Despite the importance of sleep for recovery, hospital noise may put patients at risk for sleep loss and its associated negative effects. Objectively measured hospital noise can range…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adolescent girls with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) are at considerably heightened risk for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), researchers report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – It is well established that sleep disordered breathing increases the risk of heart disease. It now appears that incident cardiovascular disease is associated…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sleep specialists can sometimes diagnose and manage obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with home-based tests instead of in-lab polysomnography, new research suggests. In a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Perturbed sleep and high blood pressure aren’t the only consequences of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). New data suggest that OSA is common in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new practice parameter from the American Academy of Neurology calls for doctors to identify and treat nonmotor symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Upper gastrointestinal tract pathology appears to be the norm, not the exception, in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and in people who…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Radiofrequency tissue volume reduction (RFTVR) of the soft palate combined with partial uvulectomy is a relatively safe and effective treatment for primary snoring,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients who undergo bariatric surgery should not expect it to cure their obstructive sleep apnea, according to results of a meta-analysis published in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a prospective observational study confirm an increased risk of death in patients with ischemic stroke and moderate to severe obstructive sleep…