Obstructive sleep apnea is caused by the throat muscles and the soft tissues in the back of the throat — usually the tongue but also the tonsils and adenoids (the tissue that sits just behind ...

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A large Framingham Heart Study analysis found that adults with poor cardiovascular health scores on the Life’s Essential 8 ...

With more than 1 in 10 Americans suffering from obstructive sleep apnea putting them at increased risk of heart problems and ...

Background: The autonomic nervous system response to apnea and its mechanistic connection to atrial fibrillation (AF) are unclear. We hypothesize that sensory neurons within the ganglionated plexi (GP ...

The traditional polysomnography (PSG) examination for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) diagnosis needs to measure several signals, such as EEG, ECG, EMG, EOG and the oxygen level in blood, of a patient ...

And the severe cases — when people stop breathing more than 30 times in a single hour — go up, too. "You also increase the ...

The clinical syndrome of obstructive sleep apnea (OSAS) in children is a distinct, yet somewhat overlapping disorder with the condition that occurs in adults, such that the clinical manifestations ...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract The clinical syndrome of obstructive sleep apnea (OSAS) in children is a distinct, yet somewhat overlapping disorder with the condition that occurs in adults, such ...

Sleep apnea is a prevalent sleep disorder characterized by the recurrent cessation and initiation of breathing (apneas or hypopneas) during sleep (1, 2). The most common type of sleep-related ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Millions of Americans suffer from sleep apnea every day, and according to the team at St. Luke’s, more than a quarter of American adults aged 30-70 have obstructive sleep ...

An estimated 30 million Americans have a health issue that keeps them from getting a restful night's sleep. It's called sleep apnea. Dr. Paul Hoff, an otolaryngology surgeon at Trinity Health Ann ...