by Christian Goodman | Mar 3, 2024
Obesity is commonly believed to be one of the strongest predictors of sleep apnea. And losing weight is therefore the answer, right? Not necessarily says a new study published in Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity. There are many ways to define the categories of...
by Christian Goodman | Jan 31, 2024
Sleep apnea is almost always blamed on obesity. But a new study published in Acta Medica demonstrates another body-wide function responsible for sleep apnea. This new finding may completely change how we treat this disease. The researchers conducted a study with...
by Christian Goodman | Jan 6, 2024
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is most often blamed on being overweight and obese. But according to a new study in the journal Healthcare, it’s a little more complicated than that. Because different age groups have different underlying causes of their OSA. Utilizing...
by Christian Goodman | Dec 9, 2023
Sleep apnea is usually blamed on unhealthy lifestyles like being overweight, having high blood pressure and blood sugars, and eating unhealthily. Further, the solution is to lose weight and use a breathing machine while sleeping. However, a new study published in...
by Scott Davis | Nov 19, 2023
If you suffer from acid reflux while you sleep, you already know that it can be very disruptive. But you may not be aware of the extent to which it affects your overall health. A new study in JAMA Network Open researched the connection between acid reflux and sleep....
by Christian Goodman | Nov 8, 2023
Sleep apnea is most often blamed on lifestyle factors such as lack of exercise or being overweight or obese. But that is not necessarily the case according to a new study published in Respirology. On the contrary, the root cause may be something that happened in your...