Stress Test May Help Predict Increased Mortality Risk in Sleep Apnea Patients

Many studies have shown that men and women who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) - a disorder that causes breathing to halt intermittently during sleep – have a higher mortality rate than those who do not have the disorder. Now, a study from researchers at the Cleveland Clinic shows that OSA patients who also have poor functional capacity have an even greater risk of mortality and suggests that an assessment of functional capacity in this population can help physicians identify patients most at risk for death.

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Treatment of Sleep Apnea Improves Glucose Levels in Prediabetes

Optimal treatment of sleep apnea in patients with prediabetes improves blood sugar (glucose) levels and thus can reduce cardiometabolic risk, according to a study to be presented at the ATS 2013 International Conference in Philadelphia.

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Study Finds that Sleep Apnea and Alzheimer’s Are Linked

A new study looking at sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and markers for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and neuroimaging adds to the growing body of research linking the two.

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Researchers Identify a Potential New Risk for Sleep Apnea: Asthma

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have identified a potential new risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea: asthma.

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Future Hospitalization and Increased Health Service Use May Be Linked to Insomnia

New study finds insomnia may be an important indicator of future hospitalization among middle-aged and older adults.

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Unusual Comparison Nets New Sleep Loss Marker

For years, Paul Shaw, PhD, a researcher at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has used what he learns in fruit flies to look for markers of sleep loss in humans. Shaw reverses the process in a new paper, taking what he finds in humans back to the flies.

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Anesthesia Selection Impacts Outcomes in Patients with Sleep Apnea Undergoing Joint Replacement

Using regional anesthesia instead of general anesthesia in patients with sleep apnea undergoing total joint replacement decreases major complications by 17%. Currently, up to 25% of patients presenting for surgery in the United States have sleep apnea.

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