Sleep apnea.(Information from Your Family Doctor)

American Family Physician;  October 1, 2005 ;     552 words ...What is sleep apnea? People with sleep apnea (say: AP-nee-uh) stop breathing for 10 to 30 seconds at a...This can happen hundreds of times every night. If you have sleep apnea, you may wake up from deep sleep. Sleep apnea keeps you from...

Sleep apnea can cause serious brain injury

Whittier Daily News;  June 10, 2008 ;     645 words ......Observatory. But because of sleep apnea, or interrupted breathing...researchers have found that sleep apnea can lead to serious...team focused on the mammillary bodies, formations shaped like...discovered that the mammillary bodies of those with sleep ...

Sleep apnea: is your patient as risk? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood...

American Family Physician;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Definition and Prevalence Sleep apnea is a serious, potentially life...breathing. Virtually all patients with sleep apnea have a history of loud snoring...There are two discrete types of sleep apnea: central and obstructive. Central...

MURRYSVILLE-BASED MANUFACTURER, RESPIRONICS, INC., PLANS FIRST NATIONAL...

PR Newswire;  August 28, 1995 ;     583 words ......PRNewswire/ -- Reports indicate that Sleep Apnea affects one to four percent of the nation...therapeutic devices designed to treat sleep apnea -- will host a gathering of nearly 300...individuals from across the country who have sleep apnea and who actively participate in ...

Sleep apnea: are you missing the diagnosis?(Editorial)

American Family Physician;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Recognition of sleep apnea by patients is often quite delayed...community of the scope and severity of sleep apnea suffers from a lack of visibility...such as asthma and diabetes mellitus sleep apnea remains a relatively obscure disease...

Whole families suffer when one member has sleep apnea; Others kept awake...

The Washington Times;  March 7, 2007 ;     411 words ......Joyce Howard Price, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Sleep apnea marked by loud snoring and patterns...keynote address at the third annual Sleep Apnea Awareness Day lecture today in the District...or other bed partner of someone with sleep apnea also has his or her quality of life...

Sleep apnea may increase risk of diabetes

Xinhua News Agency;  May 21, 2007 ;     305 words ...Sleep apnea may increase risk of diabetes WASHINGTON...found that patients with obstructive sleep apnea are at increased risk for developing...and found that patients diagnosed with sleep apnea had more than two- and- half times the...

Fitful sleep, failing health: new guidelines, recent studies show sleep...

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...

Sleep Apnea Revisited

Transport Topics;  November 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ......addressed an ailment known as obstructive sleep apnea and its effect on truck drivers with the...extensive and definitive work regarding sleep apnea in the transportation industry. Sleep apnea is a medical condition characterized by...

Twenty Somethings with Sleep Apnea Most Likely to Die.

PR Newswire;  February 23, 2005 ;     625 words ...Should screening for sleep apnea -- which medical experts say may...because men aged 20 to 29 with severe sleep apnea have 10 times the risk of dying...related ailments than their non sleep apnea peers in the general population...

Painkillers linked to sleep apnea

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  October 2, 2007 ;     626 words ......opioid-based medications may suffer sleep apnea and its complications, including greater...chronic opioid therapy have some degree of sleep apnea, said Dr. Lynn R. Webster of Lifetree...dose-response relationship" between central sleep apnea and methadone used with benzodiazepines...

FOCUS@HEALTH; Sleep apnea a primary factor for hypertension

Filipino Reporter;  October 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Chua, Philip S. Filipino Reporter 10-30-2003 SNORING and sleep apnea. The theme for this week's column. What is sleep apnea? Usually associated with snoring, sleep apnea means the cessation of breathing during sleep. This breath-holding...

Clinical problem: obstructive sleep apnea. (Tips from Other Journals).

American Family Physician;  February 1, 2003 ;     462 words ......and 60 years of age have obstructive sleep apnea that is significant enough to cause...nonspecific symptoms. Flemons reviews sleep apnea and offers an algorithm for pursuing...clues that should lead to a suspicion of sleep apnea include snoring, obesity, hypertension...

SLEEP APNEA ASSOCIATED WITH PREGNANCY-INDUCED DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 23, 2007 ;     481 words ......women' s weight was taken into account, sleep apnea was associated with a doubling of the...from all pregnancies associated with sleep apnea, gestational diabetes (women who developed...almost 4 million deliveries, 452 had sleep apnea. Of the 167,227 women who had gestational...

Sleep apnea an unseen plague

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  April 28, 2004 ;     590 words ......depression and high blood pressure, but sleep apnea may be an underlying cause that's completely...American College of Chest Physicians. Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder that affects...with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea. The study indicates that many physicians...