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June 06, 2020
Photo by Eunice Stahl via Unsplash In addition to sleep apnea, there are a number of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) events that can occur regularly and cause further health problems. While some...
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May 30, 2020
Photo by Shane via Unsplash While researchers are looking further into causal relationships between sleep apnea and other comorbid conditions, it is important to understand that these relationships do exist...
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May 23, 2020
Photo by Javier Matheu via Unsplash While studies continue to support the effectiveness of PAP therapy as a gold-standard treatment for sleep apnea, the high number of individuals who remain undiagnosed or noncompliant with...
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May 16, 2020
Photo by Denys Nevozhai via Unsplash Social distancing guidelines have affected nearly all of our lives, but there are additional challenges for those with medical conditions such as sleep apnea....
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May 09, 2020
Photo by Nathan Gonthier via Unsplash Amid rising demands for respiratory aids and other medical equipment, automobile manufacturer Mercedes Benz has developed a high-efficiency CPAP device planned for rapid rollout...
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April 18, 2020
Photo by nrd via Unsplash A “sleep divorce” is when couples decide to sleep in different beds or in different rooms, but despite the label of “divorce,” this can be...
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March 14, 2020
Photo by Randy Fath via Unsplash Do diets affect sleep disorders? The answer is yes, very much so, not just in terms of the disorder and its symptoms, but the...
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March 08, 2020
Photo by Hush Naidoo via Unsplash Adherence to PAP-therapy treatment continues to be a problem despite considerable efforts by clinicians and public health advocates around the world. With adherence rates...
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February 29, 2020
Photo by Amanda Jones via Unsplash The chronobiological aspects of sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea have gained increasing scientific attention in recent years, both in the U.S. and...
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February 22, 2020
Photo by David Matos via Unsplash While studies have shown that severe sleep apnea can cause brain damage and memory loss when left untreated, use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy...
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February 16, 2020
Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters via Unsplash The new trend of binge watching is encouraging poor sleep habits, according to reports by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), and it...
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February 09, 2020
Photo by David Cohen via Unsplash According to research presented at the 2019 SLEEP conference in San Antonio, Texas, sleep apnea rates are even higher than previously suspected, with estimates reaching 1 billion for...
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