Blood Pressure & Sleep Apnea—Weird Gut Connection

Blood Pressure & Sleep Apnea—Weird Gut Connection

Researchers have long known that high blood pressure is a risk factor for sleep apnea. They don’t know, however, why some people with high blood pressure develop sleep apnea and others do not. A new study in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension answers this puzzling...
These Steps Tackle Sleep Apnea and Snoring?

These Steps Tackle Sleep Apnea and Snoring?

Sleep apnea is lethal. It’s been connected to stroke, heart attack, obesity, and even various types of cancers. Plus, it drains your energy like nothing else. Until now, the only medical alternative was a CPAP mask. Almost everyone who tries it gives up on using it. A...
Snoring Causes This Deadly Disease

Snoring Causes This Deadly Disease

Snoring (and especially sleep apnea) is not just an innocent annoyance. When you snore, you don’t breathe properly, and your blood oxygen level goes down. And according to a new study published in the European Respiratory Journal, this can cause the one disease most...
Sleep Apnea And Fatty Liver Connection Discovered

Sleep Apnea And Fatty Liver Connection Discovered

It’s well known that people who suffer nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are more likely to also suffer sleep apnea—and vice versa. But the important question is, which disease came first. Because that diseases would be the cause of the other. And if we can...
Sleep Apnea is Caused By These Two Hormones

Sleep Apnea is Caused By These Two Hormones

Researchers have had difficulty finding the cause for sleep apnea. Without a cause, there is no way to develop a cure. Being overweight is just about the only contributing factors they’ve agreed on. But a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE may change this....