Sleep Medicine News

January 18, 2012

CPAP Reduced Metabolic Syndrome in OSA Patients

Continuous positive airway pressure therapy improved several components of metabolic syndrome along with obstructive sleep apnea in patients who had both disorders, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.

September 28, 2011

Sleep Apnea May Affect Birth Outcome

MINNEAPOLIS – Women with sleep-disordered breathing have an increased likelihood of adverse pregnancy outcomes, but it is unclear whether the heightened risk can be attributed primarily to the breathing disorder or to obesity, reported lead investigator Dr. Francesca L. Facco.

January 13, 2011

Healthy People 2020: Sleep Health New Goal

The Department of Health and Human Services has launched its Healthy People 2020 goals, and among the objectives set forth in its “ambitious, yet achievable” 10-year agenda for improving the nation’s health are substantial improvements in sleep health, respiratory disease outcomes, and levels of tobacco use.

August 10, 2010

Novel OSA Agents in Pipeline

Although obstructive sleep apnea is closely associated with obesity, not all the drugs being developed for the treatment of OSA are based on weight loss as their mechanism of benefit.

June 17, 2010

Gender Predicted Stroke Risk in Sleep Apnea

An obstructive apnea-hypopnea index associated with more than 15 events per hour increased the risk of ischemic stroke by 30% in men in the Sleep Heart Health Study of nearly 5,500 adults.