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A new clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) provides guidance to clinicians on the use of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults.
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Adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who experience excessive sleepiness while awake appear to be at far greater risk for cardiovascular diseases than those without excessive daytime sleepiness, according to new research ...
Feb 15, 2019
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Children are grossly underdiagnosed for sleep disordered breathing (SDB), which includes obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and the symptoms may be wrongly attributed to behavior issues, according to research in the Journal of ...
Feb 12, 2019
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Voyagers no longer embark in search of the storied Fountain of Youth, but the quest for longevity is still very much alive for researchers.
Feb 12, 2019
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In the most thorough longitudinal study performed to date, X-ray images of children at five developmental stages between the ages of eight and 19 were carefully measured (Fig. 1 A,B). The researchers report that the adenoids ...
Feb 11, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Ambient air pollution exposure is associated with sleep apnea, according to a study recently published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Jan 24, 2019
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Elderly men who experience extended episodes of interrupted breathing while asleep have a high risk of heart problems. Research shows for the first time that poor blood oxygenation is a good indicator of the chance of heart-related ...
Jan 18, 2019
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Nearly half of adults habitually snore when they sleep.
Jan 17, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Among patients with obstructive sleep apnea, older age and reduced body mass index (BMI) are predictors of upper airway stimulation (UAS) treatment response, according to a study published online Nov. 28 in ...
Dec 21, 2018
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Black adults with high blood pressure that defies standard prescription treatments might want to get screened for sleep apnea, new research suggests.
Dec 10, 2018
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Sleep disorders are more frequently diagnosed in men, but women with the same problems may be at greater risk of health problems than previously thought.
Dec 07, 2018
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(HealthDay)—For individuals with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treated with an optimally titrated mandibular advancement splint, normalization of the respiratory effort index derived from vertical mandibular movements (MM-REI) ...
Nov 30, 2018
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and snoring may lead to earlier impairment of cardiac function in women than in men, according to a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America ...
Nov 29, 2018
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How can a doctor predict the treatment outcome of an individual patient? Traditionally, the effectiveness of medical treatments is studied by randomised trials where patients are randomly divided into two groups: one of the ...
Nov 16, 2018
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Experimenting with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have added to evidence that a hormone best known for helping regulate hunger and body weight might also ease breathing problems experienced during sleep more effectively ...
Nov 07, 2018
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While continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) continues to be the gold standard for treatment of sleep apnea, the cumbersome machines are often not well tolerated by patients. Because of this, less obtrusive oral appliances ...
Nov 06, 2018
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How long a person with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) stops breathing may be a better predictor of mortality risk from OSA than the number of times they stop breathing, according to new research published online in the American ...
Oct 19, 2018
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Researchers in the Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, have successfully developed a unique method to visualize streamlines of air directly in in-vitro models, and reveal the complex airflow behaviors in a normal ...
Oct 02, 2018
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Rutgers researchers have developed a tool to help neurologists screen for obstructive sleep apnea in people with epilepsy whose seizures can be magnified by sleep disorders.
Sep 27, 2018
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Infants often aren't screened for sleep apnea, but a new study suggests the disorder may be tied to an increased risk of death in infants with congenital heart disease.
Sep 17, 2018
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