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Health Encyclopedia: Sleep Apnea Highlights
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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...
Expert & Community Posts
The Basics of CPAP
By Michael Rack, MD , Health ExpertContinuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is the most common treatment for obstructive sleep... Read more »
What You Should Know About Sleep Apnea: A Guide to the Basics
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert...Apnea The treatment of choice for sleep apnea is the CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure)... Read more »
Sleep Apnea Tips
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert...positive, the preferred method of treatment is a CPAP (continuous positive airway... Read more »
Conquering Sleep Apnea
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...both of my continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines, which is the standard treatment... Read more »
CPAP Helps Sleep Apnea Sufferers, And Their Spouses Too!
By Allen Blaivas, M.D. , Health Expert...continuous positive airway pressure, better known as CPAP. What is CPAP and what does it... Read more »
Health Guide
Sleep Apnea: Prognosis
...hypertension and heart damage.Effective treatment of sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may reduce blood pressure. Sleep apneas must be significantly reduced, however, to... Read more »Sleep Apnea: Treatment
...during the night. There are a number of such devices available.Continuous Positive Airflow Pressure (CPAP)The best treatment for severe obstructive and mixed sleep apnea is a system known as... Read more »Sleep Apnea: Risk Factors
...trigger GERD. Some evidence suggests that treating sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may reduce GERD symptoms by nearly 50%. However, obesity is common in both conditions... Read more »Sleep Apnea: Lifestyle Changes
...meant to be used in combination with -- not as a substitute for -- standard apnea treatments such as CPAP. Sleep experts stress that patients who take Provigil should adhere to CPAP treatment as... Read more »Sleep Apnea: Surgery
...the tonsils. Results are poor if the problems involve other areas or the full palate. In such cases, CPAP is superior. In one study, sleeping on the side (rather than the back) after surgery... Read more »Images
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Related News
Diabetes Linked to Sleep Apnea
June 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Scientists need to spend more time studying the possible connection between type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea. The International... Read summary »
Medicine for Alzheimers Patients: A Good Nights
June 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A long, uninterrupted night's sleep is good medicine for Alzheimer's patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). New research... Read summary »
Diabetes and Sleep Apnea
July 30, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? People who have both type 2 diabetes and the eye condition known as retinopathy might want to have a sleep test. According to a... Read summary »
Surgery Treats Sleep Apnea in Kids
June 10, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Young children and infants with obstructive sleep apnea could benefit from a new surgical technique. Removing the adenoids,... Read summary »
Diabetes and Sleep Apnea Linked
June 01, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Obese people with type 2 diabetes might want to get checked out for sleep apnea as well. According to Temple University... Read summary »
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