Obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that causes lower oxygen levels during sleep, is linked to degeneration of brain regions associated with memory through damage to the brain's small blood ...

Even mild sleep apnea can cause you to stop breathing several times an hour—setting off a cascade of threats to your brain and heart health. Staff at a sleep clinic in France place monitor leads ...

Obstructive sleep apnea, which lowers oxygen levels during sleep, is associated with degeneration in brain areas tied to memory due to damage to small blood vessels, according to findings ...

Sleep apnea affects 22 million Americans but treatments for the condition that causes snoring and impedes breathing are often inadequate. To improve treatments, a team of researchers at the ...

May 8 (UPI) --Sleep apnea could be costing you brain power and increasing your risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, a new study says. The drop in blood oxygen levels that occurs during a ...

Dr. Sairam Parthasarathy, the director of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences at U of A Health Sciences, is part of a study investigating sleep disorders such as insomnia, sleep apnea ...

The American Medical Association reports that about 30 million people in the US live with sleep apnea, but only one-fifth of these cases are clinically diagnosed. That means that many people are ...

"One thing people don't think about, which is an independent risk factor for stroke, is sleep apnea," said Dr. Nandamuru. "So, snoring is not a benign thing." “How is snoring and stroke ...

According to Dr. Waseem Ud Din, consultant pulmonologist ... it can increase snoring and the risk of airway blockage in people prone to sleep apnea, making it less ideal for those with breathing ...

Obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that causes lower oxygen levels during sleep, is linked to degeneration of brain regions associated with memory through damage to the brain's small blood ...