Sleep Apnea News

For people with sleep apnea who cannot tolerate continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, new research finds that a combination of surgical techniques may bring relief.

The AASM points to several major warning signs and risk factors for sleep apnea: snoring, choking or gasping, fatigue, obesity and high blood pressure.

If you didn't know the tongue harbors body fat, you're probably not alone.

They found that patients with diabetic macular edema had a much higher rate (80.6%) of severe sleep apnea than those without the eye condition (45.5%).

In advanced sleep phase, your body clock (circadian rhythm) is on a schedule hours earlier than most other people's. You have premature release of the sleep hormone melatonin and shift in body temperature.

The study found that people who have more airway closures during sleep and whose blood oxygen saturation levels fall below 90% are diagnosed with cancer more often than people without sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea isn't just an annoyance: It's also been tied to higher risks for heart disease, heart failure and stroke.

A new study finds that overweight patients who used CPAP while adhering to a low-calorie diet lost more weight than those who dieted alone.

It isn't clear if sleep apnea causes the buildup of protein tangles in the brain that are a sign of Alzheimer's, or if the increased protein helps cause the apnea, the researchers said.

The investigators found that, among stroke patients, "treatment of sleep apnea with CPAP therapy provides significant benefits, even greater than the benefits of tPA, the FDA-approved drug treatment for stroke," said study lead researcher Dr. Dawn Bravata.

The investigators found that 24 percent of the study participants had moderate or severe sleep apnea, but only 5 percent had been diagnosed by a doctor.

People with sleep apnea had a 42 percent higher risk of gout, the study found.

In the United States, nearly 30 million adults are affected by sleep apnea. This condition occurs when the upper airway repeatedly collapses during sleep, resulting in snoring and daytime sleepiness.

Among those who don't suffer from sleep apnea but only get six hours of rest a night, the risk of a crash is 33 percent higher than if they sleep eight hours every night, the researchers added.

The study involved 345 patients with severe sleep apnea who had been hospitalized at a VA medical center  any time from 2007 to 2015. Most were men over age 62.

If your sleep is continually disrupted by a condition called sleep apnea, you might face a higher chance of developing Alzheimer's down the road.

As if severe hot flashes alone weren't enough of a problem for menopausal women, a new study finds  these symptoms may also be tied to a greater risk for sleep apnea and related heart issues.

Device reduces breathing disruptions long-term, study says

Finding supports use of CPAP therapy for condition, so blood pressure and blood sugar levels don't jump

Device helped with sleep apnea, but didn't cut deaths from cardiovascular causes, study finds

Research finds many men's urinary habits benefit when CPAP mask therapy is used

Not enough data to advise for or against such screening, U.S. experts in prevention and medicine say

Certain patients should be checked for the disorder before having surgery, researchers say

CPAP helped patients feel better, but didn't cut odds for heart death, heart attack or stroke, study found

Nightly breathing troubles may increase risk of heart attack, stroke following the coronary procedure