when the show returns for Season 3. In the Season 2 finale, a voicemail from Stephen threatened to implode that relationship — and Lucy's friendship with Bree — moments before Bree was slated to head down the aisle. Classic Stephen. The series, which is executive produced by Emma Roberts and based on Carola Lovering's novel of the same name, has outpaced the book's narrative, meaning it's anyone's guess what comes next. However, we already have some juicy tidbits about the upcoming third season. Here's what you need to know before the series returns. Hulu renewed Tell Me Lies in December 2024, two months after its Season 2 finale. There's no release date for Season 3 just yet, but the show is currently in production in Georgia, where Agnes Scott College in Decatur is a stand-in for the fictional upstate New York college. There was a two-year gap between the first and second seasons of Tell Me Lies, so it's possible we may have a while to wait before new episodes arrive. One person who we're not sure will return is Thomas Doherty, who played Lucy's fan-favorite boyfriend, Leo. Unfortunately, Lucy dumped Leo in favor of getting back with Stephen at the end of Season 2. (Big mistake. Huge.) 'I wasn't actually too surprised about the fans' reaction to my character,' Doherty told Us Weekly. 'After Season 1, Leo just slotted into that gap. It made sense. What did surprise me was all the outpouring of love. It's really kind of overwhelming at times.' For fans of the actor, you can see him on another show: Doherty is joining the cast of Paradise Season 2 opposite Sterling K. Brown. One surprising returning love interest? Tom Ellis, who played college professor Oliver in Season 2. In the second season, married Oliver has a secret relationship with Bree (his wife's student!), which soured when it was revealed that his wife was well aware of the affair. Originally, Ellis — who is married IRL to creator Meaghan Oppenheimer — said that he would not be coming back to the series, but in a May 6 interview with People, he said he's returning to film Season 3 imminently. 'I've got to be honest, the focus isn't so much on my character this season, but it still plays very much into the Bree storyline,' he teased to the magazine. The Lucifer star also hinted there's more drama to come, calling the series as 'dark, toxic and funny' as ever. 'Just when you thought our characters couldn't do anything more ridiculous to themselves, they ended up doing it,' Ellis said. As Ellis promised, Tell Me Lies is diving deeper into Bree's storyline this year. Costa D'Angelo will play Alex, described by Deadline as a psychology grad student and part-time drug dealer who has a 'complicated past with Bree.' He also sounds a little bit like Stephen, as he's described as 'aloof and borderline rude' with 'hidden depths.' Let's just hope that, unlike Stephen, those 'hidden depths' don't reveal more narcissistic personality traits. Alex's addition is particularly intriguing for fans who are eager to know who Bree was having a tense phone conversation with on her wedding day. While some speculated it could be Oliver on the receiving end of the phone call, others thought the call could be connected to Bree's foster care past. Perhaps Alex is her foster brother or someone else she knew before her days at Baird?! Some of the Tell Me Lies cast is dating offscreen — like Van Patten and White, who, as of fall 2024, were still in a relationship. The two originally met around the time of the audition process and have been together ever since. 'Because we established that dynamic first season, the second season was a lot easier to switch on and off,' Van Patten revealed to E! News in fall 2024. 'And we're so different from these characters, so it's honestly just an opportunity to get all of our bad feelings out so that there's none left by the time we go home.' They're not the only members of the Tell Me Lies cast to have found love offscreen with their costar. Cook, who plays Evan, is dating Katherine Hughes, who portrayed his short-lived girlfriend in Season 2. Cook recently appeared in her birthday Instagram post, holding the cake.
Daily Mail
21-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Daily Mail
Organised mum reveals four-word mantra that helps her maintain ordered lifestyle
For many parents, the school run is a daily battle against time, lost jumpers and forgotten homework. But for one supremely organised mother, life runs with perfect precision. Emma Roberts, a British mother-of-two known to her 170,000 TikTok followers as @organisedbyem, has become known for her practical tips on keeping family life running smoothly. She has revealed her mantra of just four words: 'Helping my future self.' Whether it's pre-sorting school uniforms or stockpiling birthday cards months in advance, Emma's approach is rooted in taking small actions today to ease the chaos of tomorrow. Her videos regularly rack up thousands of likes and grateful comments from frazzled parents across the UK. One of her most popular hacks involves birthday cards. At the start of each year, Emma prints a list of everyone she needs to buy for, complete with dates. Among the fan-favourite tips is Emma's method for remaining on top of sending out birthday cards She then ticks off each name as she purchases a card, filing them neatly into a folder with monthly dividers, plus two additional tabs: one for general occasions like Mother's Day, and another for spare cards ready for impromptu classroom parties. And her life hacks are resonating. One viewer wrote: 'This is such a good idea!' Another said: 'God, I love this.' Her school uniform system is equally impressive. Every Sunday, Emma washes, irons, and prepares the week's uniforms. Her son's outfits are stored in a hanging wardrobe organiser, each section labelled by day. And her daughter's school dresses are hung up individually, with the hangers clearly marked to indicate which day they're for. Some viewers expressed surprise at Emma providing a fresh jumper daily, but she explained: 'Ours don't have to wear school logo jumpers, so I buy the supermarket multipacks.' One parent commented: 'The uniform thing I do for my little boy at nursery too. Honestly it saves so much time!' But Emma's organisation doesn't end with clothing. In another viral clip, she shows off her homework stations - wall-mounted hanging organisers, one for each child, with labelled plastic baskets. A basket marked 'Friday: PE' serves as a visual reminder of what needs to be packed. Children are encouraged to place their completed homework inside the relevant basket so it's ready to go. They're positioned in the family's shoe cupboard, so everything can be grabbed at a moment's notice on the way out the door – no forgotten spelling books or rogue permission slips. And even electronics are accounted for. Emma has designated a basket for charging devices, where her children are expected to place anything that needs powering up. Emma's ethos is striking a chord with fellow parents who are desperate for some order in the chaos of daily life. Her advice may be simple, but it's the kind of simplicity that can feel revolutionary when you're trying to get two kids dressed, packed and out the door by 8:15am. Emma isn't the only influencer making waves by sharing tips with swathes of busy parents. She has built a loyal and adoring following sharing glimpses into her family life An organised Australian mother-of-two revealed three simple life hacks she wished she knew sooner. Melbourne mother Chantel Mila recommended the tips to more than half a million people in a recent TikTok video. In the clip, Mila dampened a paper towel to make green vegetables last longer in the fridge, used a wine glass to scoop out mango pieces and placed facial masks in the fridge prior to using. To make the fresh vegetables last longer, she spritzed a few drops of water onto a paper towel then placed it on top of the greens in a fridge-safe container. Next, she sliced two mango halves and used the edge of a wine glass to scoop the fruit out and minimise wastage. For the third and final tip, she placed a Go To Skincare sheet mask in the fridge for 15 minutes before applying it for a 'cooling boost' to promote glowing skin. 'You'll never use your sheet mask the same way again,' she wrote.
