(CBS News) Sleep apnea is a problem that goes well beyond annoying your partner with loud snoring. Research is showing it can raise risk for heart attacks, stroke and diabetes. Now, a new study finds it can make a person five times more likely ...
SERVE-HF, the largest study to investigate if treatment of predominant central sleep apnea (CSA) improves survival and outcomes of patients with stable heart failure, has enrolled its 1,000 th participant. The study, sponsored by ResMed Ltd., is ...
Two new studies are claiming that sleep apnea increases the risk of developing various forms of cancer. Sleep apnea is a disorder that can cause snoring, fatigue and even dangerous breathing pauses in a persons sleep. Sleep apnea affects nearly ...
BOSTON and SUFFIELD, Conn., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP) and Sleep Management Solutions, LLC (SMS), a CareCentrix company, today announced a partnership aimed at helping the rising number of people impacted by ...
Whether parents choose to follow these rules is another matter. When her twins were born in 2008, Amy Cress of Silver Spring, Md., dutifully put her babies on their backs to sleep. But at about 6 months of age, her son Nathan rolled onto his ...
Obstructive sleep apnea, a breathing disorder linked to heart disease and depression, may heighten the risk of cancer, as well. A two-decade study shows that people with severe sleep apnea could be four times as likely to die of cancer as people ...
As we age, the quality of our sleep changes. After about age 60, according to the Harvard Medical School newsletter, we have less deep (slow-wave) sleep and more rapid sleep cycles, we awaken more often and we sleep an average of two hours less ...
SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep apnea has already been linked to a host of adverse health problems, such as high blood pressure and heart disease. Now, new research suggests that in people who already have cancer, the sleep disorder may ...
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Earthquake-rattled residents of northeast Italy have spent the night in cars, tents and in emergency accommodation fearing aftershocks from the magnitude-6.0 quake that killed seven people Sunday. "The fear that your house will collapse on your ...