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Sleep Apnea:Mouth Holds Clues to Many Ills | Sleep Apnea Disorder by Dr. Syed L. Doctor of Dentistry

Posted Tue 14 Jul 2009 10:10pm Your mouth can tell you a lot about your overall health . Troubled teeth and gums aren’t always just a dental problem. Sometimes they indicate deeper issues, and dentists are increasingly picking up the clues Read the original: Sleep Apnea:Mouth Holds Clues to Many Ills | Sleep Apnea Disorder Read on »

Sleep Apnea Can Kill You – Severe Sleep Apnea Increases Overall Mortality by Heartstrong Registered Nurse

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Posted Mon 26 Apr 2010 4:46am – undiagnosed and untreated. People with sleep apnea stop breathing while they are sleeping. In severe sleep apnea a person’s airway is blocked and they stop breathing for 20 to 30... for sleep apnea are Weight loss (if overweight) Nasal CPAP mask (keeps the airways open during sleep and allows normal breathing) Surgery (may include tonsil removal) Mouth guard Read on »

Drop in Oxygen Saturation in Apnea Tied to Obesity by COPDsurvivor Patient Expert

Posted Fri 09 Oct 2009 10:02pm By Kristina Fiore Obese patients may experience more severe blood oxygen desaturation during apnea and hypopnea events, researchers say. Body mass index (BMI) was positively associated with the severity of oxygen desaturation, independently of confounding variables that included age, gender, sleeping position, baseline oxygen saturation Read on »

Can Losing Weight Cure Sleep Apnea? by Dr. Steven P. Medical Doctor

Posted Sat 30 Oct 2010 1:24am One of the most common questions I get asked is, “can sleep apnea be cured if I lose weight?” My usual response is, sometimes, but not too often. The more severe your sleep apnea, the less likely you’ll reach normal levels if you lose significant weight. If you start with mild sleep apnea, then there’s more of a chance that you may be “cured Read on »

Can Losing Weight Cure Sleep Apnea? by Dr. Steven P. Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 16 Oct 2009 10:01pm Sleep apnea patients are often told to lose weight. As you may be aware, that’s easier said than done. Although you don’t have to be overweight to have sleep apnea, the vast majority are overweight or obese. One recent large scale population study showed that a 10% drop in body weight was associated with a 30% drop in the apnea hypopnea index Read on »

Finding a place for the surgical option to treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 06 Oct 2009 10:00pm Discussions around the subject of a surgical option for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea are frequently passionate. One need only visit the ASAA's online support... is uvulopalatopharyngoplasty or UPPP for short. Developed in 1981 by Dr. Fujita (the same year CPAP was first described) as an alternative to what was the only treatment for sleep apnea a tracheotomy Read on »

CPAP Prevents CHF in Severe Sleep Apnea by COPDsurvivor Patient Expert

Posted Sat 12 Jun 2010 8:53am obstructive sleep apnea, researchers found. Six months of CPAP in a group of 32 patients resulted in a drop in left atrial ventricular index from 45 mL/m2 at baseline to 31.75 mL/m2... a strong link between obstructive sleep apnea and cardiac morbidity and mortality, most likely because of left ventricular remodeling. Read More… Read on »

Sleep apnea | Exercise by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted Sat 04 Apr 2009 11:12pm and dyspnea scores observed in categories indicating increases in snoring intensity and observed apnea frequency constituted a trend but did always not reach statistical significance... Saturday, April 04, 2009 Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common disease characterized by repetitive partial or complete closure of the upper airway during Read on »

Uvopalatopharyngoplasty surgery is effective for treating sleep apnea disorder by Sara Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:06pm hour - referred to as the apnea-hypopnea (AHI) index. They suggest that a patient with an AHI range of 30 to 35 episodes per hour would be the best candidates for surgery. "We... certain patients who suffer from sleep apnea, one of the most common sleep disorders. The research, conducted in collaboration with scientists at the Mayo Clinic, is published Read on »

Comparative Effective Study on sleep apnea by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 08 Oct 2009 5:55pm In the beginning (prior to 1978), there were two treatment options for obstructive sleep apnea: radical weight loss program and a tracheotomy. Then there was the UPPP.... How do we establish the relative merits of these various therapies? What does it mean that they "work"? Is it the elimination of snoring and/or reduction of Apnea-Hypopnea Read on »