News tagged with sleep apnoea
Your face reveals sleep disorder risk
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the University of Sydney has developed an innovative method to analyse digital photographs of faces in order to determine an individual's risk of developing Obstructive Sleep Apnoea ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 13, 2009 |
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While you were sleeping: Sleep apnea's effect on the brain may be more severe than previously thought
It has been linked to learning impairment, stroke and premature death. Now research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has found that snoring associated with sleep apnoea may impair brain function more than previously ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 03, 2009 |
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When does obesity become a child protection issue?
Childhood obesity alone is not a child protection concern, nor is failure to control weight. But consistent failure to change lifestyle and engage with outside support indicates neglect, particularly in younger children, ...
Jul 16, 2010 |
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Sleep-disordered breathing comes at a heavy cost
In one of the largest studies of its kind Danish sleep researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the Danish Institute for Health Services Research have examined the socio-economic consequences of the sleep disorders ...
Jan 12, 2011 |
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