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Article: STUDY LINKS ASTHMA TO INCREASED RISK FOR SLEEP APNEA IN YOUNG WOMEN
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 15, 2006
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University of Cincinnati issued the following news release:
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) have found that young women with asthma are twice as likely to have symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea-a condition that often goes undetected in women-compared with those who do not have asthma.
The Cincinnati team found that about 21 percent of young adult women with asthma experienced habitual snoring, the primary symptom of obstructive sleep apnea.
These findings, the researchers say, disprove a long-held notion that obstructive sleep apnea predominantly affects males, and highlights the importance of identifying ...