People with catathrenia groan in their sleep. It’s a rare condition that’s classified as a sleep-related breathing disorder, similar to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), though it isn’t usually as ...

Catathrenia, or nocturnal groaning, is a rare sleep condition that causes involuntary moaning while you sleep. A CPAP machine can help control the number of times catathrenia occurs during sleep. You ...

There’s a long list of weird things that can happen when you sleep—think sleepwalking, sleep sex, or even waking up unable to move your body. But as for the noises you make, those are pretty normal, ...

But if you singled out a pianist’s groans on a single track, unaccompanied by music, I think it would be a mystical thing to behold—a kind of glossolalia of the unconscious. “I once had a recording ...

Catathrenia, or sleep related groaning, is an uncommon feature of a sleep-related breathing disorder that can be successfully treated with continuous positive airway pressure. Catathrenia, or sleep ...

Reader John Nagy, a house painter, says he has an effective method for dealing with rust stains on drywall screw heads. Nagy scrapes off the joint compound covering the screw and drives it deeper into ...

Groaning cakes are a traditional recipe packed with nutrients for postpartum care. (Recipe Courtesy of Aube Giroux of the Kitchen Vignettes blog). Pour into an oiled and floured 10-inch springform ...

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Groaning cakes are a traditional dish packed with nutrients for postpartum care. The cake was fragrant and wonderfully nourishing. Aube Giroux is a food writer and filmmaker who shares her love of ...