by Christian Goodman | Jun 2, 2024
Sleep apnea can cause lots of life-altering conditions like diabetes and heart disease, making it one of the most urgent health priorities of this century. A recent study published in Preventive Medicine Reports provides new insights into its risk factors, emphasizing...
by Christian Goodman | Apr 12, 2024
If you snore loudly, most likely you have underlying sleep apnea—a potentially life-threatening condition. For a long time, being overweight and obese has been considered the #1 cause of sleep apnea. And the solution is therefore to lose weight. Makes sense, right? A...
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 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 | 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...
by Scott Davis | Oct 20, 2023
You’re probably not aware of it, but if you suffer from acid reflux, you probably also have sleep apnea. According to a new study in ERJ Open Research, by addressing your sleep apnea in the right way, you can also eliminate your acid reflux. Fortunately, this is not...