Research suggests there may be a link between sleep apnea and dry eye disease (DED). DED is an eye condition that causes irritation, redness, and discomfort due to inadequate tear production or drainage. A 2022 study found a link between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and an increased risk of DED. This article will explore the...
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Severe Sleep Apnea Diagnosis Panics Reporter Until He Finds a Simple, No-Cost Solution
Jay Hancock October 03, 2022 I woke up in a strange bedroom with 24 electrodes glued all over my body and a plastic mask attached to a hose covering my face. The lab technician who watched me all night via video feed told me that I had “wicked sleep apnea” and that it was “central sleep apnea”...
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Statins may reduce heart disease in people with sleep apnea
by Columbia University Irving Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study by Columbia University researchers suggests that cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins have the potential to reduce heart disease in people with obstructive sleep apnea, regardless of the use of CPAP machines during the night. The study is published in the journal Annals of the American Thoracic...
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Sunrise’s sleep apnea detection tool receives FDA 510(k) clearance
By Jessica Hagen February 15, 2023 10:36 am Photo: Westend61/Getty Images Belgian sleep-focused digital health startup Sunrise received FDA 510(k) clearance for its home sleep apnea test that’s placed on a user’s chin at night. The test utilizes a sensor that analyzes bio-signals from mandibular jaw movements, which can help calculate respiratory disturbance often found in sleep apnea patients....
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AHRQ Review Highlights Uncertainty Regarding Sleep Apnea Definitions and Outcomes
Aaron B. Holley, MD January 10, 2023 The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) just released a new document on long-term health outcomes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). AHRQ is a critically important organization that helps health systems, insurers, and providers develop policies for and approaches to care delivery at the individual and population levels. Its findings tend...
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Experimental nasal spray for sleep apnea shows promising results
by Flinders University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A drug in development for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has shown promising results, after researchers from Flinders University tested the treatment in people for the first time. Designed to prevent the narrowing or collapse of the upper airways during sleep, a key factor in OSA, the treatment could...
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Link between sleep apnea and dementia, according to a study in mice
by University of Queensland Urotensin II-saporin induces specific lesions of cholinergic neurons at mesopontine tegmentum. A Diagrams and photomicrographs of coronal sections of the brainstem, the right column being immunostained for ChAT-positive neurons within the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (LDT) following unilateral direct injection of UII-saporin (UII-SAP) into the right mesopontine tegmentum (MPT). Scale bar =...
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Study identifies potential new treatment target for sleep apnea
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE In a new study with obese mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have added to evidence that specialized channel proteins are possible therapeutic targets for sleep apnea and similar abnormally slow breathing disorders in obese people. The protein, a cation channel known as TRPM7, is found in carotid bodies, tiny sensory...
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Team finds a promising medication for sleep apnea
by Flinders University Illustration of obstruction of ventilation. Credit: Habib M’henni / public domain Targeting a condition suffered by nearly a billion people worldwide, a new study from Flinders University has shown a drug previously used to treat depression can reduce obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity. While not yet identifying a cure, the authors say...
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Changes in Alzheimer biomarkers tied to withdrawal of positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnea
For patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), withdrawal of positive airway pressure (PAP) is associated with changes in plasma Alzheimer disease biomarkers, according to a study published online June 13 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Korey Kam, Ph.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York...