In a paper published in the April issue of the scientific journal SLEEP, researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that people who experience sleep apnea are more likely to become depressed.
For the new research, scientists investigated more than 9,700 American adults, all of whic... |
4 April 2012
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Scientists advise that parents should pay attention to the way their children breathe during sleep. Abnormal patterns could be indicative of sleep disorders that increase the little ones' chances of developing behavioral difficulties later on in life.
This conclusion belongs to a survey conducted over a period... |
5 March 2012
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Italian researchers propose in a new study that people suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can reduce the severity of their symptoms by wearing compression stockings. This represents a low-tech way of taking care of a dangerous condition.OSA is characterized by the collapse of the superior portions of the ai... |
5 August 2011
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We all know that sleep disorders could have serious consequences, the first being fatigue, but Danish sleep researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the Danish Institute for Health Services Research have actually looked at the socio-economic consequences of hypersomnia, in one of the largest studies of its kin... |
18 December 2010
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In a new scientific investigation, researchers determined that people suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) exhibit a series of modifications in the structure of their brains that seem to be related to the sleep disorder itself. Though the team admits that more studies are needed to clearly validate the link, ... |
26 November 2010
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The University of Missouri was awarded a $2.83 million multi-investigator grant, by the National Institutes of Health, for further research on the growing issue of sleep apnea and the consequences of the lack of oxygen.Sleep apnea is a concerning phenomenon that keeps rising among the population, with 12 million Amer... |
5 October 2010
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a very dangerous condition that manifests itself during sleep, through the collapse of superior airways. This causes people to go for several seconds without breathing, which can have devastating consequence on the brain and organs in the long run. In a paper published in the February... |
15 February 2010
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Severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the several medical conditions that has started receiving a lot of attention over the past few years. A large number of people suffer from one of its several forms, but healthcare experts say that the actual number of patients, most of which are yet unidentified, is a lo... |
1 February 2010
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Sleep apnea is one of the most disrupting and widespread sleep disorders in the world today. It manifests itself by blocking the airways of the patient during sleep, depriving the brain of oxygen, and starving the rest of the body as well. It leads to fatigue in the short run, but it also causes long-term side-effect... |
14 December 2009
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A large number of obese men experience the negative side-effects of their condition in the form of sleep apnea – the condition in which the respiratory pathways can become jammed during sleep. This leads to a decrease in their quality of life, and also to long-lasting effects on their brains and general health.... |
4 December 2009
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Sleep apnea is a very widespread condition today, especially among people living in highly urbanized areas and subjected to large amounts of pollution. It is characterized by regular breathing stopping from time to time during sleep, mostly because of blockages that appear in the respiratory pathways. The reason why ... |
3 November 2009
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Snoring is an issue affecting a large part of the world's population, and is a cause of discomfort and embarrassing situations for both those who have it and those who experience it. Experts have been trying to find ways of reducing its effects for a very long time, but studies have come up short of providing a ... |
5 October 2009
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According to a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)-supported study, it would appear that severe sleep apnea increases the risk of death in middle-aged citizens, and especially in males. This is the first landmark study to prove that serious scientific connections ... |
18 August 2009
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Sleep apnea is a respiratory disorder manifested during sleep that involves episodes in which a person misses one or more breath at a time. The disorder is usually experienced in several episodes during the night and triggers fatigue and sleepiness during the day. Snoring and restless sleep are also symptoms associat... |
14 June 2008
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