News tagged with hypopneas
Being overweight super-sizes both risk and consequences of sleep-disordered breathing
Overweight individuals are not just at greater risk of having sleep-disordered-breathing (SDB), they are also likely to suffer greater consequences, according to new research.
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Risk of death is high in older adults with sleep apnea and daytime sleepiness
A study in the April 1 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that the risk of death is more than two times higher in older adults who have sleep apnea and report struggling with excessive daytime sleepiness.
Medicine & Health / Sleep apnea
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Surgery for obstructive sleep apnea reduces daytime drowsiness
Patients with obstructive sleep apnea who undergo surgery to improve their breathing get a better night's sleep and therefore are less drowsy during the day, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Medicine & Health / Sleep apnea
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Sleep evaluation may help identify kids at risk for respiratory complications after tonsil surgery
Performing polysomnography (sleep study) prior to pediatric adenotonsillectomy (surgical removal of the tonsils and adenoids) may help identify children at a higher risk of developing postoperative respiratory complications, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 17, 2011 |
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Study shows that CPAP therapy reduces fatigue, increases energy in patients with sleep apnea
Patients with obstructive sleep apnea often report that they feel like "a new person" after beginning treatment with continuous positive airway pressure therapy. A new study in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP provid ...
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Jan 01, 2011 |
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Loud snoring and insomnia symptoms predict the development of the metabolic syndrome
A study in the Dec. 1 issue of the journal Sleep found that loud snoring and two common insomnia symptoms - difficulty falling asleep and unrefreshing sleep - each significantly predicted the development of the metabolic syndro ...
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Possible link between sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease revealed
Doctors have long known that snoring is hazardous to health for a number of reasons. In addition to restless nights and increased daytime sleepiness, sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has a series of associated health problems, ...
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Jun 14, 2010 |
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New link between pollution, temperature and sleep-disordered breathing
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health have established the first link between air pollution and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), a known cause of cardiovascular diseases.
Jun 14, 2010 |
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CPAP therapy provides a memory boost for adults with sleep apnea
Continuous positive airway pressure therapy helps restore memory consolidation in adults with obstructive sleep apnea, suggests a research abstract that will be presented Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at ...
Medicine & Health / Sleep apnea
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Study links sleep apnea in children and teens to lower academic grades
The average academic grades of children and teens with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea are worse than the grades of students who have no sleep-disordered breathing, according to a research abstract that will be ...
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Jun 08, 2010 |
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Study is first to find that CPAP therapy restores brain tissue in adults with sleep apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea patients had reductions of grey-matter volume at baseline but showed significant grey-matter volume increase after three months of CPAP therapy, according to a research abstract that will be presented ...
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Jun 07, 2010 |
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