«Effective treatment
of obstructive sleep apnea resulted in substantial improvement in depressive symptoms, including suicidal ideation,» said senior author David R. Hillman, MD, clinical professor at the University of Western Australia and sleep physician at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth.
Not exact matches
A recent study
of elderly men found no evidence that
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) increased in severity (or prevalence) as a
result of vitamin D deficiency.
A companion report was also released, titled «In an age
of constant activity, the solution to improving the nation's health may lie in helping it
sleep better,» which summarizes the
results of an online survey completed by patients currently being treated for
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a condition where the walls
of the throat relax and narrow during
sleep,
resulting in snoring and interrupting breathing, and it is common in patients with Type 2 diabetes.
Three months following the surgery, his
sleep study
results showed a decrease
of obstructive sleep apnea symptoms from an index score above 40 to below 10, and he has subsequently been able to have his tracheostomy tube removed with good
results.
Results show that the predicted peak oxygen uptake, a measure
of aerobic physical fitness, was significantly lower in people with moderate to severe
obstructive sleep apnea than in controls.
12/3/2008 Treating
Sleep Apnea in Alzheimer's Patients Helps Cognition Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment seems to improve cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer's disease who also suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial conducted at the Un... Mo
Sleep Apnea in Alzheimer's Patients Helps Cognition Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment seems to improve cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer's disease who also suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial conducted at the Un... Mo
Apnea in Alzheimer's Patients Helps Cognition Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment seems to improve cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer's disease who also suffer from
obstructive sleep apnea, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial conducted at the Un... Mo
sleep apnea, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial conducted at the Un... Mo
apnea, according to the
results of a randomized clinical trial conducted at the Un... More...
Compliance is however low, as some find making use
of a mask through the night prohibitively uncomfortable,
resulting in a lot
of people having untreated
obstructive sleep apnea together with its significant health consequences.