Sleep Disordered Breathing
Study finds that sleep apnea and Alzheimer's are linked
A new study looking at sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and markers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and neuroimaging adds to the growing body of research linking the two.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
May 19, 2013 |
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Children with sleep apnea have higher risk of behavioral, adaptive and learning problems
A new study found that obstructive sleep apnea, a common form of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), is associated with increased rates of ADHD-like behavioral problems in children as well as other adaptive and learning problems.
Sleep apnea
Mar 29, 2013 |
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Sleep apnea may offer unusual protection for heart attack patients
(Medical Xpress)—People who suffer from breathing disorders such as sleep apnea are usually at higher risk for cardiovascular disease. But an intriguing new study from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology scientists ...
Sleep apnea
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Treating sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy may improve fetal health
A new study suggests that treatment of mild sleep-disordered breathing with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy in pregnant women with preeclampsia improves fetal activity levels, a marker of fetal well-being.
Sleep apnea
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One in ten six to eight year olds has sleep-disordered breathing
Approximately ten per cent of 6 year olds have sleep-disordered breathing, according to a recent Finnish study. The risk is increased among children with enlarged tonsils, crossbite and convex facial profile. Unlike in adults, ...
Sleep apnea
Dec 14, 2012 |
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Kids' sleep-related breathing problems
Children with sleep-related breathing problems (such as snoring or apnea) frequently have concurrent behavioral sleep problems (such as waking repeatedly)—and vice versa, according to research led by a scientist at Albert ...
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Dec 06, 2012 |
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Adenotonsillectomy may help resolve obstructive sleep apnea in children with Prader-Willi syndrome
(Medical Xpress)—Children with Prader-Willi syndrome may receive relief from sleep disorders after undergoing an adenotonsillectomy, suggests a new study from Nationwide Children's Hospital published in the November print ...
Sleep apnea
Nov 20, 2012 |
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Probing sleep's drowsy mystery: Researchers stay up nights trying to understand rhythms, effects
It is one of the ironies of sleep research that scientists stay up all night to do it.
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Sleep apnea plays dual role in stroke
Improvements to the diagnosis and screening of sleep apnea are critical to stroke prevention, according to new stroke care guidelines released today at the Canadian Stroke Congress.
Sleep apnea
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Starting to snore during pregnancy could indicate risk for high blood pressure, study says
Women who begin snoring during pregnancy are at strong risk for high blood pressure and preeclampsia, according to research from the University of Michigan.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Sep 25, 2012 |
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Sleep apnea in obese pregnancy women linked to poor maternal and neonatal outcomes
The newborns of obese pregnant women suffering from obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to be admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit than those born to obese mothers without the sleep disorder, reports a study published ...
Sleep apnea
Sep 20, 2012 |
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Sleep problems in young children tied to special ed need
(HealthDay)—A history of either sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) or behavioral sleep problems (BSPs) through the age of 5 years is associated with an increased likelihood of special educational need (SEN) ...
Pediatrics
Sep 04, 2012 |
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What wakes me: Insights on apnea alarm in new research
The first time I died in my sleep, I was 26 years old. I was in bed in my St. Louis apartment when my girlfriend shook me awake to say: “You stopped breathing!”
Sleep apnea
Jul 26, 2012 |
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Poor sleep may age your brain
(HealthDay) -- Evidence is building that poor sleep patterns may do more than make you cranky: The amount and quality of shuteye you get could be linked to mental deterioration and Alzheimer's disease, four ...
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Jul 16, 2012 |
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Top risk of stroke for normal-weight adults: Getting under 6 hours of sleep
Habitually sleeping less than six hours a night significantly increases the risk of stroke symptoms among middle-age to older adults who are of normal weight and at low risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to ...
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Significant physiologic changes in breathing take place during normal sleep related to alterations in respiratory drive and musculature.
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