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As a sleep apnea patient with a blog, I thought I was onto something when I heard about Mythbusters’ Adam Savage having sleep apnea. I thought fellow people with sleep apnea would like to know and feel encouraged that they are not alone. SleepGuide Sleep Apnea Forum After I wrote about it here on SleepApneaDave.com, I thought [...] I was surprised to learn last night during Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel that Adam Savage has sleep apnea. As defined by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is “a sleep-related breathing disorder that involves a decrease or complete halt in airflow despite an ongoing effort to breathe.” During a portion of the [...] According to Technology Review, a new experimental device may help those with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) by stimulating the tongue while sleeping. The device by ImThera is in its first sets of clinical trials. ImThera’s sleep apnea device uses Targeted Hypoglossal Neurostimulation (THN) Sleep Therapy to stimulate the tongue to control upper airway [...] Check it out, the Pittsburgh Steelers and ESPN want you to know about sleep apnea. A group of Pittsburgh Steelers and ESPN 1250 Radio members did an event at a Pennsylvania mall in order to increase awareness about sleep apnea. According to the article, Steeler Chukky Okobi has sleep apnea as does cornerback Deshea Townsend’s [...] Dr. Ulysses J. Magalang, from the Ohio State University Medical Center, has done research on the relationship between Type II Diabetes and sleep apnea. Here are some good articles that summarize the study. An articles on EmaxHealth goes into detail here and quotes Dr Magalang as saying “We do not know whether obstructive sleep apnea [...] Both the Boston Red Sox and sleep apnea were both mentioned in the same article by Gary Gillis on the Official Boston Red Sox website on MLB.com here. Gillis writes about how traveling around the world to play exhibition games in Japan put a strain on Red Sox players’ sleep patterns. He goes on to [...] An article written by Don Gronning entitled “Sleeping your way to health” (view article here) on the Daily Record’s website (Ellensburg, Washington) quotes Dr. Geoffrey Greenberg, a sleep apnea specialist, as saying that studies show that of the people who have untreated obstructive sleep apnea, 40% die within 8 years. My advice: Don’t fear treatment. Most people [...] According to an article by China Daily (here), obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) affects more than 50 million Chinese people. But a lot of people don’t take sleep apnea seriously. The article goes on to quote Han Fang, of the People’s Hospital of Peking University sleep center, who explains that 80% of the patients the [...] Sleep apnea increases the risk of being in a car crash. That’s what an article in Science Daily says. The article talks about a new study by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and University of British Columbia. The Science Daily articles writes that the study “found that patients with sleep apnea are three to five [...] This article talks about a New England Journal of Medicine study of 112 Minnesota residents diagnosed with sleep apnea. The article talks about the increased likelihood of dying of cardiac causes overnight for those who’s obstructive sleep apnea levels are higher. To learn more about sleep apnea and sudden cardiac death, see the full article [...] |
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