Current Updates About Sleep Apnea
For sufferers of sleep apnea, the impact of the condition on their life can be substantial. The condition results in frequent waking during the night with shortness of breath, severe tiredness during the day and disruption of sleep for their sleep partner.
Current medical guidelines indicate use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), along with weight [...]
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Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota have determined that people with obstructive sleep apnea, the most common form of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), are far more likely to die suddenly in their sleep from heart related problems than the general population. They also found that this is the opposite of the general population who [...]
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A recent study of 448 older women finds that those with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), such as obstructive sleep apnea, had a higher incidence of cognitive decline.
The participants of the study, who averaged 83 years of age, underwent an overnight sleep study to determine if they had SDB. They were also given standard tests of memory, [...]
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A new study by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and the University of British Columbia finds that people with sleep apnea are at twice the risk of being in a car crash. The researchers also found that people with sleep apnea were 3 to 5 times more likely to be in a serious accident resulting [...]
According to Drs. Daniel J. Schwartz and Gillian Karatinos of The Sleep Center at University Community Hospital in Tampa, Florida, people with obstructive sleep apnea are often depressed.
A study conducted by Drs. Schwartz and Karatinos, published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, concludes that treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may improve the [...]
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A new study conducted by Umea University Hospital in Sweden concludes that sleep apnea is a risk factor for early death in people that have had a stroke.
A research team, led by Dr. Karl A Franklin, studied the long term survival of 132 stroke patients that were admitted for in-patient hospital stroke rehabilitation between 1995 [...]
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