Numerous studies have found a link between sleep apnea and an elevated risk of stroke, but one notable study has focused on silent stroke suffers. The Huffington Post reports that researchers from the University of Alabama, Birmingham and the University of Technology Dresden in Germany worked together to collect data on 56 people who had […]
Healthy sleep is being promoted throughout the U.S. military, and the latest research aims to keep our veterans safe. According to a team of researchers, veterans may be at a higher risk of developing obstructive sleep apnea as the severity of their post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) increases. 195 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with PTSD were […]
According to new research, patients getting their heart disease treated by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are at a high risk for sleep apnea. Researcher Dr. Luciano Drager if the University of São Paulo School of Medicine in Brazil and his team included 1,305 patients from India, Singapore, China, Myanmar and Brazil. Most of the study […]
Those increased trips to the bathroom at night may not be a call to see a urologist, but a sleep specialist for sleep apnea. In an informative article we found on the The Huffington Post, Brandon R. Peters is encouraging readers to consider why they may be visiting the bathroom so much at night, especially […]
According to new research, treating sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) could help people with pre-diabetes improve their blood sugar levels. Nearly 57 million people in the U.S. have prediabetes, marked by elevated blood sugar levels that aren’t quite high enough to be considered diabetes. CPAP is the most widely accepted and common […]
Do you play a musical instrument? According to researchers in India, playing a wind instrument may reduce your risk of developing sleep apnea. Presented at the Sleep and Breathing Conference 2015, the research team conducted lung functioning tests on 64 people who played a wind instrument, comparing them to a control group of 65 people […]
According to newly published research, frequent snoring and sleep apnea may be tied to an increased risk of memory and cognitive decline at an earlier age. Study author Dr. Osorio and his team with the NYU Langone Medical Center shared their findings in an April online issue of the American Academy of Neurology’s medical journal […]
While researchers still have many sleep mysteries to solve, plenty of studies have shown that proper quality sleep is especially important for children. Last week, Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post shared some great highlights from her interview with Dr. Rakesh Bhattacharjee, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Chicago’s Divisions of Pulmonary […]
Characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep, childhood obstructive sleep apnea OSA is a chronic sleep disorder that brings along serious health risks. While it affects hundreds of thousands of children and adolescents in the United States, OSA doesn’t have a standard method of detection, treatment or long-term plan. However, physicians from NYU Langone Medical […]
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic sleep disorder that is affecting many communities all across the world, including women preparing to give birth. According to new research that was presented over the weekend at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting, researchers in Thailand have found that OSA is significant present in obese, pregnant women with […]
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