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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 »

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

Posted Thu 08 Oct 2009 5:55pm . 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... 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 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 . The success of this procedure is reported to be between 16% and 83%, depending on how you define success. Some see success or cure after surgery as a 50% reduction in the Apnea Hypopnea...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 Read on »

Tongue exercises for sleep apnea? by Dr. Steven P. Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 28 Sep 2009 10:30pm not only how patients felt subjectively, but objectively, the AHI (apnea hypopnea index) dropped as well. While not "curing" sleep apnea completely, they did show that it made... What do singing and playing the didgeridoo have in common? They both involve profound throat and tongue muscle control, and both are found to improve sleep apnea symptoms Read on »

Sleep Apnea Success: What Does It Mean? by Dr. Steven P. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 20 Oct 2009 10:02pm , the surgical definition of success is a drop in the final AHI (apnea hypopnea index) of greater than 50%, and the final number is less than 20. Some use an AI (apnea index) being less... If you have sleep apnea, success has many meanings. In the ideal situation, it means that you feel great, you don’t have to use any gadget or device when you go to bed Read on »

ASAA Comment to AHRQ CER on Sleep Apnea by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 24 Nov 2010 8:32am OSA; · An Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI) greater than 30 events/hr is an independent predictor of all cause mortality; · Given the large magnitude of effect... Readers of this blog know that I am concerned about comparative effectiveness research and the impact it will have on the delivery of healthcare to those with sleep apnea Read on »

Mild To Moderate Sleep Apnea A Risk For Stroke In Middle Aged Men by Dr. Steven P. Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 09 Apr 2010 5:45am . In the mild to moderate range, one unit increase in the apnea hypopnea index increased the stroke risk by 6%! In women, the risk for stroke was not significant until severe levels... We've known for years that having obstructive sleep apnea significantly increases your risk for stroke. It's thought that only severe sleep apnea is associated with higher Read on »

CPAP restores grey matter in brains of sleep apnea patients by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 15 Jun 2010 12:00am with the improvement at neuropsychological tests of executive functioning and short-term memory.” The study involved 17 patients with an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) greater than 30 (i.e., more than 30 breathing pauses per hour of sleep), indicating severe obstructive sleep apnea. They were compared with 15 healthy controls. Brain scans were conducted by 3 Tesla Read on »

5 Things You MUST Know About Sleep Apnea Surgery by Dr. Steven P. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 13 Jan 2010 1:11pm , this is not a very practical option. One question you must ask then, is, what's the meaning of success? In surgery, one common definition is that the final AHI (apnea hypopnea index... Sleep apnea surgery is one of the most controversial subjects in sleep medicine. There are heated debates within the sleep community as well as in online forums and support Read on »

Snoring may cause fatigue in women by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 11 Nov 2008 5:19pm Chestnet.org - In women, habitual snoring may be an independent cause of excessive daytime sleepiness and daytime fatigue, regardless of sleep apnea occurrences, according to a study in the November 2008 issue of the journal CHEST. Researchers from Sweden performed polysomnography on 400 randomly selected women, aged 20 to 70 years. The apnea-hypopnea Read on »