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- Implants Help Snorer's Sleep
Sept. 22, 2005 -- A new approach to treating snoring and sleep apnea may finally give many patients what they long for most -- a good night's sleep. There are a range of effective treatments for sleep apnea and snoring, but patients often find them unacceptable, either because they are uncomfortable
Read Full Article - Treatment for Sleep Apnea May Ease Depression
Sept. 12, 2005 -- People with obstructive sleep apnea often show signs of depression, and treatment that prevents snoring and breathing disruptions may help, new research shows. According to the national sleep foundation, obstructive sleep apnea is a disorder in which breathing is briefly and repeat
Read Full Article - Sleep Apnea Affects Sexuality, Intimacy
May 25, 2005 (San Diego) -- Patients who are treated for their sleep apnea may see an improvement their sex lives. "It could be that they are less tired once the sleep apnea is being treated," says Terri E. Weaver, RN, PhD, associate professor and chairwoman of the biobehavioral and health sciences
Read Full Article - Sleep Apnea Makes Wee Hours Sudden-Death Time
March 23, 2005 -- Nightmare time comes in the wee hours of the morning for people with obstructive sleep apnea. But it's no dream: That's when they're at highest risk of sudden death. For most people, sudden death from heart attack is least likely from midnight until 6 a.m. Obstructive sleep apnea t
Read Full Article - Sleep Apnea Can Constantly Wake You
Feb. 4, 2004 -- People with sleep apnea may be getting even less sleep than they think. During sleep-disordered breathing, a person's airway closes during the night. These breathing pauses -- called sleep apnea -- mean waking many times during the night. That's bad enough. But now it looks as though
Read Full Article - Unusual Remedy Helps Sleep Apnea
Nov. 19, 2003 -- Sleep apnea sufferers may benefit from the main ingredient in a poisonous African bean. The drug is called physostigmine. It's the main ingredient of the deadly Calabar bean, once used in Africa in trial-by-ordeal rituals. Physostigmine is used as an antidote for organophosphate poi
Read Full Article - Surgery Proves Effective for Sleep Apnea
Sept. 19, 2003 -- New research suggests that surgery is an effective, and too often overlooked, treatment for many people with sleep apnea. Sleep apnea occurs when the airway repeatedly becomes blocked during sleep, causing breathing to stop for 10 seconds or longer, sometimes hundreds of times a ni
Read Full Article - Mouth Devices Treat Sleep Apnea Well
July 16, 2003 -- Untreated sleep apnea can result in dangerous daytime sleepiness, not to mention high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke. Though an effective treatment is available, called continuous positive air pressure (CPAP), roughly half of patients find the CPAP masks to be too uncomfor
Read Full Article - Faulty Brain May Cause Sleep Apnea
July 7, 2003 -- Sleep problems that plague millions of Americans may be caused by imbalances in brain chemistry, according to two new studies. It's the first evidence of this link -- and may point to a drug remedy for common sleep problems like sleep apnea, reports lead researcher Sid Gilman, MD, a
Read Full Article - Drug Is Promising for Sleep Apnea
June 5, 2003 -- The dream of finding an effective drug for a potentially life-threatening sleep disorder finally may be reality. The antidepressant Remeron significantly reduced sleep apnea symptoms in a small group of patients participating in a newly reported study. While taking the drug, all 12 p
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