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Sleep Apnea and Heart Disease

Sleep apnea can increase the risk of stroke, even if patients do not have high blood pressure. A 2005 study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) suggested that patients with obstructive sleep apnea are twice as likely to have strokes as patients without apnea. The more severe the sleep apnea, the greater the risk.
Many patients with heart failure also suffer from sleep apnea. Another 2005 NEJM study found that continuous positive airway pressure (CP...

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Acid Reflux GERD Surgery: Fundoplication

...surgical patients would still required anti-GERD medications and that 38% would have new symptoms (e.g., gas, bloating, trouble swallowing), with most occurring more than a year after surgery.... Read more »

Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Surgery

...done as outpatient surgery.The surgeon inserts a needle through the navel and pumps carbon dioxide gas through it and into the abdomen to create space in the abdomen. (This step may raise blood... Read more »

High Blood Pressure: Causes

...associated with alterations in the systems that regulate blood flow.Low Levels of Nitric Oxide. The gas nitric oxide can be produced in the body, where it affects the smooth muscles cells that... Read more »

Cervical Cancer: Treatment for CIN and Carcinoma in Situ

...office in 15 minutes without medication.The vagina is opened with a speculum and a probe transmits gas (either nitrous oxide or carbon dioxide), which freezes the surface of the cervix.The gas is... Read more »

Stroke Surgery

...should be performed within 2 weeks.Carotid Angioplasty and StentingCarotid angioplasty is being investigated as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy. It is based on the same principles as... Read more »

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