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People who snore heavily or who have sleep apnea may experience earlier cognitive decline, a new study finds, but this decline could be reversed with CPAP.  

A new study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine revealed that 44 percent of adults with sickle cell disease who report trouble sleeping actually have a clinical diagnosis of sleep...  

Patients who use a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) often believe that it makes them less sexually attractive, according to researchers...  

The use of continuous positive airway pressure was associated with a significant reduction in the recurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, according to an...  

Sleep disordered breathing can hamper memory processes in children, according to a new study.  

Mild cognitive impairment and dementia develop earlier in some patients with significant snoring or other sleep-disordered breathing problems, a new study suggests, while CPAP treatment may slow it.  

Meta-analysis establishes continuous positive airway pressure as an important treatment option.  

People with both atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnea are less likely to have a recurrence of the heart rhythm disorder if they use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, a new report says.  

Researchers recommend sleep disorder screening for patients with atrial fibrillation  

Treating Sleep Apnea May Help Those With Heart Rhythm Disorder  

 

The use of continuous positive airway pressure was associated with a significant reduction in the recurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, according to an analysis of data from past research published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Clinical Electrophysiology.  

Stream Journal Club: CPAP for the metabolic syndrome in patients with obstructive sleep apnea by BMJ talk medicine from desktop or your mobile device  

This review compared the benefits and harms of surgical removal of the tonsils (tonsillectomy) with or without removal of the adenoids (adenoidectomy) against non-surgical management in children with disturbed sleep caused by breathing problems due to blockage of the upper airways (called obstructive sleep-disordered breathing; oSDB). We included any studies in which children were randomly allocated to surgery or no surgery published up to March 2015.  

Scleroderma Lung Study II results will be presented, specialists digesting the SERVE-HF results will hear more about sleep apnea, and a controversial session on sepsis will round out the conference.  

Patients with sleep apnea had a 60% greater risk of developing the painful inflammatory condition in a population-based study.  

New data suggest that men with sleep apnea and erectile dysfunction may benefit from pharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions that target depression.  

Central apnea with and without Cheyne Stokes respiration, but not obstructive sleep apnea, predicted incident atrial fibrillation within 7 years of follow-up among older men.