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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...

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Expert & Community Posts

What You Should Know About Sleep Apnea: A Guide to the Basics

By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert

...fatty tissue, enlarged tonsils or an enlarged tongue. Central sleep apnea is a central nervous... Read more »

Conquering Sleep Apnea

By David Mendosa , Health Expert

You can conquer sleep apnea. I know you can because I conquered a most severe form of it. And I've... Read more »

Snoring and Sleep Apnea

By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert

...music, rodeos and laughter. Oh, and one more word...snoring. As the years went by, snoring... Read more »

Sleeping with your "Furry" Friend

By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert

...or other furry friends at home can develop problem snoring when they grow up, a new study has... Read more »

Consequences of OSA

By Allen Blaivas, M.D. , Health Expert

...OSA is unlikely in the absence of almost nightly snoring so the American Academy of Pediatrics... Read more »

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Health Guide

Sleep Apnea: Lifestyle Changes

...(hypothyroidism).Theophylline, a drug commonly used for asthma management, has shown promise in treating central sleep apnea in patients with heart failure.Omeprazole (Prilosec), a drug used for... Read more »

Sleep Apnea: Treatment

...some heart disease symptoms, it did not affect overall survival in patients with heart failure and central sleep apnea. (Patients with heart failure often have central sleep apnea.)It is also... Read more »

Sleep Apnea: Prognosis

...effect.Heart Failure. Studies suggest that 11 - 37% of patients with heart failure also have sleep apnea. Central sleep apnea is particularly linked with heart failure. The evidence for the... Read more »

Sleep Apnea: Surgery

...significantly boosted success rates.Complications. Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty is among the most painful treatments for sleep apnea, and recovery takes several weeks. It is recommended only for... Read more »

Sleep Apnea: References

...Logan AG, Kimoff RJ, Series F, Morrison D, Ferguson K, et al. Continuous positive airway pressure for central sleep apnea and heart failure. N Engl J Med. 2005 Nov... Read more »

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Snoring during Pregnancy Could Mean Gestational Diabetes

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