Article: Sleep apnea boosts car crash risk

Article: Sleep apnea may increase risk of diabetes
Xinhua News Agency;  May 21, 2007 ;     305 words ...Sleep apnea may increase risk of diabetes...patients with obstructive sleep apnea are at increased risk for developing of type...patients diagnosed with sleep apnea had more than two- and...on the severity of their sleep apnea, and the more severe a patient's ...

Article: Sleep apnea linked to increased risk of death
Xinhua News Agency;  August 1, 2008 ;     302 words ......1 (Xinhua) -- Sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of death, according...that adults with sleep apnea at the start of...the severity of sleep apnea and was not attributable...testing them for sleep apnea using a standard...

Article: Fitful sleep, failing health: new guidelines, recent studies show sleep apnea raises your risk of heart attack and stroke, but effective treatments can help you live a better waking life.
Men's Health Advisor;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......all day. Sound familiar? You may have sleep apnea, a disorder that prevents millions of...But mounting evidence suggests that sleep apnea does more than keep you up at night...Recognizing the risks associated with sleep apnea, the American Heart Association (AHA...hypertension--about ...

Article: Sleep apnea treatment may reduce your heart risk.(HEART BEAT)(Brief article)
Heart Advisor;  May 1, 2007 ;     166 words ......people with obstructive sleep apnea are at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease...pressure resulting from sleep apnea contributes to a range of...that followed patients with sleep apnea for several years strengthened the link between sleep apnea ...

Article: POTPOURRI: Sleep apnea serious ailment
Filipino Reporter;  June 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ......restarts. Other causes of obstructive sleep apnea are enlarged tonsils or adenoids or individual...small airway opening. Another form of sleep apnea is central apnea which is caused by brain...results are similar to those of obstructive sleep apnea. Commonly, sufferers experience ...

Article: Driver Sleep Apnea: a Hidden Crisis
Transport Topics;  January 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ......of that population has the disease. Sleep apnea is caused by complete, or near-complete...sleep-disordered breathing and 15.8% had obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Twenty-four percent of drivers...sleepiness. One major risk factor for sleep apnea is being of the male gender; ...

Article: Sleep apnea - stroke link warrants Tx.(Pulmonary Medicine)(Clinical report)
Internal Medicine News;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......between obstructive sleep apnea and stroke, with the...recent data showing that sleep apnea is an independent risk...cumulative data in regard to sleep apnea and stroke suggest that patients with sleep apnea should be treated with...caused by obstructive sleep ...

Article: Study Finds Complications in Postoperative Patients.(patients with obstructive sleep apnea had more postoperative complications after hip or knee replacement surgery)
Pain & Central Nervous System Week;  October 8, 2001 ;     602 words ......Patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome experienced...patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome compared...patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome with 101...concerns that obstructive sleep apnea patients undergoing surgery were at increased ...

Article: STUDY LINKS ASTHMA TO INCREASED RISK FOR SLEEP APNEA IN YOUNG WOMEN
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 15, 2006 ;     556 words ......symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea-a condition that often...symptom of obstructive sleep apnea. These findings, the...notion that obstructive sleep apnea predominantly affects...to get obstructive sleep apnea, but we've shown that...in women who are at increased ...

Article: University of Illinois at Chicago Grants License for Novel Drug Therapy for Sleep Apnea.
AScribe Law News Service;  September 27, 2004 ;     559 words ......promising drug therapy for the treatment of sleep apnea, a serious and common sleep-related breathing...develop a novel pharmacological therapy for sleep apnea with BTG, of Conshohocken, Pa. The basis...can significantly reduce the incidence of sleep apnea. This has real ...

Article: Sleep Apnea Ruled a Factor in Reggie White's Death.
PR Newswire;  May 15, 2006 ;     617 words ......died from causes related to sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a condition that causes...times -- during their sleep. Sleep apnea is a very common disorder...population that suffers from sleep apnea is unaware that they are afflicted...the Dental Organization for ...

Article: Sleep Apnea May Trigger Nighttime Heart Problems
The Culvert Chronicles;  July 31, 2008 ;     502 words ......been working for a decade to show that sleep apnea is to blame for nighttime heart attacks...at the most common form, obstructive sleep apnea, in which the tube carrying air to the...years ago, we showed that obstructive sleep apnea has a powerful effect on the sympathetic...night is ...

Article: Research links asthma to increased risk for sleep apnea in young women.(news)
Sleep Review;  September 1, 2006 ;     404 words ......twice as likely to have symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea--a condition that often goes undetected in...snoring, the primary symptom of obstructive sleep apnea. These findings, the researchers said, disprove a long-held notion that obstructive sleep apnea predominantly affects ...

Article: Sleep apnea and opioids may be a lethal combo.(News)
Family Practice News;  November 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......with obstructive sleep apnea may have exaggerated...World Congress on Sleep Apnea. This has huge implications...with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but it has...OSA patients to an increased risk of respiratory complications...in children with sleep apnea ...